Zend Technologies Hosts Webcast Featuring Signatures Network

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- April 26, 2005 --Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, and creator of products and services supporting the development, deployment and management of PHP-based applications, today announced that it will host a Webcast with a guest speaker from Signatures Network, the premier entertainment licensing and merchandising company, on April 28, 2005. The 45 minute Webcast, "PHP Rocks! How Signatures Network Builds Highly Scalable Web Sites for Major Music Artists" will focus on Signatures Network's successful use of Zend Platform to significantly increase web server speed and website scalability, delivering the performance required to handle tremendous spikes in traffic, such as when a new album or tour is announced.

Signatures Network is the music industry's premiere entertainment licensing and merchandising company, holding the merchandising and marketing rights to more than 125 top music artists and entertainment properties including Ozzy Osbourne, Alan Jackson, The Beatles, Britney Spears, U2, KISS, Jennifer Lopez, and Shakira among many others.

Those interested in participating in the Webcast can sign up at: http://www.zend.com/webcast.php.

One of Signatures Network's core businesses is building and hosting artist websites. Signatures also builds and hosts fan sites, e-commerce sites, and VIP ticketing on its industry-leading, highly scalable technology platform. This platform was built and deployed using PHP and Zend Platform. The benefits of Zend Platform allow Signatures to easily create and maintain high performance sites that effectively handle consistent and often tremendous amounts of traffic.

About Zend Technologies, Inc.

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, is the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications. Zend and its founders are the architects of PHP, which is used by more than fifteen million Web sites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic web applications. Deployed at more than 8,000 companies worldwide, the Zend family of products is a comprehensive platform for supporting the entire lifecycle of PHP applications. Zend, headquartered in Cupertino, California, is privately held and venture funded with investments from Azure, Index, Intel Capital, Platinum, SAP Ventures and Walden Israel. For more information, please visit www.zend.com, or call 1-408-253-8800.