Business Value of PHP

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Mike Pavlak

Solutions Consultant

[email protected]

Function Junction

Business Value of PHP

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PHP Sessions

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• What’s New with Zend Server

Tue – 10:30

• Business value of PHP

Tue – 11:40

• Stored procedures with PHP and IBM i

Tue – 13:30

• PHP Toolkit Examples

Tue – 14:40

• Web Services with PHP and IBM i

Tue – 16:00

• Workshop with PHP & IBM i

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Audience

• Executive level

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But line and staff are still welcome

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Non-technical

• Staff trying to sell PHP up stream

• Manager looking to understand the business value of PHP

• This is a sales pitch for PHP, not Zend!

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Agenda

• Evolution of PHP and IBM i

• PHP stacks up today

• PHP in the IBM i Enterprise

• Brief word about Zend

• Enterprise adoption

• PHP implementation

• Value wrap-up

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6 The Growth of PHP

1995

1997

1999

2000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

20M

15M

10M

5M

Rasmus

Lerdorf

Introduces

PHP/FI

PHP 4

Released

• 1M Internet

domains

• Zend Engine

• Zend Founded

Yahoo!

Standardizes

on PHP

PHP 5.0

(XML,SOAP,OOP)

Zend Studio

IBM, Oracle

Endorse PHP

Zeev Suraski &

Andi Gutmans

lead the

development

of PHP 3

Zend Framework

& Eclipse project

(PDT) announced

PHP

Internet

Domains

25M

ZF and PDT

released,

PHP 4 EOL

announced

PHP

Proliferation

Netcraft Article Jan 2013

says 244 Million sites+

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Adoption of PHP on the IBM i

• IBM & Zend meet…

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SystemiNetwork, COMMON, etc. identify need for scripting on IBM i.

• Net.Data is good, but not strategic

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Zend CEO and VP of Business Development come to COMMON

• IBM & Zend dance…

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IBM and Zend strike a BP relationship

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IBM helps Zend port PHP to IBM i

• The romance

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Anticipate a few thousand downloads

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Well past 11,000 unique registrations(nearly 400 monthly sustained)

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Customer moves from intrigue to conviction

• Happily ever after…

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Let’s just say, both sides are quite pleased with where this is going

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Competition is taking notice

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PHP Adoption

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Zend Server for IBM i

• Zend Server 5.6 for IBM i today

• Zend Server 6 for IBM i

Coming Soon

• New Single Licensed Program Installation

• Two products, single distribution, enable via keys

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Zend Server for IBM i Community Edition

• Available at no charge per IBM partnership

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Zend Server for IBM i

• Subscription available from Zend

• High value extra features

• Higher Support SLAs

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Top 10 Internet Sites by WW traffic

12 1. Google.com

4. Yahoo.com

3. Youtube.com

5. Baidu.com

2. Facebook.com

9. Amazon.com

8. qq.com

6. Wikipedia.com

7. Live.com

10. Twitter.com

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Enterprise PHP Adoption is Growing Rapidly

“Commercial and corporate IT

developers will account for more

than 2 million PHP community

members—growing from 20% to

50% of the worldwide PHP

developer population.”

PHP

Developers

2009

2014

Commercial and corporate IT developers

5M

4M

3M

2M

1M

Non-commercial developers

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PHP Jobs Are Proliferating

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PHP

AJAX

ASP.NET

Java

Ruby

Perl

Global Remote Workforce Projects*

Javascript

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Indeed.com and jobs…

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Key Priorities articulated by CTOs, CIOs and

VPs of Engineering

• Leverage investment in IBM i infrastructure

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Expose DB2/400 data via the web

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Webify green screen applications for end-users

• Maximize leverage of Power Systems computing power

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Move Windows/Linux based PHP apps to IBM i

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Deploy new web based applications

• Mitigate and minimize risk/cost of migrations

• Retool RPG programmers and access lower cost development

resources to address business needs

• Leverage benefits of open-source technologies - create

portable applications

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Why PHP on IBM i?

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21 Low Learning Curve

Easy Integration into

Heterogeneous Environments

Robust, Multi-Platform,

High-Performance, Scalable, Secure

Vibrant Community

Rapid

Innovation

Run an

Agile

Business

Proven

Deployment

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Why PHP on i?

