Zend Solution Brief 0909 Web
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Zend is the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying, and managing business-critical PHP applications. They offer tools like Zend Studio and servers like Zend Server and Zend Platform to help companies improve productivity, ensure high performance, and maintain security across the entire PHP application lifecycle from development to production. Zend's open source Zend Framework is also the de facto standard for building large PHP applications.
Zend Solution Brief 0909 Web
- 1. Zend Solutions Zend and PHP: An Overview PHP is the language of choice for building dynamic web applications. It is used by more than a third of all websites and has been adopted by corporate IT for running business- Zend Solution Benefits critical applications. PHP is simple, scalable and robust. It is supported by a large, vibrant community and embraced by a multitude of vendors who have formed a comprehensive • Increase PHP development team productivity ecosystem around it. • Deliver on application Originally developed in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP was re-written in 1997 by Zeev Suraski performance and availability and Andi Gutmans. Their efforts to make the language more powerful for e-commerce SLA applications resulted in PHP 3.0, which provided strong extensibility features that made it • Standardize open-source very easy to write additions and extensions for the language. software processes across the In 1999, Suraski and Gutmans founded Zend Technologies, the PHP Company. Zend is lifecycle the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying, and managing • Secure applications and business-critical PHP applications. Zend products and services support the entire lifecycle of maintain regulatory PHP web applications and are deployed by more than 27,000 companies worldwide. compliance • Build and maintain a high level of technical skills The PHP Ecosystem The appeal of PHP to web developers has driven the growth of an extensive ecosystem, consisting of platforms, tools, and applications. PHP runs on all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and IBM i. A variety of open source and professional-grade tools support every stage of the application lifecycle. Numerous drivers and connectors are widely available, and a multitude of The PHP ecosystem applications can be readily used for ensures suppor t for a variety of solutions e-commerce, content management, and enables continuous CRM and more. innovation.
- 2. Increasing the Maturity of the PHP Application Lifecycle From development to production, Zend products help you increase the maturity of your PHP application lifecycle. This process is accomplished through a combination of popular open source projects, enterprise-grade products, and comprehensive service and support. PHP Application Lifecycle Develop & Test Deploy & Manage Release better code sooner, increase developer Ensure successful application deployments, high productivity availability & enhanced performance If you’re a professional PHP developer or a development manager, Running a business-critical application in production involves you’re probably under pressure to write more code, produce fewer stringent requirements for optimal performance, availability and defects, and meet delivery deadlines. Zend helps by arming you security. To meet these requirements, you will need a combination with professional-grade tools – Zend Studio and Zend Server – as of enterprise-ready software products and top services and support. well as support and consulting services that will help you make Zend helps thousands of customers successfully run and manage every project a success. their applications in production. Zend Studio’s powerful code Zend Server and Zend Platform • Boost development editing capabilities combined provide a robust, scalable • Increase rate of team’s productivity with the open source Zend runtime environment that successful application Framework enable PHP teams is used throughout the deployments • Standardize your to jump start development application lifecycle to ensure development process • Ensure high application projects and rapidly deliver consistency and reduce the performance and • Increase code quality good quality code. number of configuration availability problems. • Build and maintain high Zend Studio and Zend Server • Use a reliable and level technical skills minimize the number of Through multiple caching and secure PHP stack defects when an application is acceleration technologies, deployed to production while Zend Server and Zend Platform still enhancing overall development productivity. optimize application performance. Built-in application monitoring alerts to slowdowns or errors in applications and captures the Zend provides comprehensive technical support for its commercial information required for isolation and root cause analysis. Integration products. Zend also offers a variety of developer certifications, with Zend Studio ensures developers can easily reproduce any training courses, and design and code audits that enable companies problem in the development lab, thereby expediting the support to build and maintain a high level of technical expertise. process and enabling quick response to issues in production. The PHP Company
