Windows Server 2008 Now "PHP Ready"
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced that
high-performance web applications can be deployed with confidence on
Microsoft's Windows Server 2008, the next generation platform for
running business-critical applications. Microsoft and Zend have worked
together on Zend Core, Zend's tested, certified and supported version
of PHP. Zend Core and PHP are now certified for Windows Server 2008.
"Microsoft and Zend continue to collaborate to ensure performance
and reliability with PHP and Windows," said Sam Ramji, director of
open source technology strategy at Microsoft. "Together we are
creating high levels of compatibility and supporting the workload and
the development styles that our customers want to use on Windows
Server."
This announcement is the latest in a series of collaborations
between Zend and Microsoft aimed at delivering high performance and
reliability for PHP applications running on the Windows Server
platform. Several of these enhancements have been contributed back to
the PHP community. Late last year, Microsoft announced delivery of its
FastCGI component for IIS, an interface between PHP and the IIS Web
server that delivered substantial reliability and performance benefits
for PHP applications running on Windows. Zend is also working closely
with Microsoft by integrating support for Information Cards in Zend
Framework, the leading PHP open source framework for building modern
web applications and web services. This enables internet users to
manage, control and exchange digital identities more safely and
consistently using Windows CardSpace(R). In addition, Microsoft has
undertaken more than a dozen projects to ensure that the most popular
PHP applications run on Windows, including Mambo, WordPress and
Coppermine, among others.
"Today's announcement is another milestone in our multi-year
agreement to ensure that PHP is a first-class citizen on the Windows
Server platform," said Zend CTO and Co-Founder Andi Gutmans. "We're
pleased that Windows Server 2008 is 'PHP ready' at launch. Going
forward, Zend's entire product portfolio will support Server 2008,
including Zend Platform our PHP application server which enables
managing and scaling large scale PHP applications."
Windows Server 2008 software certification consists of
approximately 100 test cases that independently confirm an
application's compliance with best practices for compatibility,
security, reliability, and availability on the new platform, while
ensuring the software performs in a 64-bit environment. The
certification identifies top-performing technologies that are ready to
deploy in mission-critical environments. As a participant in the
Microsoft Early Access Program (EAP) for Windows Server 2008 Software
Certification, Zend Core is one of more than 300 applications that are
eligible for certification on a pre-release version of the new
platform.
Details about Windows Server 2008 software certification, its test
framework, and the Early Access Program are available at
www.innovateonwindowsserver.com.
About Zend
Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, is the leading provider
of products and services for developing, deploying and managing
business-critical PHP applications. PHP is used by more than twenty
million websites and has quickly become the most popular language for
building dynamic web applications. Deployed at more than 15,000
companies worldwide, Zend's family of products provides a
comprehensive platform for supporting the entire lifecycle of PHP
applications. Zend is headquartered in Cupertino, California. For more
information, please visit www.zend.com, or call 1-408-253-8800.
Zend, Zend Technologies, Zend Core, Zend Platform, Zend Framework,
Zend.com and Zend Studio and/or the logos and icons associated with
each of these names are trademarks of Zend Technologies, Inc. and may
be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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