Mazda: Advanced web services and PHP: strengths & flaws

Olivier Lépine Quatrain Technologies

2009 has seen the launch of a brand new cars plate management system in France (web services based on WS-* exts & java). Among the 36 carmakers on the market, only Mazda decided to develop with PHP on its IBM i servers (AS/400). This session describes how PHP helped Mazda connect its IT to the Interior Ministry web services, what still lacks, what the versatility of PHP and ZF made possible.

PHP – Faster And Cheaper. Scale Vertically with IBM Power Systems

Sam Hennessy Zend Technologies

The only way to scale your PHP application is horizontally? If you believe that then you could be missing a huge opportunity. This talk will layout why scaling vertically with the Power System platform can be a superior alternative to a traditional LAMP stack. With simplify development, reduce operation costs and a true enterprise quality database. You may never want to go back to LAMP.

PHP on IBM i

Mike Pavlak Zend Technologies

A lot of IBM i customers are exploring PHP as an complement existing solutions. This tutorial will cover several topics that help explain the practical application of PHP in an IBM i strategy. We will explore the use of the i5 toolkit in depth with several examples. The implementation of the next generation of the Zend Stack will be reviewed along with the various installation options and a tour of the new features. Configuration and use of advanced debugging techniques using the new features on Zend Studio 7 and Zend Platform will be discussed. A review of the implementation of an open source project on IBM i using MySQL will also be included and much, much more!

Zend Core on IBM i - Security Considerations

Tony Cairns IBM

Practical security considerations for PHP on IBM i. This session will cover IBM i specific administrative concerns with Apache setup (PASE/ILE), files, libraries, etc., followed by IBM i unique PHP programming APIs from IBM i toolkit and various DB2 direct access considerations. This will not duplicate other sessions covering in-depth PHP programming security issues.

PHP and IBM i - Database Alternatives

Erwin Earley IBM

Interested in leveraging data in DB2 on IBM i with PHP web applications - then this session is for you! We will explore how PHP features such as the Zend toolkit and DB2 language extensions can be used to take your DB2 on i data to the web regardless of whether you prefer accessing the data through native I/O calls or through SQL compliant syntax. Additionally, this session will explore the IBMDB2i storage engine for those who want to deploy MySQL based open community applications on i and store the resulting data in DB2 tables.

Zend Framework for Enterprise PHP on IBM i

Alan Seiden Strategic Business Systems

Zend Framework is the most popular PHP application framework, with over 11 million downloads. What's more, it offers full support for the unique qualities of IBM i. This "i-friendly" introduction to Zend Framework (ZF) will show how it makes web application development easier, with down-to-earth tips on getting started, best practices, and common-sense explanations of Model-View-Controller and i-specific techniques for accessing db2.

PHP at the Heart of Mainstream IT

Andi Gutmans Zend Technologies Inc.

These are exciting times for PHP and Zend. The economic downturn put pressure on IT budgets but at the same time accelerated the adoption of open source. Is it time to declare PHP as an equal-rights citizen in mainstream corporate IT? What about enterprise Java? How will Cloud computing change the way we build and manage PHP applications? And how does Zend Play into the changing landscape of web applications? Join Andi Gutmans, Zend’s co-founder and CEO for this keynote kickoff of ZendCon.