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FortiGate at the edge: our firewall of record

Jason AgnewFounder & CEO
Jun 2026Product Review
2 minRead

We're a Fortinet partner because the boxes keep earning it: serious throughput at SMB prices, SD-WAN built in, and one OS from the 40-series desktops to datacentre kit.

The honest caveats: licensing tiers take a map to navigate, and FortiOS releases deserve a cautious upgrade policy, we stay one stable step behind the bleeding edge on purpose.

Verdict: the default at the client edge, deployed with discipline.

Reviewed from live fleet experience · published June 2026 · we earn a fair margin on some products we supply; reviews are not sponsored.

Jason Agnew
Jason AgnewFounder & CEO, Belton IT Nexus. Twenty-two years building specialist IT and security for Australian business.

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