Case Study: Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) achieves cloud-based "clean pipe" security, centralized management and reduced CAPEX with Fortinet FortiGate and FortiPortal

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company - Customer Case Study

du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company), a leading UAE telco, needed a cloud-based “clean pipe” managed security service for its enterprise and SMB customers. The challenge was to deliver multi-cloud-ready, granular UTM capabilities—web filtering, antivirus, intrusion prevention, application control, DLP and VPN—together with a single-pane customer portal, strong reporting, fast deployment and competitive price-performance.

du selected Fortinet’s Security Fabric—FortiGate firewalls managed through FortiPortal, with FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager—to deliver the cloud UTM service on a subscription basis. The rollout provided customers centralized self-service visibility, faster provisioning, 24x7 SOC support, improved defense against malware and APTs, reduced CAPEX and operational complexity, and enhanced scalability and reporting.

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company

Farid Faraidooni

Deputy CEO, ICT Solutions