Zend Technologies have just announced version 1.1 of Zend Framework including support for Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and the Deutsche Telekom Developer Garden platform. The new release also provides documentation and tutorial enhancements.
Microsoft Interoperability team noted on their blog :
With the new Zend Framework 1.10, by simply using the new Zend_Service_WindowsAzure component, developers can easily call Windows Azure APIs from their PHP applications and leverage the storage services, including Blob Storage, Table Storage and Queue Service, offering them a way to accelerate web application development and scale up on demand.
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Jean Paoli, General Manager Interoperability at Microsoft offered a comment about this announcement: “PHP developers find the Windows Azure platform compelling, Microsoft’s decision to contribute PHP-based Windows Azure components to Zend Framework helps demonstrate Microsoft’s commitment to openness and interoperability by providing greater choice and opportunity for Microsoft customers and partners.”
Web-based Communications Services
Also included in Zend Framework 1.10 is a new component for accessing Deutsche Telekom’s Developer Garden, an open collaboration platform between developers and Deutsche Telekom. Using Zend_Service_DeveloperGarden, developers can leverage a host of telecommunications services, such as SMS, voice calls and conference calls, from their PHP applications.
Download Zend Framework 1.10 from http://framework.zend.com/download/latest.
