Increase rate of successful deployments

Many of the problems encountered during application deployment or in production occur because different PHP versions and configurations are used in development, testing and production.

And, if you need to ship your PHP application to a remote customer, Zend Server's unattended installer facilitates fast and trouble-free deployments.

Detect problems before the phone rings

When things go awry with your application, you want to know about it as soon as possible, and resolve the problem before end-users are impacted. Zend Server enables you to take a proactive approach when it comes to ensuring the best user experience by monitoring PHP application execution and alerting you to critical situations.

Enhance reliability, improve staff productivity

Tracking, installing, configuring and testing dozens of PHP libraries and drivers is a time sink for developers, testers and administrators. The rapid updates and code changes that characterise today’s fast-paced Web applications further aggravate the challenges of maintaining a reliable PHP runtime environment and ensuring application security at all times.

Zend Server is a complete, pre-integrated and tested solution that frees you from the hassle of maintaining your PHP infrastructure. Zend Server's native installer (RPM/DEB and MSI) includes a certified PHP distribution, Zend Framework, out-of-the-box connectivity to all common databases, Java connectivity, a scalable and PHP-integrated download server, Apache Web server, and MySQL database.

As a Zend Server customer, you will have access to Zend's technical support experts, and receive online software updates, hot fixes and security patches, ensuring you run the most reliable, secure, and up-to-date version of PHP.

Diagnose and resolve problems quickly and efficiently

Knowing that a problem occurred is an essential first step, yet what really counts is how fast you can isolate its root cause and deliver a solution. Zend Server slashes root cause analysis time by capturing application execution data, such as variable values, call stack and environment information, for every detected incident. Developers may analyse captured data in Zend Studio, thereby eliminating the time-consuming task of reproducing production problems in the lab.

Boost application performance

Web applications need to deliver a top user experience, even at peak loads, yet deploying more hardware to increase performance might prove to be a more costly approach. Zend Server provides multiple technologies for improving application response times and minimising resource utilisation.

• Code acceleration – PHP bytecode caching increases performance with no application changes
• Full page caching – A URL-based HTML output cache that does not require any application changes
• Data caching – A set of functions that allow developers to cache data items or output