Archive for the 'Commercial Software' Category

Zend Server Cluster Manager & High Available PHP Apps

Zend Technologies announced two days ago the availability of Zend Server Cluster Manager , a solution that extends the benefits of the Zend Server Web application server across large-scale PHP deployments. Zend Server provides an enterprise-ready PHP stack that delivers performance optimization, application monitoring, problem diagnostics, job queuing and more. With Zend Server Cluster Manager, Web operations teams can centrally monitor and manage multiple Zend Server instances to ensure high availability and improved scalability of applications. Zend Server Cluster Manager fully supports Cloud deployments, allowing IT managers to easily add or take down PHP servers, monitor multiple PHP servers running in the Cloud, isolate performance bottlenecks or errors with built-in code tracing capability, and ensure consistent PHP configuration across a large number of clustered servers.

phpnuke.org has been compromised

“From Snype @ www.phpnuke-install.com: Posted on Saturday, May 08, 2010 @ 07:06:19 CDT” Snype writes: PHP-Nuke is a popular Web content management system (CMS), based on PHP and a database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, or Adabas. Earlier versions were open source and free software protected by GNU Public License, but since then it has become commercial software. As it is still very popular in the Internet community, it is not surprising that it has become a target [yet again] of blackhat attacks. WARNING : At the time of writing the front page of phpnuke.org still contains the malicious iframe, so we advise users to stay away from the site until it has been fixed. Read Snype’s entire article @ phpnuke-install.com

Zend, Adobe and the best path to RIAs

Adobe announced the availability of Adobe Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 to improve rich Internet application (RIA) development for developers, enterprise IT departments and independent software providers in the rapidly growing PHP community, and Zend is part of the story. “By including Zend Framework within Flash Builder 4, we are allowing enterprise PHP developers to easily introspect PHP classes using the powerful new data-centric development capabilities within Flash Builder,” said Bryant Macy, director of product marketing at Adobe. “Building RIAs just got easier for PHP developers with Zend technologies and the Flash Platform.” Using the Adobe Flash Platform with PHP Zend and Adobe have been working together to deliver an integrated solution for building rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash Platform, including Flex 4 and Adobe Flash Builder 4. Adobe Flash Builder 4 and Zend Studio 7 are both based on Eclipse version 3.5, providing PHP developers with one Integrated Development Environment for developing and debugging both the front- and back-ends of PHP and Flex-based applications.

Zend Announces General Availability of Zend Server 5.0

Zend Server 5.0 Reduces Problem Resolution Time by up to 50 Percent; Adds Job Queue for Improved End-user Experience; Includes Support for PHP 5.3 Cupertino, CA — February 24, 2010 — Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced the general availability of Zend Server 5.0, a major new version of the company’s PHP Web application server. New Code Tracing technology in Zend Server 5.0 enables PHP developers and administrators to slash problem resolution time by up to 50%. For the first time, users have visibility into the behavior of their code in production environments, with the ability to pinpoint the root cause of application issues quickly and eliminate the time-consuming and sometimes near impossible task of recreating problems in order to resolve them. “Zend Server 5.0 is a huge step forward for businesses running business-critical PHP Web applications,” said Andi Gutmans, CEO and co-founder at Zend. “With this new version we are delivering application monitoring and diagnostics as part of the base application server at no additional cost. The new Code Tracing technology revolutionizes how businesses can reduce time spent on problem resolution. This and other enhancements will help businesses deliver reliable high-performance applications and maximize end-user satisfaction while reducing development and management time and costs.”

Makara Leverages Virtualization to Simplify Cloud Application Management

Makara’s Cloud Application Platform, now available as a developer release, helps developers easily deploy, scale and monitor mission-critical applications in the cloud REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. – February 2, 2009 – After months under the radar, Makara today unveiled a brand new approach to cloud computing’s most difficult problem: application deployment and management. Rather than retrofit system management software designed for traditional application environments to the cloud, Makara’s Cloud Application Platform leverages the virtual layer to allow developers to rapidly deploy, scale and monitor applications in cloud environments. The product is freely available today as a developer release at www.makara.com . “The widespread adoption of cloud computing is hitting a wall in terms of ROI because companies are not able to effectively manage applications, both inside and outside the enterprise, in a cloud environment. No one’s going to run mission-critical apps without management, not in the data center and definitely not in the cloud,” said Tim Guleri, Managing Director of Sierra Ventures. “Makara’s Cloud Application Platform provides that missing link, enabling developers to deploy their apps and make them work with full management capabilities. Makara will get the cloud past the ROI hurdle.”

