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Zend accelerates, simplifies PHP development

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Software
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Zend Technologies, a major contributor to the PHP open source community, needed to keep pace with emerging trends such as mobility, agile development, application lifecycle management and continuous delivery. The company needed to provide the right tools to the worldwide community of PHP developers. The challenge was to support enterprise-class capabilities from end to end, including mobile, compliance and security. The pace of business required developers to show results fast across a variety of devices without compromising quality or security. Read More
About Customer	Zend Technologies is a leading company in the PHP open source community. The company contributes to the advancement of PHP while making it easier to develop enterprise-class PHP applications through its Zend Server product. With more than 80 percent of websites running PHP today, Zend has a uniquely informed view into the world of application development. The company's customers are increasingly managing the application not just while it is in development but all the way through production, release, versioning, control and integration with additional infrastructure underneath the application. Read More
Solution	Zend Technologies adopted IBM PureApplication System and IBM PureApplication Service on SoftLayer to simplify and speed up enterprise-class PHP development. The IBM PureApplication System allowed Zend developers to quickly focus on the work that matters by rapidly accessing resources in an off-premises or on-premises cloud environment and using patterns to simplify and automate tasks throughout the development lifecycle. The IBM PureApplication solutions also supported a hybrid cloud environment, giving developers the ability to adapt to changes in demand without incurring unnecessary expense. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Software

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Zend Technologies, a major contributor to the PHP open source community, needed to keep pace with emerging trends such as mobility, agile development, application lifecycle management and continuous delivery. The company needed to provide the right tools to the worldwide community of PHP developers. The challenge was to support enterprise-class capabilities from end to end, including mobile, compliance and security. The pace of business required developers to show results fast across a variety of devices without compromising quality or security.

About Customer

Zend Technologies is a leading company in the PHP open source community. The company contributes to the advancement of PHP while making it easier to develop enterprise-class PHP applications through its Zend Server product. With more than 80 percent of websites running PHP today, Zend has a uniquely informed view into the world of application development. The company's customers are increasingly managing the application not just while it is in development but all the way through production, release, versioning, control and integration with additional infrastructure underneath the application.

Solution

Zend Technologies adopted IBM PureApplication System and IBM PureApplication Service on SoftLayer to simplify and speed up enterprise-class PHP development. The IBM PureApplication System allowed Zend developers to quickly focus on the work that matters by rapidly accessing resources in an off-premises or on-premises cloud environment and using patterns to simplify and automate tasks throughout the development lifecycle. The IBM PureApplication solutions also supported a hybrid cloud environment, giving developers the ability to adapt to changes in demand without incurring unnecessary expense.

Impact #1	Eased management of underlying infrastructure to simplify application development.
Impact #2	Lowered costs and improved development agility through a hybrid cloud approach.
Impact #3	Developers can quickly focus on the work that matters by rapidly accessing resources in an off-premises or on-premises cloud environment.

Impact #1

Eased management of underlying infrastructure to simplify application development.

Impact #2

Lowered costs and improved development agility through a hybrid cloud approach.

Impact #3

Developers can quickly focus on the work that matters by rapidly accessing resources in an off-premises or on-premises cloud environment.

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Zend accelerates, simplifies PHP development

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