Fortinet, the provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions has announced a global agreement with Unisys, a technology services and solutions company. Fortinet's FortiGate multi-threat security systems will be used as both supported premise equipment and operational infrastructure in the Unisys Managed Security Services.

Under the agreement, Unisys will resell Fortinet's enterprise and high-end security systems – from the FortiGate-50 to the FortiGate-5000 Series – to its customers and manage all outsourcing requirements for firewall, antivirus, IPS, Web content filtering and anti-spam functions.  Unisys will also support the FortiGate products for its customers, including subscription services and 24-hour replacement services.

"Our decision to begin offering an integrated system as part of our outsourced offering was driven by budgetary and functional requirements, as traditional firewall offerings were not sufficiently meeting our customers' demands for highly effective, multi-functional systems but at lower price points," said Paul Davis, vice president and programme manager, Enterprise Security, Unisys.