Fortinet (FTNT) Q2 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT) Q2 2018 Earnings Call August 1, 2018 4:30 PM ET

Executives

Peter Salkowski - Fortinet, Inc.
Ken Xie - Fortinet, Inc.
Keith F. Jensen - Fortinet, Inc.

Analysts

Shaul Eyal - Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Fatima Boolani - UBS Securities LLC
Gabriela Borges - Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Jonathan F. Ho - William Blair & Co. LLC
Ugam Kamat - JPMorgan India Pvt Ltd.
Keith Frances Bachman - BMO Capital Markets (United States)
Jeremy E. Benatar - Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker)
Hamza Fodderwala - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Gray Wilson Powell - Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Andrew James Nowinski - Piper Jaffray & Co.
Rob Owens - KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
Brad Alan Zelnick - Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Fortinet Incorporated Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Announcement Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Peter Salkowski, Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin.

Peter Salkowski - Fortinet, Inc.

Thank you, Tanya. Good afternoon, everyone. This is Peter Salkowski, Vice President of Investor Relations at Fortinet. I am pleased to welcome you to our call to discuss Fortinet's financial results for the second quarter of 2018.

Speakers on today's call are Ken Xie, Fortinet's Founder, Chairman and CEO; and Keith Jensen, CFO. This is a live call that will be available for replay via webcast on our Investor Relations website.

Ken will begin our call today by providing a high level perspective on our business. Keith will then review our financial and operating results and conclude