Macquarie Telecom expands Fortinet partnership

Macquarie Telecom, part of Macquarie Technology Group, has expanded its partnership with  Fortinet, with the two companies set to bring a new, unified secure networking offering to the Australian market.

The collaboration across telecommunications and security has produced a new secure networking (Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE) offering which brings together secure software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), on-premises inline next-generation firewall, security service edge (SSE) cloud-delivered security, switching, and Wi-Fi into a single solution.

The end-to-end solution will consolidate network security, connectivity, and cloud access under one partner and one platform, eliminating the need to switch between multiple consoles, licensing models, or providers.

The Macquarie Telecom-driven, Fortinet-powered solution provides consistent policies and full visibility across the environment, and for organisations with hybrid workforces or growing cloud footprints, SASE capabilities extend protection to remote workers, mobile devices, cloud workloads, and SaaS applications, ensuring SD-WAN and firewall controls are  enforced wherever users connect.

With the co-built unified platform delivered, monitored, and supported entirely in Australia by Macquarie Telecom’s engineering and operations team, customers' networks are overseen 24/7 by specialists who understand Australian compliance frameworks, including obligations under the Government’s Essential Eight (E8) and sector-specific regulatory requirements.

“By combining global innovation in secure networking with Macquarie Telecom’s locally delivered expertise, customers gain a simpler, more resilient, and more secure way to operate their networks,"said John Milionis, channel sales director for Australia and New Zealand at Fortinet.

"Fortinet brings depth in security-driven networking and a full-stack architecture built from the ground up for protection and performance," said Luke Clifton, group executive at Macquarie Telecom.

"By combining that with our locally based expert teams and 24/7 operations, we are delivering a unified platform that gives customers a simpler, stronger, and more accountable way to secure their networks. Meanwhile we’re preserving customer choice and ensuring they can adopt the solutions that best fit their needs.”