On LinuxToday they have information</a. about the latest advancement (via CNet) from Zend with cooperation from Oracle.

Zend has been spreading PHP farther afield, though. It announced Tuesday its Zend Core for Oracle software, a product that has been in beta testing since August. Business partners using the software include SugarCRM, an open-source customer relationship management start-up, and StepUp Commerce, a company that offers online catalog services to retailers.

You can download the latest release from the Zend homepage for free, but the support for the product is $199 USD per server (for up to 30 servers), $149 USD per server for between 31 to 100...