22 Leverage Existing

Infrastructure to

Develop & Run Dynamic

Web Applications Easily

• Powerful , Flexible, & Fastest Growing Web

Development Language

• Native on IBM i/OS

• Backing & Support of IBM

• Controlled/Driven by PHP Community

• Easy to Use & Fast to Deploy

• Supports Heterogeneous Environments

• Powerful Integration Capabilities

Application Modernization

Use PHP to web-enable green screen

applications, utilizing existing data &

business logic without rewriting

application

Consolidate Data in

DB2/400

Move PHP applications that are

running on Windows or Linux

that access data in DB2 to run

in IBM i/OS to speed up or

reduce complexity of the

applications

New/Packaged Web

Application on IBM i/OS

Create new applications with PHP on

IBM i/OS or leverage thousands of

existing Open Sources applications

Access RPG

Programs & Data as

Web Services

Package programs and data as

web services and make

available to other web

applications

Access DB2/400 Data

via Browser

Easily access and interact with

DB2/400 data using a standard

web browser

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About Zend

• Zend is to PHP, what Red Hat is to Linux

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Founded in November 1999 by the architects and on-going innovators of

PHP, Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans

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Guiding the community

• Strategic Partnerships:

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IBM

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Oracle

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Microsoft

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Adobe

• Installed Base:

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Tens of thousands

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The IBM Certified PHP Server

• Zend Server for IBM i(AS400/System i platform)

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OEM agreement for Zend Server and Zend Studio for IBM i

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Zend & IBM jointly provide full Zend solution to IBM i customers

• Deep technology partnership working on:

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Zend Framework

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QED Wiki

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Ajax & Web 2.0

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SOA & Web Services

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Eclipse

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Fast CGI

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Search, Security, SDO, and more…

25 “The simplicity of PHP is one of its greatest assets”

Rod Smith

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API Group: Modernization

• Background

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API Group ($1.2B in revenue), located in St. Paul, MN, is the parent company of 30 different

companies that consist of fire protection (sprinkler), construction, and inspection

service. They grow through acquisition.

• Challenge

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Integration of each acquisition was slowed by introduction and training of “back to the stone

age” green screen ERP.

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Green screen ERP system did not fit into long-term strategic plans.

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Modernizing ERP or purchase a new one?

• Solution

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Leveraging RPG logic (and IBM i) on the back-end with PHP on the front-end.

• Benefits

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Cost savings: PHP and RPG modernization was 1/10 the cost of the Large German ERP solution

($8M - $15M vs. $1.2M)

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Time to market: 3 year world wide SAP rollout replaced with 18 month modernization

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Significant risk mitigation: no wrapping process around software, no unexpected soft costs, no

operational hiccups

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HarrisData – Enterprise Information Portal

(EIP)

• Background

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The HarrisData EIP is the browser-based interface to the

HarrisData suite of applications (manufacturing/distribution ERP,

MES CRM, HRIS, and SRM) targeted at mid-sized organizations in

the North marketplace

• Utilizing PHP to

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Broaden browser-based ERP offerings

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Expand functionality of the current applications

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Facilitate integration of other commercial and open-source PHP

tools and applications into HarrisData solutions

28 “We expect the new functionality to make us

more competitive with Windows offerings….”

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What you need to learn PHP

• Book (4th edition)

• PC

• Connection to Internet

(optional)

• Time

• OK Book

• CD in the back is worth the

price!

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What you need to get started with PHP on i

• Some no charge LP’s

• PASE

• Downloads available from Zend.com

• About an hour (depending on Internet speed)

• Safe to install on production or development systems

• Low overhead in running solution

• Installation Guide available at zend.com

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Wrap up

• PHP has come of age – ready for the enterprise

• IBM, Zend and others committed to PHP

• Vibrant & growing developer community

• Transition point for the RPG developer

• Many PHP open source applications

• Modernize on your terms

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Resources

• Recorded Webinars

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http://www.zend.com/en/resources/webinars/IBM i-os

• Zend Server for IBM i main page, link to downloads

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http://www.zend.com/en/products/server/zend-server-ibm-i

• Zend Server manual:

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PDF:

http://www.zend.com/topics/Zend-Server-5-for-IBMi-Reference-Manual.pdf

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Online:

http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-5/zend-server.htm#installation_guide.htm

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