Tigo Business expands its offer with greater benefits and will be supporting the transformation of salvadoran companies on their way to digitization, providing a broad portfolio of products and services, including security and connectivity through the joint offering of Advanced Connectivity solutions Firewall as a Service (FaaS) Secure SD-WAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network), and SASE.

Through Tigo Business' extensive fiber optic and LTE 4.5G networks, a significant portion of local companies, regardless of their size or sector, have already experienced an exceptional combination of high-quality connectivity and cutting-edge cyber protection thanks to this alliance. This has allowed them to connect with customers, collaborators, develop strategic projects and virtualize work environments securely.

"The vision of Tigo Business is to be the strategic ally of Salvadoran companies and the region, so we have focused on the development and implementation of cutting-edge technologies. This search, interest and commitment has led us to constantly invest in improving the coverage and resilience of our networks, management platforms and security monitoring and training of our team so that the country's companies have comprehensive solutions for Advanced Connectivity and cybersecurity, with the possibility of including professional services that accompany an analysis of infrastructure maturity and the specific needs of each business.This reality has prompted us to create alliances with which we can face the challenges of the future and thrive in a secure digital world.  Together with Fortinet, we offer our business customers a portfolio of solutions accompanied by managed services that adapt to the reality of each company", said Bernardo Pañoni, vice president of Tigo Business.

The alliance offers advanced connectivity and cybersecurity solutions to protect their networks and critical data management infrastructure against cyber threats. In addition, it can include managed services tailored to the specific needs of each company. As a result of these measures, companies can simplify management, become more efficient in their processes and increase profitability.

"Fortinet and Tigo have a regional alliance that allows us to provide our cybersecurity products through the advanced services they offer to the market, in this way we can serve different business segments, specifically Internet access, SD-WAN (Dynamic Service Optimization), Secure SDWAN, Next Gen Firewall among others. It is important to mention that Fortinet is a leader in solutions such as SD-WAN - Firewall Next Gen and we occupy the highest position in execution capacity in the Gartner Magic Quadrant; for years we have led and positioned as the best solution globally. Thanks to our regional agreement, Tigo has a team of certified engineers capable of doing all the necessary security integrations needed in the implementations. In turn, Tigo has a regional support with access to our Technical Account Manager, which allows direct attention to support", says Danny Cruz, Country manager for El Salvador and Honduras in Fortinet. "

Tigo Business and Fortinet Portfolio

Secure SD WAN: is the security layer of all intelligent SD WAN technology that allows companies to optimize internet service and use it reliably to connect geographically dispersed sites.

SD-WAN: intelligent technology with a centralized, cloud-hosted platform for managing and visualizing all network components of companies with geographically dispersed sites. All this allows companies to make timely and data-driven decisions, a more efficient use of their network resources and a better end-user experience while ensuring information security.

Secure Internet (Tigo Firewall as a Service): is designed so that any type of company, regardless of its size or the complexity of its needs, can count on advanced schemes to protect against cyber attacks at the perimeter.

The different modalities of Tigo FaaS provide confidentiality, integrity and availability of your business information through the prevention, detection and response to security incidents, which are complemented with managed services that allow your company to have trained experts for the design, configuration, monitoring, testing and updating of security policies and services acquired.

Tigo Business has become the operator with the most widely deployed and available fiber optic network in the region.  It currently has a multidisciplinary team, constantly trained and certified in order to comprehensively accompany its customers in their projects and digital transformation processes, from design, implementation and support. In addition to being the only service provider at local and regional level that has 12 Data Centers with TIER III certifications in design, construction and management.

Tigo Business makes this new solution available to all its business customers along with a broad portfolio of services through its digital highways and continue to be the trusted strategic ally for companies in their digital journey by providing secure and reliable solutions. For more information, please visit https://www.tigo.com.sv/empresas .

Translated by: A.M