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Fortinet and Arista Networks Announce Joint Secure AI Data Center Solution
Joint solution combines security and low-latency networking to provide a secure AI data center blueprint SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Joint solution combines security and low-latency networking to provide a secure AI data center blueprint\nSUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced a Secure AI Data Center solution, built in close collaboration with leading technology partner Arista Networks, deployed at Monolithic Power Systems (MPS). This solution unites best-of-breed networking and security to deliver a validated, scalable, zero-trust architecture for the AI data center. “AI infrastructure is advancing faster than most organizations can secure or operationalize it,” said Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President of Products and Solutions at Fortinet. “By collaborating with industry leader Arista Networks, we’re delivering a secure AI data center architecture and integrated solution that brings security, performance, and operational simplicity together from day one. This alliance gives customers a validated blueprint to scale AI with confidence, without compromising protection or creating unnecessary complexity.” Building on the Secure AI Data Center Framework The collaboration expands upon the Secure AI Data Center solution introduced by Fortinet, now enhanced through multivendor integration to provide the blueprint for deploying and scaling AI infrastructure with guaranteed performance, operational resilience, and security. Key advantages of the multivendor architecture include: Modular best-of-breed design for maximum flexibility and long-term ROIHyperscale-grade performance optimized for AI training and inferenceZero-touch provisioning, enabling deployments up to 80% fasterFuture-proof compute integration, supporting next-generation AI accelerators without redesigning infrastructure By offloading HTTPS/TLS to Fortinet’s ASIC, delivering up to 33x performance with sub-single-microsecond latency, server CPUs are freed from compute- and cache-heavy crypto, reserving cores and memory bandwidth for forward passes and token sampling. This cuts networking contention, reduces latency and jitter, boosts tokens-per-second, and tightens tail latencies under load. These capabilities ensure organizations can scale AI with higher confidence, lower total cost, and greater performance resiliency. Integrated Multivendor Architecture The collabora...