web2Project is a Free Open Source business-oriented Project Management System (PMS) powered by PHP and RIA, providing an interactive and effective way of managing projects via a web browser.

Some of the key features of web2Project are:

* A secure web-based infrastructure capable of managing any number of projects, companies, departments and users;
* A one-stop shop for all project information to avoid confusion and reduce risks;
* Role-based permission system to give the Project Manager fine-grained control over sensitive data;
* Project and group-wide Gantt Charts;
* A unified calendar - with iCalendar support - showing all relevant tasks and events;
* A modular infrastructure which allows the addition or removal of modules to customize the features according to your requirements.

The 2.2 release came with a bunch of useful updates for the Project Managers, System Admins, Developers, and General Users. Released under GPL license.

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Elgg is an award-winning open source social networking engine that provides a robust framework on which to build all kinds of social environments, from a campus wide social network for your university, school or college or an internal collaborative platform for your organization through to a brand-building communications tool for your company and its clients. If you are looking to create your own social application, want to build and run a site for your organization, or introduce a social layer into your technology stack, Elgg is a great choice.

Elgg highlighted features :

- Powerful Data Model: Elgg provides a powerful data model making the creation of different entities simple, yet flexible.
- Activity Streams: The granular activity stream API ensures your plugins can push the required content to your users.
- Plugin API: Use Elgg's powerful plugin API to build and add your required features.
- User Management: Elgg handles your user management and relationship requirements.
- Access controls: All objects in Elgg can have an access control level applied making granular access permissions possible.
- Web Services API: Expose functionality through the REST API by building a plugin and then either publish the API for other developers to build clients or provide your own.

Tons of plugins available in gallery to extend Elgg functionalities. Elgg run on a LAMP stack and require MySQL 5+, PHP5.2+ installed as Apache module. Released under the GPLv2.

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Carahsoft to Offer Zend PHP Web Application Development and Management Solutions on its GSA Schedule

Cupertino, CA, August 9, 2010 - Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced a new partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a government IT solutions provider. With this partnership, Carahsoft will market and sell Zend PHP Web application development and management software to federal, state, and local government agencies through Carahsoft's General Services Administration (GSA) schedule. Zend provides IT organizations with a complete, proven and supported PHP solution used to develop and manage applications for Web and Cloud computing environments.

"We expect Carahsoft to quickly put Zend Technologies in front of government agencies at a time when PHP is gaining ground in large-scale and mission-critical applications," said Glenn Hasen, SVP Worldwide Field Operations at Zend Technologies. "Our software is ideal for government as it delivers ease of use, scalability, performance and reliability without the high costs, technology constraints or lengthy implementations often imposed by conventional software products."

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Zend Agreements Disrupt Traditional Enterprise Licensing Models with 'All-you-can-eat' Subscriptions to PHP Solutions Deployed On-Premise or in the Cloud, Starting at $50,000

CUPERTINO, Calif. - July 29, 2010 - Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced a simpler and safer way for IT organizations to acquire and adopt its solutions for development and management of business-critical PHP applications on-premise or in the Cloud. The Zend Unlimited Subscription offer addresses growing market demand for more flexible, reliable and cost-effective application infrastructures, and provides an unlimited number of subscriptions to Zend's software and technical support services at a low annual subscription starting at $50,000.

With PHP established as the platform of choice for Web applications, IT organizations have come to expect the highest level of productivity, reliability and performance while retaining the cost benefits of PHP. The increased adoption of cloud computing is another factor driving IT managers to prefer licensing models that let them control budgets while reaping the benefits of the Cloud. With the Zend Unlimited Subscription, IT organizations can start additional server instances on demand without worrying about obtaining additional licenses.

Available under the Zend Unlimited Subscription are Zend's software solutions for developing, running and managing PHP Web applications:

• Zend Server - enterprise-grade PHP Web application server
• Zend Server Cluster Manager - management of multi-server PHP application deployments
• Zend Studio - the leading PHP integrated development environment (IDE) for professional developers
• Technical support - up to 24x7x365 phone support, PHP stack updates, and security hot fixes

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Zend Technologies announced two days ago the availability of Zend Server Cluster Manager, a solution that extends the benefits of the Zend Server Web application server across large-scale PHP deployments.

Zend Server provides an enterprise-ready PHP stack that delivers performance optimization, application monitoring, problem diagnostics, job queuing and more. With Zend Server Cluster Manager, Web operations teams can centrally monitor and manage multiple Zend Server instances to ensure high availability and improved scalability of applications.

Zend Server Cluster Manager fully supports Cloud deployments, allowing IT managers to easily add or take down PHP servers, monitor multiple PHP servers running in the Cloud, isolate performance bottlenecks or errors with built-in code tracing capability, and ensure consistent PHP configuration across a large number of clustered servers.

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Yesterday a friend was requesting a MYSQL/PHP Consultant to speed up his websites, and today I was reading few comments and solutions on his facebook : Use APC, mem_cache for PHP, mysql query caching, use nginx instead of Apache, Use mysqli extension instead of adodb or mysql extension ... etc. Of course all of these could be solutions, but unless you have previously located what the problem really is.

A website could be slow for many reasons, and to be able to fix it and make it run faster you have to first find problem. What you will need to know is :

1- Understand the business :

Before looking into PHP or MySQL, have a first look at the website(s) and answer these two questions :

- What is slow
- Why is it slow

Look at the page size, images, video, flash, ... your issue might be in the client side and everything else might be good.
Use a tool like Firefox web developer extension and disable everything : CSS, Javascript, Images... and load the page as html to feel the difference.
The business here is NOT the business logic behind the website, it's the interface that people use to interact with the website. If everything looks okay, you can go for further server-side investigations.

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