Zend Studio 3.0 IDE announced

PHP Adoption Reaches Tipping Point for Mission Critical Applications 
in Corporate US

Zend Studio 3.0 and PHP 5 - Now Enterprise Ready

Ramat Gan, Israel, September 8, 2003 - Growing adoption and 
legitimacy of Linux and Apache within enterprise organizations is 
driving the proliferation of mission critical applications written in 
PHP. Apache, now with over 63% server market share across all 
domains, and PHP, which accounts for roughly 26% of all domains on 
the Internet, are now a genuine option for enterprises deploying 
mission critical Web applications.

Zend, founded by the designers of the Zend Engine, the core of PHP, 
and the leading provider of PHP productivity solutions, today 
announces the release of Zend Studio 3.0. After a successful 
month-long beta period, Zend Studio 3.0 brings a feature-rich 
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed specifically for 
advanced professional Web developers building mission critical 
applications in PHP, JavaScript and HTML. Zend Studio provides the 
tools developers demand for PHP development and is already used by 
more than 18,000 developers in companies such as Bausch & Lomb, 
Siemens, Lycos Germany, Outback Steakhouse and Deutsche Telekom.

Zend Technologies has been contributing to legitimacy and 
proliferation of open source PHP since 1999 with initiatives such as 
the development of the Zend Engine 2, authoring of PHP 5, the JSR 
initiative with Sun Microsystems and most recently, the launch of the 
Studio 3.0. With this market knowledge and experience, Zend has 
recognized the enterprise need for sophisticated, PHP productivity 
tools. Zend Studio 3.0, now with support for PHP 5, significantly 
faster performance, expert level debugger and project management 
tools, allows enterprise developers to write robust, bug free code, 
rapidly develop mission critical Web applications and seamlessly 
deploy and maintain their PHP applications.

"The release of Zend Studio 3.0 now gives enterprises the support 
they need to adopt PHP for their mission critical, eBusiness 
applications," said Zeev Suraski, co-designer of PHP and co-founder 
and CTO of Zend Technologies. "With full support of PHP 5 including 
advanced editing, debugging and analysis of PHP applications, Zend 
Studio allows enterprises to simplify the development and maintenance 
of their applications, improve the quality of their applications and 
shorten time to market.  The upcoming release 5 is going to make PHP 
even more attractive to big organizations, and strengthen its 
position in the enterprise world as the scripting language of choice 
for developing Web applications. The PHP 5 release, scheduled for the 
end of 2003, meets the needs of the enterprise world, including a new 
powerful object model and state of the art XML support."

"With integrated support for the much anticipated PHP 5 release, as 
well as stronger XML integration, built-in Code Analyzer, and a host 
of other excellent features, Zend Studio 3.0 puts the future of PHP 
at your fingertips today - in a faster, easier to use interface," 
said Jason Halla, Web applications developer for The American Legion 
and moderator of Devshed's PHP Forum. "If your company depends on 
PHP, your developers can depend on the Zend Studio."

Zend Studio 3.0, a major upgrade to the already well-received Zend 
Studio 2.x, enables professional developers to write robust, bug-free 
code with advanced debugging tools including a remote debugger, debug 
URL and quick debug directly from their browser. The innovative Code 
Profiler, which determines which parts of the application are slowing 
down the project, and Code Analyzer, which analyzes static source 
code and attempts to reconcile problematic code, give PHP developers 
the tools to maximize their code quickly and efficiently. Tools such 
as advanced code completion, JavaScript and HTML support and 
customizable key maps speed time to market and improve coding 
efficiency. Full version management and FTP integration, project and 
file inspectors and advanced project management capabilities allow 
developers to seamlessly maintain and deploy their PHP applications.

Pricing and Availability
Zend Studio starts at $195, with the Zend Studio Plus version 
available at $249 which includes one year of product upgrades and 
support. Zend Studio supports Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. 
Upgrade options are available for existing users. The product is 
available immediately at www.zend.com.

About Zend Technologies Ltd.
Zend Technologies, a leading Web infrastructure software company, is 
the internationally recognized authority in PHP. The company provides 
a complete platform that enables the rapidly growing market of 
PHP-enabled enterprises to Develop, Protect and Scale their PHP 
applications. Zend's founders are the designers of PHP and the Zend 
Engine, on which all PHP sites and applications are run.  The company 
is an active leader in the PHP and open source communities, and plays 
a central role in the explosive growth of PHP, which is now being 
used in over 9 million web sites worldwide. Founded in 1999, Zend 
Technologies is a privately held, venture-backed firm, with 
management, marketing and R&D headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. 
Zend's products are available at www.zend.com, or by contacting a 
Zend representative by phone at 1-877-ZEND-PHP or by email at 
sales@zend.com.

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