Cumulus Networks vs FortiCore [EOL] comparison

Cumulus Networks is leading the transformation of bringing web-scale networking to enterprise cloud. Our networking switching software, Cumulus Linux, is the only solution that allows you to affordably build and efficiently operate your network like the world’s largest data center operators — unlocking vertical network stacks.

With Cumulus Linux, our customers can run their data center networks the way Google and Facebook have done for years, highly automated, without all the development time or expensive, specialized hardware.

The network is a critical part of the data center that has traditionally been a bottleneck for rapid deployment of applications. We believe in completely transforming the industry by enabling a web-scale IT architectural approach that brings efficiency and flexibility to the network.

Within SDN architectures, the separation of the control and data planes increases security challenges. Additionally, as SDN architectures are multipath environments, connecting and scaling network security devices requires the ability to programmatically direct and distribute traffic through them. The FortiCore SDN security appliance connects to SDN architectures, supporting both very large numbers of programmable flows and the effective line-rate performance required to secure SDN architectures.