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Ali Mustafa , Director of Enterprise and Wholesale at Zain Bahrain
Operating with a strong and reliable network infrastructure requires integrating a robust security strategy and is a requirement in today ’ s technology age . Director of Enterprise and Wholesale at Zain Bahrain , Ali
Mustafa , tells us how the company utilised the expertise of Fortinet and its Secure SD-WAN solution in order to offer an improved service to its customers . We hear about the benefits in more detail .

ZAIN BAHRAIN LAUNCHES SECURE SD-WAN AND UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT SERVICES BUILT ON FORTINET ’ S SOLUTIONS

ain Bahrain , a leading

Z telecommunication service provider in the Kingdom , has announced the launch of its Secure SD-WAN managed service leveraging Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to deliver a differentiated value-added service to its customers .

The Fortinet partnership will allow Zain to better meet its customers ’ evolving business needs thanks to the accelerated connectivity , transport mode independence and increased application performance , while benefitting from integrated nextgeneration firewall security in a single service offering with centralised management and Zero- Touch provisioning .
Director of Enterprise and Wholesale at Zain Bahrain , Ali Mustafa , said : “ Zain ’ s strategic plans to develop a world-class portfolio of Managed Security Services locally and globally is in line with the growing demand of our business customers in Bahrain and the region .
“ Fortinet Unified Threat Management provides significant benefits for Zain ’ s local and global customers by leveraging other Fortinet capabilities and solutions clean pipe , firewall , multi- www . intelligentciso . com
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