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Generational Wi-Fi® User Guide

October 13, 2018

Generational Wi-Fi® is a marketing program introducing a new consumer-friendly naming convention assigned to generations of Wi-Fi, based upon major Wi-Fi technology (PHY) releases. Wi-Fi generation names provide manufacturers, operators, and end users with an easy to understand description for both the Wi-Fi technology contained in a device and the connection that device makes with a Wi-Fi network. The goal is to allow consumers to easily recognize the type of Wi-Fi capability found in their devices and network connections, much as they recognize today through cellular identification of capabilities 3G, 4G, etc.

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Fortinet

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2010 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet’s broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise – from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

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Protecting Against Email-Based Threats

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Email filtering often misses malicious sites because detection-based techniques find it difficult to continuously build defenses against the large number of phishing sites created daily. While email phishing attacks are highly successful, they are also entirely avoidable. Email Isolation provides organizations with the means they need to protect against this common threat without damaging the end user’s experience.

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whitePaper | September 8, 2022

While most tech companies and startups today run in the cloud, many haven’t realized all the benefits. If your organisation isn’t making the most of containerization, you could be leaving efficiency on the table, underutilizing virtual machines, and locking yourself in with vendors.

Orange’s vision for 6G

whitePaper | February 28, 2023

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Generational Wi-Fi® User Guide