Fortinet SD‑WAN adoption rises
Architects are leaning into Fortinet’s secure SD‑WAN to unify WAN connectivity, security, and cloud access under one management plane as branches and distributed assets multiply — a pattern highlighted in recent design guidance. The appeal: simpler policy enforcement, improved resilience, and fewer moving parts for enterprise and government networks.
Fortinet was named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for SD‑WAN in 2025 with a 4.9/5 rating from 414 reviews as of March 2025 fortinet.com. Gartner positioned Fortinet highest for “Ability to Execute” in the 2024 SD‑WAN Magic Quadrant. fortinet.gcs-web.com The Defense Information Systems Agency added FortiGate Suite Release 7.0.9 to the DoDIN Approved Products List in a December 4, 2024 memo (TN 1721601), effective immediately and set to expire October 29, 2025 unless recertified aplits.disa.mil. Fortinet announced GovRAMP authorization at the Moderate impact level for FortiGuard AI‑Powered Security Services and FortiCare on April 23, 2025, enabling state and local government reuse under GovRAMP rules seekingalpha.com. Fortinet reported full‑year 2025 billings of $7.55 billion (up 16% year‑over‑year) and said Unified SASE billings grew 40% in Q4 2025 in its February 5, 2026 results release investor.fortinet.com. Earlier, Fortinet’s Q2 2025 results showed billings rose 15% year‑over‑year to $1.78 billion, reflecting multi‑product enterprise contracts driving SD‑WAN/SASE deployments fortinet.com. Market research valued the SD‑WAN market at about $11.61 billion in 2026 and projected growth to $28.32 billion by 2031 at a ~19.53% CAGR, indicating expanding demand for vendor solutions mordorintelligence.com. Gartner’s strategic assumption forecasts that by 2027, 65% of new SD‑WAN purchases will be part of a single‑vendor SASE offering, up from 20% in 2024, a timeline that frames vendor consolidation decisions today. gartner.com
