Monday 27 December 2010

Zend optimized PHP Server 5.0 Web Application Development and Management for IBM i and IBM Power Systems

Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced that Zend Server, an enterprise-ready solution for the operation and management of PHP applications is a first for the IBM i operating system environment to IBM Power Systems ™ platform. Zend Server for IBM i, companies are now using modern PHP-based Web applications on existing business logic and corporate databases efficiently and safely.

“PHP and Zend are a leading platform for the rapid development of web front ends for RPG and COBOL applications,” said Ian Jarman, Manager, Power Systems Software at IBM. <"The commitment by IBM and Zend, the technological cooperation has a robust, fully supported solution that help our customers improve the performance, reliability and security they expect from us in the operation of business critical applications on IBM i will have done". Zend Server for IBM i – Duration and management functions

Business-class PHP – An up-to-date, fully tested, supported and documented PHP stack for high reliability and minimal risk
Rapid Response problem – Application Monitoring and Diagnosis allow early problem detection and rapid root cause analysis
Optimal application performance – Built-in optimization, acceleration, and job queue ensure high performance and low resource utilization
Leveraging the power of the IBM i – a 5250 Bridge and PHP Toolkit to make PHP applications easy to build and run on IBM i

Customer Experience

“We chose Zend Server for our IBM i platform to an attractive front-end ordering system for our warehouse distribution system to create,” said Scott Campbell, Programmer / Analyst at Value Drug Mart in Canada. “This allowed us to easily self-service to hundreds of customers who order now online, track order fulfillment and call loans without lengthy faxing. Automating this process reduces errors and reduces our support staff to focus on higher things.”

Zend Server for IBM i is integrated with Zend Studio for IBM i and the Zend Framework, offering a complete solution for developing, debugging and PHP applications on IBM i

“Can program Integration Server with Zend Zend Studio, we monitor and debug everything in one place”

, Campbell said. “We can spot and resolve performance issues without unnecessary downtime and provide tighter code in less time than before. Under this approach, we expect a significant improvement in the speed of our e-commerce sites.”

Because IBM and Zend partnership began, tens of thousands of IBM i customers from all over the world have the PHP language, Zend Solutions for the introduction of business-critical web applications used.

Zend Server EDITIONS

Zend Server for IBM i combines all the features that were previously offered separately in Zend Core for IBM i and Zend Platform for IBM i. It is available in two editions:

Zend Server for IBM i is the commercial edition, software updates and security patches, creates a 5250 bridge, integrated application monitoring, code tracing, and problem diagnosis, full page caching and Job queue functionality. The commercial version is gold and platinum support for up to 24×7 telephone support.
Zend Server Community Edition for IBM i provides a complete and certified PHP stack, PHP Toolkit and performance optimization tools plus the first year of Silver level support from Zend. This edition is in all new distributions of the integrated IBM i operating system, and it can also be downloaded for free from zend.com.

Zend Server for IBM i exceeds Zend Core for IBM Zend Platform for IBM i and i, to provide better performance and easier management of the PHP environment. With the release of Zend Server for IBM i, both Zend Core for IBM i and Zend Platform for IBM i is an end-of-life process in power.

product information DOWNLOAD

Zend Download Server for IBM i: http://www.zend.com/products/server/downloads

Zend Server for IBM i Information: http://www.zend.com/solutions/i

Zend Server for IBM i Webinars: http://www.zend.com/resources/webinars/i5-os

IBM i on Power Systems: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/

About Zend Technologies

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, is a leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications. PHP is running 35 percent of global sites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic Web applications. Deployed at more than 30,000 companies worldwide, the Zend family of products provides a comprehensive solution to support the entire lifecycle of PHP applications. Zend is in Cupertino, California.

For more information, please visit or call +1 408-253-8800 http://www.zend.com.

Zend, Zend Technologies, Zend Framework, Zend.com, Zend Studio, Zend Core, Zend Platform and associated logos and symbols are registered trademarks of Zend Technologies, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. IBM is a registered trademark and IBM Power System is a trademark of IBM Corporation.


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