KT Picks Fortinet VPN

SEOUL, South Korea and SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Korean Information Service Corporation (KOIS), a subsidiary of Korea Telecom (KT) that provides directory service for Seoul and other large municipalities handling over 700,000 calls per day, has awarded Fortinet with a two-year contract to supply FortiGate(TM) Network Protection Gateways for a large-scale, converged data and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) virtual private network (VPN) that will serve 1,500 home-based call center agents. Fortinet -- the premier provider of network protection systems and the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus solutions -- provided key equipment for the data/VoIP VPN over the course of a three-month trial period in conjunction with MPC, Korea's leading provider of CRM solutions. The results of the trial met KOIS' requirements for system security and stability, seamless integration with legacy systems, zero service problems, measurable reductions in call transfer and handling costs, and increases in service quality and productivity levels. "Our directory service is a critical offering used by millions of customers," said Mrs. Young-Hwa Lee, senior systems manager for KOIS. "We chose Fortinet because the company delivered a reliable, high-performance solution that met our rigorous requirements and high standards for system availability, voice quality/performance, system response time, and most important, airtight security for our crucial data resources." KT Corp. Fortinet Inc.