Fortinet grows Australian presence by a third in six months

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Network and content security vendor Fortinet has grown its Australian presence by approximately a third, having hired 30 people in the last six months. Fortinet has a technical assistance centre in Sydney which also increased its capacity, counting 21 tech engineers in total. The list is long and it includes Data#3, Datacom, DXC Technology, Fred IT, NEC, Over the Wire, Seccom Global, The Missing Link and many others. The vendor has recently appointed Tim Fitzgerald as channel director for Australia, who replaced Fiona Hodges in November 2018. "Hes based out of Adelaide and he quickly identified that we need to have regional channel presence," McGettigan told ARN.

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