SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 5, 2013) - Fortinet ® ( NASDAQ : FTNT ) -- a world leader in high-performance network security -- today announced that Riverside HealthCare has deployed a multitude of Fortinet appliances to help protect its distributed network of healthcare facilities from the latest threats, comply with new regulatory requirements and to help lower their overall IT costs. Riverside has selected the FortiGate-1000C, FortiGate-80C, FortiMail-400C and FortiAP-221B platforms to provide encryption, advanced malware and messaging protection and wireless control throughout its core network, which hosts numerous applications for its distributed affiliate organizations. "Fortinet's network security platform allows us to address the latest compliance requirements and implement new IT services while lowering costs through consolidation," said Erik Devine, CSO of Riverside HealthCare.