In April 2005, a German court issued a preliminary injunction against Fortinet's UK subsidiary in relation to source code for its GPL-licensed elements. By 2004 Fortinet had offices in Asia, Europe and North America. The company began distributing its products in Canada in December 2003, and in the UK in February 2004. Fortinet's first channel program was established in October 2003. An additional $30 million in financing was raised in August 2003, followed by $50 million in March 2004. The company raised $13 million in private funding from 2000 to early 2003. The company was renamed to ApSecure in December 2000 and later renamed again to Fortinet, based on the phrase 'Fortified Networks.' įortinet introduced its first product, FortiGate, in 2002, followed by anti-spam and anti-virus software. In 2000, they co-founded Appligation Inc.
Michael Xie served as an executive for ServeGate. Prior to Fortinet, Ken Xie founded and served as an executive for NetScreen, a company that was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004.
