The newly released FortiGate-200B appliance rounds out Fortinet's mid-enterprise family of products that include three other FortiGate appliances: the -310B, -620B and -1240B products.

FortiGate-200B is an entry-level product within the mid-enterprise segment and offers high performance with 5 Gbps firewall and 2.5 Gbps IPSec virtual private network throughputs. According to company officials, the new network security appliance is best suited for remote and branch office locations.

The new appliance will be generally available this month and Fortinet intends to ship it with FortiOS 4.0 MR1, the newest version of Fortinet's operating system. FortiGate-200B has the ability to deliver high port density with 16 ports, and all of these ports are accelerated with FortiASIC processors.