Thursday, 2 November 2006

Zend Announces ZendBox, Fully Hosted and Managed PHP 5 Technology Stack

Zend has rolled out ZendBox, a fully hosted and managed dedicated server running the latest PHP 5 Technology stack, including Zend Core, Zend Framework and Zend Platform. ZendBox provides an easy to deploy solution for the operation and management of business-critical PHP applications, as per the statement issued by the company.

ZendBox will help companies save time, effort and money by offering an easy to deploy, tightly integrated and certified combination of hardware, operating system, PHP 5 and utilities, all optimised to deliver performance for PHP applications and backed by the expert support of Zend and Zend’s partner network of tier-one hosting providers, the company said.

William Luciw, Director of Product Marketing at Zend said, "ZendBox allows companies to focus on the execution of their business applications, and be certain that the infrastructure used provides PHP 5 support."

ZendBox will be available from the Zend Store at Zend’s web site. To pre-register for ZendBox go here. Zend will begin provisioning ordered ZendBoxes by mid November.