Zend Technologies to Host PHP Conference and Expo; October 2005 Event to Include Speaker Program and Exhibits

Business Wire, March 8, 2005

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, and creator of products and services supporting the development, deployment and management of PHP-based applications, today announced it will host the Zend/PHP Conference and Expo October 18-21, 2005. The conference, "Power Your Business With PHP," will be held at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California. The conference will emphasize both business and technical sessions, targeted at executive management and technical staff. The conference is being produced by KB Conferences LLC, based in Seattle, WA.

"As PHP continues its phenomenal growth path, we felt the timing was right to offer an event devoted to PHP and PHP-related solutions," said Pamela Roussos, vice president of marketing for Zend Technologies. "We're extremely pleased to have a top notch program committee that is extremely excited and dedicated to providing the most relevant content for people developing and deploying PHP-based solutions. Any business serious about implementing PHP-based solutions will not want to miss this event."

Power Your Business With PHP

The conference, slated for October 18-21, 2005, will include daily keynote addresses, technical and business sessions, an exhibit hall and evening activities. The event will include a wide range of sessions, from hands-on tutorials for PHP developers, to business case studies highlighting PHP-based enterprise solutions from Fortune 1000 companies. As part of the conference, attendees will also be able to participate in pre-conference Training and Certification sessions hosted by Zend.

The conference program committee includes the following members:

--Rick Fleischman: program committee chair and director of product marketing and PHP evangelist for Zend;

--Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski: Zend co-founders and co-architects of PHP;

--Adam Trachtenberg: eBay evangelist and recognized PHP author and speaker;

--Joyce Park: member of Technical Staff at CommerceNet, formerly of Friendster and epinions.com;

--Gaylord Aulke: CEO of 100 DAYS, an experienced PHP development house in Stuttgart, Germany;

--Mark Rankin: R&D director at ADP, overseeing a significant PHP application for auto dealers.

Interested speakers will find a call for papers at www.zend.com after March 15, 2005. The site will also be updated regularly with conference information, including sponsorship opportunities, exhibit space information and the press program.

About Zend Technologies, Inc.

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, is the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications. Zend and its founders are the architects of PHP, which is used by more than fifteen million Web sites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic web applications. Deployed at more than 8,000 companies worldwide, the Zend family of products is a comprehensive platform for supporting the entire lifecycle of PHP applications. Zend, headquartered in Cupertino, California, is privately held and venture funded with investments from Azure, Index, Intel Capital, Platinum, SAP Ventures and Walden Israel. For more information, please visit www.zend.com, or call 408-253-8800.

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