KnowledgeTree decided to partner with Zend Technologies for the release of version 3.7 of its on-the-premise commercial and open-source editions of its offering on Zend Server infrastructure. The combination of Zend Server, which includes a highly optimized PHP stack, with monitoring, ensures a boost in speed and performance of KnowledgeTree on our supported platforms.

As we prepared for the recent release of KnowledgeTree 3.7, one of the key issues that the engineering team had to think about was, how to deploy Zend Server with KnowledgeTree to all our customers on different operating systems seamlessly.

Well the answer to that was crystal clear, we had to change our deployment strategy and implement GnuLinux repositories for our latest offering. Thus, KnowledgeTree repositories were born. For more information on how this works have a look here.

What are Repositories you ask?

Well, there are literally thousands of software programs available out there to meet the needs of users on their preferred operating system. Many of these systems are stored in software archives commonly referred to as repositories. Repositories make it very easy to install new software on Linux systems while also providing a high level of security, as each software is thoroughly tested and built for each version of the Linux distributions. By harnessing the power of the operating system's software management tools already installed on the users system, a user would be able to, install and update KnowledgeTree over the internet, without the need for a CD or binary install scripts.

What does this all mean for us and our customers?