Fortinet, which specializes in network security solutions, has made a strategic investment in network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) orchestration solution provider UBIqube. Other investors include Fujitsu and NTT DOCOMO Ventures.The UBIqube investment will drive ongoing joint product development and training, sales enablement and distribution strategies, Fortinet said in a prepared statement.UBIqube provides a vendor-agnostic SDN and NFV orchestration solution to help enterprises and service providers deploy new security functionality, Fortinet indicated.Together, Fortinet's Security Fabric end-to-end network security solution and UBIqube's MSActivator orchestration framework enable enterprises and service providers to provision, manage and automate security services, according to Fortinet. The combined solution can help enterprises and service providers reduce operational complexity and costs and boost design flexibility and service customization, Fortinet stated.In addition, Fortinet said UBIqube's abstraction middleware technology allows end users to embed the combined solution into Internet of Things (IoT) platforms to deliver automated security for the IoT through device visibility and network segmentation.