Andi on Web and IT


Why I’m (truly and geekishly) excited about Zend Server 5!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Over the years I’ve played key roles in many software projects. Although I have had many successes there are only a few which were truly memorable. On average I probably do a very exciting project every three years. I would say that’s above industry standards :)

Last week we released Zend Server 5 and it is another memorable moment for me. Not because the process of getting it out the door was all smooth (it sometimes felt like pulling teeth) or because it’s a new ... [more]

Oracle and Zend deliver Zend Server via Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Oracle and Zend first announced a partnership in 2... [more]

MySQL can be great for Oracle…

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Since the Sun acquisition was announced I continue to get questions on how it will impact MySQL. This seems to be mainly as a result of the close affinity between PHP and MySQL. I must admit that while I had a lot of immediate thoughts when the IBM/Sun rumor was floating around, I have had a bit of a harder time figuring out what the Oracle/Sun acquisition means for the various pieces of Sun's business including MySQL.

Like many I believe that Oracle would not want to kill MySQL and ... [more]

Adobe looking for developers to join early access program for Flex Builder

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Guest post from my friends at Adobe:

Adobe is currently building the next generation of Flex Builder, the Eclipse based IDE for creating cross-platform rich Internet applications.  In this upcoming version, a significant new set of features are being introduced to accelerate creation of data-centric applications with PHP on the server-side leveraging Zend Framework and Zend AMF.  Prior to the public Beta later in the year, Adobe would like to invite a select group of PHP ... [more]