Fortinet Tackles BYOD, Wi-Fi with $44Mn Meru Acquisition

"Fortinet has closed its $44 million acquisition of Wi-Fi specialist Meru Networks.

The deal will give Fortinet a bigger foothold in the $5 billion global enterprise Wi-Fi market, with integrated secure wireless solutions.

Fortinet already offers the FortiAP secure wireless access points and FortiWiFi integrated security appliances for enterprise branch offices and small businesses, which are part of the company’s “advanced technologies” portfolio. The addition of Meru’s intelligent Wi-Fi solutions to the Fortinet portfolio extends the company’s reach into vertical markets, especially in environments requiring high capacity load and a high-density of wireless users, such as enterprise, education, healthcare and hospitality."