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Welcome to the February edition of the Zend IBM i Newsletter.
ZEND and IBM Enhance their Relationship!
Press Release issued today
Cupertino, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - February 5, 2009 - Zend announced today that it is teaming with IBM to preload Zend's Web Stack with every shipment of IBM i.
"Today's announcement is an expansion of the relationship between the two companies to further enhance PHP-based offerings for IBM i customers," said Scott Handy, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Strategy, IBM Power Systems. "Our customers asked for PHP and we brought Zend PHP to the platform. The enthusiasm for-and utilization of-Zend PHP has exceeded our expectations."
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Some Thoughts about the enhanced relationship
"Today's announcement is an expansion of the relationship between the two companies to further enhance PHP-based offerings for IBM i customers. Our customers asked for PHP and we brought Zend PHP to the platform. The enthusiasm for-and utilization of-Zend PHP has exceeded our expectations."
Scott Handy, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Strategy, and Sales Support, IBM Power Systems
"If I had to sum up how I feel about PHP in a single word it would be "Achievable". Meaning -- PHP, with its origins as a procedural language, is far easier for an RPG and Cobolhack like me to get his head around. Why? Because I can code in a familiar style and yet can introduce OO concepts into my PHP code when they make sense."
Jon Paris, Partner400
"I am excited to see Zend PHP preloaded with IBM i as PHP is one of the quickest means to make your iSeries more valuable to your organization. Why? One, there are literally 1000s of free prepackaged applications and bits of code available and, two, there is the opportunity for the RPG programmer to develop new skills."
Charles Kaplan - President of LISUG and CEO of Barsa Consulting Group LLC
"From my vantage point the interest around PHP continues to grow. For example, at TEC in 2007 we had no PHP sessions. Compare that to this year where we have four sessions. I am delighted to hear Zend and IBM continue to support PHP as PHP is a fast, light technology that is leverages the Power i platform.”
Léo Lefebvre, President Toronto Users Group for Power Systems
"We believe that the state of the economy and the job market make it absolutely critical that System i Developers do everything they can to add value to their skills. Because of its portability and ease-of-use, PHP is an exceptional technology that will extend the life of RPG applications and the careers of the Developers who wrote them. For those reasons and more, PHP will be a key technology showcased at the OCEAN Annual Technical Conference and Vendor Expo on July 20, 2009."
Bob Langieri, OCEAN President
"After modernizing your rich heritage of IBM i applications, PHP can extend those applications and add new applications to a business without the need for additional hardware. One stop shopping is a modern reality for IBM i. Thanks to Zend and IBM for your ongoing commitment to the future of our platform!"
Trevor Perry, CTO, KMR Systems
"The ongoing relationship of IBM and Zend adds life to the platform. The ubiquity of PHP means you can leverage IBM i programs and applications natively or from other platforms. Both PHP and IBM i developer communities work together to improve native applications scalability."
Sylvain Rubele, President Aura Equipements
"It's great to hear that IBM and Zend/PHP have announced they are taking the relationship to the next level. This relationship is critical for so many important IBM i customers, and I'm sure they will be delighted."
Patrick Botz, Botz & Associates, Inc.
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