<p>CUPERTINO, Calif., April 2, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- After a strong year of growth, Zend, the PHP Company, is significantly expanding its sales team and channel partner program. In 2012, Zend welcomed 4,000 new customers and grew revenue from subscriptions to enterprise site licenses by 45 percent. To build upon that momentum, Zend has hired a new vice president of field operations for the EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) region, is growing its sales team by 50 percent globally, and is welcoming new partners to its global channel partner program.</p><p>(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100809/LA47136LOGO)</p><p>"Since the release of the latest version of Zend Server in February, we've seen increasing momentum in customer demand" said Zend CEO Andi Gutmans. "Our platform is powering the next generation of mobile and cloud-based enterprise PHP applications, which is why interest in our solutions continues to grow. We're excited to better serve our burgeoning community of Zend users, particularly in the rapidly-growing EMEA region and globally through our channel partners."</p><p>Zend's new Vice President of EMEA Field Operations Paul Holt will play an important role in serving the EMEA region, where he will lead Zend's sales teams based across Europe, and further develop the Zend channel partner program in EMEA. Holt has deep experience in the cloud- and open source space, as well as EMEA sales. Holt brings a strong background in open source, cloud and infrastructure technologies having held executive sales positions at Springsource, Canonical, and Red Hat where he led and developed Northern Europe into one of the most successful territories for the company.</p><p><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/02/5309673/driven-by-strong-performance-zend.html">Keep reading...</a></p>