
			Zend Platform version 2.1

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This package contains Zend Platform Version 2.1


Product Overview
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The proliferation of PHP use for business-critical web applications has
elevated the importance of management and integration solutions.
Organizations now require a new level of management and deployment
applications in their infrastructure.  

Zend Platform, combined with the release of PHP 5, marks the beginning
of a new era for PHP in the enterprise. For the first time, Web
application managers can monitor performance, detect failures, and manage
system recovery -- all within an integrated and fully featured PHP run-time 
environment.  Zend Platform offers a level of unsurpassed reliability, 
scalability, and interoperability for application developers and
IT personnel who wish to deploy and manage mission-critical PHP Web 
applications in an enterprise environment.  

Zend Platform incorporates several industry-standard PHP performance management 
components. One such component is the Zend Performance Suite, which enables
unparalleled utilization of hardware and optimal response times.  Further, Zend 
Platform's insight into the inner workings of your server can help you find 
problems that you did not even know existed, and thanks to the tight integration 
with Zend Studio's debugger and profiler - these problems can be analyzed and 
fixed with minimal efforts.



Getting Started
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Please refer to the User Guide (PDF file - located in the installation
directory under 'doc') for a detailed description of Zend Platform's 
capabilities.



Installation
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Zend Platform includes an easy-to-use Installation Wizard. To start the 
installation procedure in Text User Interface mode (TUI), type ./install.sh
at your command prompt. For terminal users, running the ./install-tty command 
will start the installation procedure in text mode.
For a summary of installation script flags, please use the option --help.
For more information regarding installation, please refer to the Installation Guide.
The Installaltion Guide is located under the 'doc' directory of the product package.



Support
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Additional support information is available at 
http://www.zend.com/support/

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Thank you for choosing Zend Platform!

Zend Technologies Ltd.
http://www.zend.com/