- 3. Zend Products Zend Studio Zend Framework Professional-grade Integrated Development Environment Open Source Web Application Framework Zend Studio is the leading IDE for professional PHP developers. Zend Framework has become the de-facto standard framework Built upon the Eclipse PHP Development Tools project led by for developing large-scale PHP applications. It incorporates Zend, Zend Studio boosts developer productivity and facilitates simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly BSD standardization and team collaboration. licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase. Zend Studio includes: Zend Framework highlights: • Advanced code editing, debugging and profiling • Business-friendly new BSD license • Zend Framework integration for faster coding • Supports Cloud application services • Zend Server integration for problem detection and diagnosis • Based on Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture • Support for Agile development • Community-based, led by Zend team • More than 1,000 Eclipse plug-ins • Contributions from Google, Microsoft and others Zend Server Zend Platform Enterprise-grade Web Application Server Web Application Server for Clusters Zend Server is a complete, enterprise-ready Web Application Server Zend Platform Enterprise Solution (ES) provides high availability for running and managing PHP applications that require a high and performance for business-critical PHP applications running in a level of reliability, performance and security. multi-server environment. Zend Server includes: Zend Platform includes: • Caching and acceleration for optimal application performance • Caching and acceleration for optimal application performance • Application monitoring for problem detection • Job Queue for better application response time • Root cause analysis with Zend Studio integration • Session Clustering for high availability • Native stack installers and a Web administrator console • Application monitoring and root cause analysis • Zend Core – tested PHP stack • 24x7 technical support • 24x7 technical support • Software updates and security hot fixes Development Environment Web Application Server Zend Server Community Edition Free, high-performance, reliable PHP stack Zend Server Community Edition is a fast and reliable PHP application stack. It is free and you can use it for development, testing and production. Zend Server Community Edition includes: • Basic caching and acceleration • Native stack installers and a Web administrator console • Support via the Zend support forums The PHP Company
- 4. Zend Services Zend Training Zend training courses provide PHP developers and system administrators a wide range of Solutions for IBM i topics either online or in a classroom setting. Courses include PHP programming, preparation Minimize the risk and cost of for PHP and Zend Framework certification, Zend products, and advanced topics. modernizing with PHP Zend and IBM have partnered to Zend Certification deliver a unique solution for IBM i Sponsored by Zend and developed according to American National Standards Institute users. This solution enables easy (ANSI) standards, Zend Certification programs are designed to test a candidate’s level of development and management knowledge in PHP or Zend Framework of PHP web front-ends while retaining business logic in RPG and Zend certification exams are created with specific skills, knowledge and competencies matched to real-world job functions. Zend Certifications ensures developers possess a data in DB2/400. certain level of technical knowledge in many areas. Zend provides the PHP runtime engine required to run web-based Zend provides a host of application workloads on IBM i. Zend PHP Consulting Services Zend also provides the necessary services in order to help Zend Global Consulting offers a wide range drivers, libraries and support to of custom and packaged services to meet any businesses big or small, enable PHP programs to securely customer need – from Smart Start program for ensure the success of the access IBM i data and resources jump-starting your development project to such as IBM DB2 for i, programs, performance, security and architecture audits PHP projects including procedures, data areas, data queues, delivered by Zend’s internationally respected training, certification, message queues, and spool files. PHP experts and global partners. consulting, and technical PHP training courses for RPG support. developers are also provided by Technical Support Zend. Zend Support helps you to develop, deploy and manage your PHP applications with confidence. Zend offers multiple subscription levels (Service Level Agreement/SLA) to meet your company needs in development or production: IBM Solutions: • Developer Support helps you overcome technical issues during the development stage. • Zend Core for i5/OS Basic, Standard and Enterprise levels are offered. • Zend Platform for i5/OS • Production Server Support service provides you with fast response to problems in your • Zend Studio 7 for IBM i production environment, and 24x7 phone support. Silver, Gold and Platinum subscription levels are available. • PHP Training Courses for RPG Developers To learn more about Zend’s Support Service Level Agreement (SLA) please visit www.zend.com/services/support/. Corporate Headquarters: Zend Technologies, Inc. 19200 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014, USA · Tel 1-408-253-8800 · Fax 1-408-253-8801 Central Europe: (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) Zend Technologies GmbH Rosenheimer Strasse 145 b-c, 81671 Munich, Germany · Tel +49-89-516199-0 · Fax +49-89-516199-20 International: Zend Technologies Ltd. 12 Abba Hillel Street, Ramat Gan, Israel 52506 · Tel 972-3-753-9500 · Fax 972-3-613-9671 France: Zend Technologies SARL, 5 Rue de Rome, ZAC de Nanteuil, 93110 Rosny-sous-Bois, France · Tel +33-1-4855-0200 · Fax +33-1-4812-3132 Italy: Zend Technologies, Largo Richini 6, 20122 Milano, Italy · Tel +39-02-5821-5832 · Fax +39-02-5821-5400 Ireland: Zend Technologies, Regus Harcourt, Block 4, Harcourt Road, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland · Tel + 353-1-4773065 © 2009 Zend Corporation. Zend is a registered trademark of Zend Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. M-SB-0909-R4-EN www.zend.com