The company also is introducing its new CEO, Harold Goldberg, a former BMC Software executive.

Zend and Microsoft in October a collaboration to boost PHP Web application deployments on the Windows platform; Tuesday's announcement is part of that arrangement.

"It is our certified version of PHP for Windows and therefore, if you want to create fast or reliable versions of PHP applications for Windows, this is the version to get," said Mark de Visser, chief marketing officer at Zend.

Running PHP on Windows has been a less-than-optimal experience thus far, de Visser said. "[PHP is] very much created for the open source world," he said.

"Now, we're creating commercial versions of PHP for the Windows platform," de Visser said.