VS.Php 2.7 Released with Silverlight Integration

jcx.software released today VS.Php 2.7 for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005. New features in this release : Silverlight 3 tools intergation Improved IIS 7 and IIS 7.5 integration New built-in web server engine Internet Explorer 8 support including debugging JavaScript Improved support for editing very large PHP files Improved smart indenting and document auto indenting functionality Bootstrapper installer automatically downloads and installs the Visual Studio shell if not present. Available for both 2005 and 2008 editions. Below the press release : August 3rd, 2009 – We pleased to announce the release of VS.Php 2.7 for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005. This release introduces a number of new key features and enhacements of existing features.

Zend Studio 7 Released

Zend Technologies released today version 7 of Zend Studio IDE with support for PHP 5.3 and a reduced memory footprint which make it faster. New features in PHP 5.3 are now supported by ZendStudio including namespaces, late static binding and closures; in addition to bundled PHP executables and debugging capabilities. The new release provides also enhanced integration with Zend Framework, stronger object oriented capabilities with enhanced editing features, easy integration and support of ZendServer including local deployment for debugging, and finally the use of Eclipse Indexing and caching architecture, a better workspace modeling, and removed unneeded dependencies to speed up the IDE.

Zend Released Zend Server and Zend Server Community Edition

Zend Technologies announced today the availability of Zend Server for High Performance, Reliable, and Secure Deployment of PHP-Based Web Applications, in addition to the FREE Zend Server community edition for Developers and PHP Application Users. The new Zend Server is a complete Web application solution that includes PHP, native install, an enhanced code accelerator, and advanced monitoring and problem diagnostics for applications designed for deployment on a single server. In addition, Zend Server automates software updates, hot fixes, and security patches on both Linux (native RPM and DEB based repositories) and Microsoft Windows (MSI), for quick and easy installation in less than 5 minutes. Zend Server supports the most popular databases, including Oracle® Database, MySQL, and Microsoft® SQL Server, as well as leading operating systems from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu/Debian to Microsoft Windows Server and more. Zend Server CE is a completely free version of Zend Server that runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X, specifically tuned to address the needs of non-critical server deployments and for developer desktops/laptops everywhere. Zend Server CE comes with the same high-performance opcode caching and easy-to-use PHP administration capabilities as the commercial Zend Server. Zend Server Pricing starts at $1,195 for an annual product subscription

Brand new knowledge base management software released – KnowledgeBase Manager Pro

Website Scripts have recently released the Pro edition of their PHP Knowledge Base Manager. Knowledgebase Manager Pro is an web-based system developed to support and enhance the organizational processes of knowledge creation, storage, retrieval, transfer, and application. It is featured with user and group management support, allows unlimited publications for your knowledgebase content, supports multiple ways of visitor feedback gathering, provides high safety of your data with built-in automatic database backup system, article versions history, and allows recovering of deleted articles. We made use of modern Ajax technology and followed Web 2.0 design and usability trends to make Knowledgebase Manager Pro knowledge base management software fast and convenient. You can check the feature tour for more about the product features, and try out their online demo here

Interspire Knowledge Manager 5.0 Released

Interspire have just announced the availabilty of their Knowledge Manager solution version 5.0 , previously known as ActiveKB ( reviewed here ). Mitchell Harper, Interspire Product Manager, wrote in product announcement : This new version marks a significant step in our product strategy, turning the product from a simple web-based, self-service FAQ system into a fully-featured, enterprise-grade knowledge management tool which can be used to reduce customer support, share company-wide knowledge and reduce staff training costs. New features in version 5.0 include: Microsoft SQL Server & LDAP support – Easily integrate Interspire Knowledge Manager with your existing Windows-based Active Directory network and databases. Complete workflow support – Setup content publishing rules and processes which allow knowledge workers and their managers to efficiently publish and approve knowledge items. Integrated news posting and syndication – Post news items, information and upcoming event details directly to the front page of your knowledge base.