Zend Technologies Launches Zend Studio 2.0

    RAMAT GAN, Israel, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Extending its leadership in PHP
 development, deployment and optimization software, Zend Technologies Ltd.
 today announced the availability of the Zend Studio 2.0. The Zend Studio is
 the industry's first complete PHP development platform. The "all-in-one"
 client-sever development package conveniently integrates all the applications
 developers need to code, debug and deploy advanced PHP e-commerce and business
 applications.
 
     The Zend Studio 2.0 includes:
     -- Zend Development Environment -- combines a comprehensive editor with
        the industry's leading code completion engine and an integrated,
        top-of-the-line debugger to speed development time and significantly
        reduce time-to-market.
     -- Zend Server Center -- enables seamless integration, configuration and
        management of server-side components such as the Zend Studio Server,
        Zend Debug Server (remote version), PHP 4.1.0, and Apache 1.3.22.
     -- Zend Information Center -- provides a robust, context-sensitive help
        and PHP reference center at a click of a button.
 
     PHP for Everyone
     The Zend Studio 2.0 enables mainstream web developers to code robust PHP
 applications by incorporating such features as powerful code completion for
 HTML and all PHP constructs, integrated local and remote debugging, intuitive
 server administration from the convenience of a browser, and a comprehensive
 PHP help and reference center at a click of a button. As a result of growing
 demand for PHP tools across a broad range of mainstream development
 communities, the Zend Studio is completely platform independent and localized
 in English, German, French, Dutch, Japanese and Korean.
     "With PHP's popularity soaring, we created the Zend Studio to address the
 needs of enterprise PHP and mainstream Web application developers worldwide.
 Over 7 million sites run PHP now and developers are increasingly eager to
 reduce their time to market while improving the quality of their code," said
 Doron Gerstel, President and CEO of Zend. "We're thrilled to introduce a
 product that is poised to become the de-facto PHP development tool for
 enterprise PHP developers and enable every mainstream Web developer to begin
 developing advanced PHP applications."
     Leon Atkinson, author of the best-selling PHP book, Core PHP Programming
 says, "Zend Studio 2.0 represents another important milestone in PHP's
 development. With the new visual debugger, PHP programmers can spend less time
 finding bugs and more time programming."
 
     Pricing, Availability and System Requirements
     The Zend Studio 2.0 will be available on February 4th at an introductory
 price of $149. The Zend Studio 2.0 Plus, which includes upgrades and support
 for a year, is available for $189. Starting March 1st Zend Studio 2.0 and Zend
 Studio 2.0 Plus will list at $195 and $249 respectively. Both packages will be
 sold directly from the Zend Store online at http://www.zend.com/store . The
 Zend Studio 2.0 Client is available for Microsoft(R) Windows(R)
 98/ME/NT/2000/XP and RedHat Linux 6.2+ (or any glibc 2.1/glibc 2.2 compatible
 Linux). The Zend Studio 2.0 Client will be available for Mac OS X at the end
 of March. The Mac OS X beta is available now. The Zend Studio 2.0 Server is
 available for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98/2000/XP, RedHat Linux 6.2+ (or any
 glibc 2.1/glibc 2.2 compatible Linux), Solaris 2.6+, and FreeBSD 3.4+.
 
     About Zend Technologies Ltd.
     Zend Technologies, a leading Web infrastructure software company, is the
 internationally recognized authority in PHP. The company builds the premier
 PHP development, deployment and optimization software for the rapidly growing
 market of PHP developers. Zend's founders are the designers of PHP 4 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 7 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.
 
     NOTE:  Zend, Zend.com, Zend Technologies, Zend Engine, Zend Studio, Zend
 Accelerator, Zend Cache, Zend Encoder Unlimited, Zend IDE, Zend LaunchPad,
 Zend Support-Online Services, and/or the logos and icons associated with each
 of these names are trademarks of Zend Technologies Ltd. and may be registered
 in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks belong to their respective
 owners.
 
     CONTACT:  Zend Technologies Ltd., +972-3-613-9665, or +1-877-ZEND-PHP, or
 sales@zend.com.
 
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