Welcome to the November edition of the Zend IBM i Newsletter! This is a monthly newsletter dedicated to PHP for the IBM i community.

ZEND IBM i PRODUCT NEWS AND UPDATES

Earlier this November at ZendCon 2010, we announced the latest release of our industry-leading development environment: Zend Studio 8 is here! If you develop modern PHP applications for IBM i, you'll love its new JavaScript development and integrated debugging capabilities, and completely revamped remote systems support.

And with the new release, the price has come down! You can now purchase the Zend Developer Solution and get a developer license for your development Zend Server LPAR as well as a technical support service level agreement for up to 45% less.

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UPDATE ON ZENDCON 2010: ZEND/PHP CONFERENCE

The 6th annual Zend/PHP Conference was a huge success, widely attended by PHP developers and IT managers from around the world to learn PHP best practices and explore new technologies. The following sessions that focused on leveraging the power of PHP for IBM i were delivered:

  • Blending PHP & MySQL with your RPG Universe - Susan Gantner, Partner400
  • PHP and IBMi – Alison Butterill, WW Application Development Offerings Manager for the Power Systems Software Team, IBM
  • PHP for Batch Jobs on IBM i - Alan Seiden, Strategic Business Systems
  • Web Services with PHP, Zend Framework, and IBM i - Alan Seiden
  • Expanding IBM i Applications to the IFS Easily with PHP - Mike Pavlak, Zend

Missed ZendCon?

No problem, Alan has got you covered. Here is a commentary (with photos) by Alan Seiden, Zend Framework Certified Engineer, who was also a presenter at ZendCon 2010.

"...Officially named the "Zend/PHP Conference", ZendCon 2010 welcomed the full range of the PHP community: open source contributors, small businesses, enterprise-level corporations, and practitioners of diverse technologies and platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and IBM i, and the largest names in technology and business: Adobe, GE, the New York Stock Exchange..."

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Zend Heads into Open Arms of Developers and Large Enterprises Alike

Chris Smith, Senior News Editor at MC Press Online, highlights how new cloud and mobile solutions, along with features to assist IBM i developers using JavaScript and working remotely, may make Zend the software darling of 2011.

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CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

"With Zend Server, we can support more stores placing online orders, while at the same time reducing the manual keying of orders at the distribution center by as much as 35%. By moving more of our processes online and using Zend Server to monitor and troubleshoot our Web application, we have also reduced the volume of calls to our retail support desk by more than 40%, as customers are able to handle basic service tasks on their own. As a result, we have been able to reassign staff members back into development projects."

-- Scott Campbell, Programmer Analyst, Value Drug Mart --

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UPCOMING TRAINING

IBM i Training Bundle

A-to-Zend for IBM i Programmers is a training package designed for IBM i/OS programmers that not only want to learn to tie existing RPG applications to PHP, but also want to acquire a solid foundation in PHP culminating in the PHP 5.3 certification. This training bundle includes:

PHP I:Foundations for IBM i programmers »
PHP II: Higher Structures »
Test Prep: PHP 5.3 Certification (includes Exam Voucher) »

More about PHP I: Foundations (IBM i) Course

The PHP I: Foundations (IBM i) is a special PHP class that introduces PHP to IBM i programmers utilizing examples and exercises that are IBM i specific and aid in the understanding of PHP. Next Class: January 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26 & 28 from 12pm-2pm PST

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