Fortinet delivers both physical and virtualized security appliances to secure unique data planes. It offers on one side, unmatched performance and security capabilities while allowing for the growth and evolution of the consolidating Data Center with no service degradation or bottlenecks, no compromise on security, and with an unmatched ROI — fulfilling the outcomes of a robust software-defined security framework.FortiGate Virtual Appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. FortiGate virtual appliances feature all of the security and networking services common to traditional hardware-based FortiGate appliances. With the addition of virtual appliances from Fortinet, you can deploy a mix of hardware and virtual appliances, operating together and managed from a common centralized management platform.- Increased visibility within virtualized infrastructure monitoring- Rapid deployment capability- Ability to manage virtual appliances and physical appliances from a single pane of glass management- platform- Simple licensing with no per-user fees- Support for multiple virtualization and Cloud platforms- Full support for FortiHypervisor deployments enabling line-speed security in vCPE requirement- Wide array of licensing choices to fit any infrastructure requirement- VDOM-enabled models for multi-tenant environments