Many solution providers are charting a path of reimagining SASE services, and it is a logical evolution. With the rapid adoption of agentic AI applications and proliferation of corresponding workloads, SD-WAN and security will have to support the requirements of both human users and agents. It is anticipated that agents will generate far more network traffic than humans through persistent, around-the-clock MCP server, API, task, and orchestration calls across the infrastructure. These demands are expected to continue to escalate over time, and infrastructure providers will have to keep pace with deployments in both the cloud and on-premises as private AI adoption grows. To address these challenges, Fortinet recently announced an…
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Fortinet welcomed a record number of attendees to its Accelerate 2026 event in Las Vegas. I had the opportunity to spend a full day with the company’s leadership team and customers, learning more about the firewall category leader and its broad, deep portfolio of secure networking solutions. With the theme of summarizing my event attendance with three big takeaways, let’s dive in! FortiOS 8.0 And FortiSOC Two big announcements punctuated Accelerate 2026. First, the introduction of FortiOS 8.0 builds on the company’s investment in the operating system launched nearly 25 years ago, which powers its security fabric. Enhancements include AI runtime security controls, SASE enhancements, and new quantum-safe capabilities. From…
