The complexity of designing, developing, and managing PHP Mobile & Web Applications in the Cloud

Maxine Giza from Tech Target recently interviewed me for an article on the opportunities and challenges facing PHP mobile and web application developers migrating to the Amazon Web Services platform and how Zend Server 7 can help.  We discussed how Comit Developers addressed these challenges as we migrated from a LAMP stack over to Zend Server 7 running on the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Fair Warning: I did an hour-long interview with Tech Target for this piece and it was pretty substantially condensed. Some addition details can be found over on the AWS blog athttp://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/simplified-php-dev-z-ray-in-the-cloud/ for anyone interested in a deeper technical dive on the topic.

Developing Zend Mobile Apps that utilize Cloud Web Services with Kent Mitchell

I recently wrote about the latest Zend Studio Release, version 10.0.1.  This video from Kent Mitchell covers using Zend Studio to develop apps that are connected to cloud web services.

Additional info at the Zend Developer Zone and the YouTube Page for the video below.

If you're a (free login) member of the site, you can also watch the higher-resolution flv version of the video at http://www.zend.com/en/webinar/studio/70170000000c17m-DevlpMobApps-20130320.flv

Salesforce Tip - AT&T Toolkit for Salesforce.com / Apex

UPDATE 04-16-2013 :

1. You can watch the DeveloperForce.com Mobile Code Talk Google Hangout on Salesforce Platform for Mobile Services with Sandeep Bhanot, Dave Carroll, and more right now!
    
2. You can also see the latest updates on how Salesforce.com turbo-charges Mobile Developer offerings with Salesforce Platform for Mobile Services.

Recently, AT&T partnered with Salesforce.com to release the AT&T Toolkit for Salesforce® Platform.  It's a fantastic collection of resources designed to make it easy for developers leveraging Salesforce.com's Force.com platform and Apex Programming Language to develop apps that work with both Smart & Feature phones on the AT&T Network.

"The toolkit provides strongly-typed Apex wrappers for RESTful AT&T APIs like speech-to-text, SMS, location, payment and more." - Sandeep Bhanot

The video below from Sandheep Bhanot & Giridhar Bhaskara is a great Introduction to the AT&T Toolkit for Salesforce Platform:

You can learn a lot more about the release from the following resources: