{
  "id": 1865187,
  "title": "Fortinet Sees Surging Hardware, SASE Demand as AI and OT Security Fuel Growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/fortinet-sees-surging-hardware-sase-demand-as-ai-and-ot-security-fuel",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T17:02:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/fortinet-sees-surging-hardware-sase-170201191.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fortinet's hardware sales surged 52% in the second quarter, driven by accelerated demand from customers seeking to bolster security for artificial intelligence, operational technology, software-defined wide-area networking, and SD-WAN infrastructure. The company's Unified SASE offerings grew 35% and now account for roughly one-quarter of sales, while FortiSASE billings more than doubled. CFO Christiane Ohlgart attributes the strong performance to the company's existing SD-WAN customer base and its integration of cloud security with edge hardware to expand SASE adoption. OT security and recurring services also showed growth, with OT billings up 55% and service billings increasing by 26%, bringing total recurring performance obligations to $7.7 billion. Ohlgart highlighted broad-based global demand, strong hardware sales, and growing adoption of secure networking and SASE offerings as key factors behind the company's impressive growth in Q2.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}