Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2012 edition of the Zend IBM i Newsletter. This is a monthly newsletter dedicated to PHP for the IBM i community.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS

New Zend Server for IBM i 5.6

Zend has released the latest version of the PHP application server for IBM i. Zend Server for IBM i 5.6 includes a brand new Open Source toolkit and the ability to streamline and automate deployment for speed, efficiency and consistency to help ensure business-critical web applications meet SLAs. The new version can be implemented as a PTF to all previous versions of Zend Server or as a standalone implementation on a brand new LPAR.

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New IBM i Focused Partner in Australia

Zend has partnered with Team Computing Australia Pty Ltd to offer PHP solutions for the IBM i. Team Computing is an IBM Premier Business Partner, and IBM i specialist with skills in infrastructure, operations, high availability and disaster recovery, software and development.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

STATUS - IBM Midrange User Group
February 14, 2012 - 7:30 - 9:00 AM, Ft. Wayne, IN, US

Presentation: PHP on IBM i - Getting Started. Topics include software installation, configuration, troubleshooting and basic PHP script creation. Participants will learn how to enable DB2 content quickly and easily using the world's most popular web scripting language.

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WEBINAR: Application Deployment on IBM i
February 15, 2012 - 9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET

Learn how application deployment can automate the process of rolling in or out a full PHP application within your web server environment and see how to implement this solution on IBM using native features.

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WEBINAR: Performance Tuning PHP on IBM i
March 6, 2012 - 9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET

In this webinar, Mike Pavlak and guest host Alan Seiden will discuss some of the more fundamental areas that reveal performance bottlenecks. They will explore hardware, software and configuration options that will help your PHP applications fly.

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WEBINAR: Stored Procedures with PHP and IBM i - Part II
April 12, 2012 - 9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET

The first webinar explored SQL Stored Procedures and how they get implemented and consumed by PHP running on IBM i (recording available). This follow-up session will explore the creation and usage of RPG programs as stored procedures and how they get implemented in a PHP application running on or off IBM i.

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WEBINAR: Additional Functions of DB2 with PHP on IBM i
May 2, 2012 - 9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET

This webinar will explore some of the new features that can make data mining or general DB2 usage a breeze. An IBM speaker has been invited to provide some first-hand perspectives of the new DB2 features.

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UPCOMING TRAINING

Online trainings offer students the opportunity to learn from expert instructors in 2 hr per day sessions. Courses offer real-life examples and interactive hands-on training to sharpen existing skills and add new ones.

PHP I: Foundations (IBM i /OS Programmers)
Feb. 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22 & 24 (English on-line class) 1-3pm PST (9-11pm GMT)

This course provides ILE programmers with a solid foundation in the PHP language. It guides students through the basics of PHP with numerous examples and hands-on exercises, and makes frequent reference to the similarities and differences between the PHP and RPG languages.

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RESOURCES

Recorded webinars about PHP on IBM

Check out recorded webinars on topics like open source installation, Zend Server for IBM i, RPG report migration to the Web, and much more.

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