Cloudstack – Infrastructure As Service(IaaS) from Cloud.com (Now part of Citrix)

Infrastructure As Service(IaaS) is an important component of complete Cloud offerings.

CloudStack, is for Service Providers and Enterprises to build, manage and deploy IaaS (Infrastructure As Service) offerings similar to Amazon EC2and S3. It is developed from Cloud.com, which is a venture-backed startup based in heart of Silicon Valley. It develops an open source . . . → Read More: Cloudstack – Infrastructure As Service(IaaS) from Cloud.com (Now part of Citrix)

Cloud Foundry – Platform As Service(PaaS) from VMWare

Platform As Service is an important component in complete Cloud offerings. In terms of Stack , it goes in order of   Server, Infrastructure, Platform, Application ! At the end, Client will access the application.

Cloud Foundry is an open source cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) software developed by VMware released under . . . → Read More: Cloud Foundry – Platform As Service(PaaS) from VMWare

“Strict” mode in PHP

Many times, I am asked this question and it often comes up in discussions as well.

Other languages with automatic variable declaration – like PERL – have a strict mode. By activating this strict mode, variable declaration is required, and in PERL, it throws an error as soon as you try to use an . . . → Read More: “Strict” mode in PHP

PHPCloud from Zend – a platform, not infrastructure.

For all of developers who are looking to develop for the cloud using PHP, Zend who else ? )  has done it again. In October 2011, Zend Technologies announced phpcloud.com, technology platform and partner ecosystem using Amazon Web Services for cloud application development and delivery. Developers looking to tap the dynamic and elastic . . . → Read More: PHPCloud from Zend – a platform, not infrastructure.

Yii – a new Web2.0 MVC – PHP framework

There are so many successful  MVC frameworks already in place, particularly for PHP and LAMP Development

We wonder, do we need more ? Aren’t existing ones enough ?

And still more framework pop-up, usually with some innovation and features, which previous ones lacked or at least, tried to make certain aspects of  development easier . . . → Read More: Yii – a new Web2.0 MVC – PHP framework

Zend and RESTful Web services

In loosely coupled  computing world of ours, where  will we  go without Web services ? Probably, not much far…

Zend Framework does make it easy to  use RESTful web services from Client and Server standpoint.

Let’s face it, SOAP is history… Heaviness of SOAP protocol and overheads,  is single-most factors for companies to stay . . . → Read More: Zend and RESTful Web services

PHP/LAMP trends for 2011

It’s 1st jan 2011, time for predictions and trends As economic trend is upward, 2011 holds many promises and everyone is hoping that it won’t turn us down.

Opensource  technology has been playing important world in aspects of computing — from personal to enterprise.

In my opinion, we should see following technology ( opensource or otherwise )  related . . . → Read More: PHP/LAMP trends for 2011

PHP IDE – Eclipse Vs. Zend Studio

Many many not know that Eclipse has PHP version of IDE and it is pretty nice. In fact, Zend team has helped develop it. If you haven’t tried it, you should.

Zend also offeres its own veresion of IDE, which is called Zend Studio, which is also based on “Eclipse” platform only.

Elipse is . . . → Read More: PHP IDE – Eclipse Vs. Zend Studio

PHP in the Cloud

Of course, PHP is not behind in joining the “Cloud Wagon”. It’s about time.   If I have to choose two hottest technologies for next 5 years. They are going to be “Cloud” and “Mobile”. And combination of both will be killer one.   PHP has made a good start in Cloud and much more to . . . → Read More: PHP in the Cloud

PHP Design patterns

For many (Including myself ), “Design Patterns” or “System Design” is one of the favorite topics. It is core of any application. One mistake made in design phase can be very expensive at later stage. It requires good amount of experiene and skills to design a good application/system. And book doesn’t teach everything.

 

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