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Welcome to the April 2012 edition of the Zend IBM i Newsletter. This is a monthly newsletter dedicated to PHP for the IBM i community.
NOTEWORTHY NEWS
New release of Zend DBi!
It's official! Zend has released Zend DBi for general availability with its own page and download section. Anyone looking for MySQL for IBM i need look no further as this version will not only install Zend DBi as a drop in replacement for MySQL, it will also install the DB2 Storage Engine which optionally allows MySQL to store data directly into DB2.
Zend DBi is now available for download »
Learn more about PHP at COMMON!
Join Zend at the largest gathering of the Power Systems user community! COMMON 2012 will be held in Anaheim, CA on May 6-9 and will feature a special track on IBM i - PHP & MySQL. This track will include sessions on the basics of PHP, the development of customized applications and how MySQL and PHP can be used to deploy open community applications.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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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Join the largest gathering of the Power Systems user community! Visit the Zend booth in the exhibit hall and take advantage of a wide variety of PHP sessions.
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COMMON LIVETRACK
May 06, 2012 - Virtual - education streamed from COMMON Annual Meeting
COMMON LIVETRACK is a new virtual conference for the Power Systems community that brings some of COMMON's Annual Meeting sessions to those that cannot attend the conference in Anaheim. The COMMON Opening Session on Sunday, May 6th will be streamed live for free.
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Join Zend at Collaborate 2012 and attend the session Intranet my i – Bring your Intranet to IBM i for Free to learn how quick and easy it is to install an open source PHP application on your IBM i.
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PHP is the leading scripting language for building web applications and can help modernize legacy apps on IBM i. Join this webinar, powered by COMMON Norway and Data3, to learn the top 5 reasons to use PHP, how the different goals can be accomplished and what is needed to get there.
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PHP trainer, John Valance, has more than 20 years of experience deploying applications on IBM i and working with PHP-based applications like the one at Corvette America. Join John for an in-depth discussion of some features that will take you beyond the basics of PHP!
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This webinar reviews Open Source tools available to help improve the productivity of your development team and user community. The solutions reviewed will include the project management system Collabtive and common open source utilities.
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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)
This course provides ILE programmers with a solid foundation in the PHP language. This course 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.
May 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30 & June 1
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PHP II: Higher Structures Training
This class is designed for novice PHP developers who want to further advance their skills in the PHP language and already know the basics of PHP syntax, language constructs, and web site functionality.
May 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23 & 25
June 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20 & 22
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Free Zend Online Training Orientation
May 03, 2012 - 8:30am PDT, 11:30am EDT, 3:30pm GMT, 5:30pm CEDT
This webinar will provide an opportunity to learn more about Zend online training and explore the Zend Virtual Classroom environment. Learn and test the features available in the Zend Webex training center and ask questions related to virtual classroom with a Zend training specialist.
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