<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
easy	O
publish	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
enterprise	O
PHP	B-Application
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
that	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
company	O
Ibexa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
is	O
freely	B-Application
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
version	O
2	O
license	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
under	O
proprietary	O
licenses	O
that	O
include	O
commercial	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
eZ	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
introduced	O
eZ	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
to	O
replace	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
with	O
a	O
more	O
modern	O
and	O
future-proof	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
supports	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
customized	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
provides	O
role-based	O
multi-user	B-Operating_System
access	O
,	O
multi-site	O
management	O
and	O
multi-device	O
delivery	O
to	O
desktops	O
,	O
tablets	O
,	O
phones	O
and	O
the	O
Internet	O
of	O
Things	O
(	O
IoT	O
)	O
such	O
as	O
Smart	O
TVs	O
and	O
digital	O
kiosks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
of	O
varying	O
type	O
and	O
size	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
is	O
managed	O
via	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
and	O
additional	O
local	O
software	O
is	O
not	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
rich-text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
formatting	O
content	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
enables	O
content	O
editing	O
and	O
contribution	O
without	O
HTML	B-Language
skills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
management	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
done	O
through	O
the	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
front-end	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
and	O
modified	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
paid	O
professional	O
support	O
is	O
available	O
with	O
the	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
,	O
granting	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
use	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
under	O
license	O
conditions	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
range	O
of	O
features	O
includes	O
professional	O
and	O
secure	O
development	O
of	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
upgrading	B-General_Concept
of	O
components	O
while	O
preserving	O
compatibility	O
with	O
customized	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certified	O
webservers	O
on	O
*	O
nix	O
systems	O
are	O
Apache	B-Application
and	O
nginx	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
alternatives	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Lighttpd	B-Protocol
,	O
Hiawatha	B-Application
,	O
Cherokee	B-Language
,	O
may	O
also	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	O
,	O
IIS	B-Application
is	O
the	O
preferred	O
webserver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
very	O
common	O
to	O
use	O
Varnish	B-Language
for	O
caching	B-Protocol
high-performance	O
sites	O
that	O
use	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	B-Application
abstraction	I-Application
layer	I-Application
enables	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
most	O
common	O
databases	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
without	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
system	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
cluster-ready	B-Architecture
and	O
enforces	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
content	O
and	O
presentation	O
via	O
XML	B-Protocol
storage	O
of	O
all	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
functions	O
for	O
compressing	O
binary	O
files	O
,	O
optimizing	O
performance	O
through	O
caching	B-Protocol
,	O
connecting	O
to	O
several	O
databases	O
,	O
debugging	O
,	O
RSS	O
,	O
generating	O
graphs	B-Application
for	O
analysis	O
,	O
converting	O
images	O
,	O
supporting	O
email	O
and	O
validating	O
user	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
transition	O
the	O
development	O
from	O
a	O
company-driven	O
to	O
a	O
community-driven	O
model	O
,	O
the	O
whole	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
eZ	O
Components	O
were	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Software	O
Foundation	O
,	O
relicensed	O
from	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
to	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
2	I-Application
license	I-Application
and	O
renamed	O
to	O
Zeta	B-Application
Components	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
eZ	B-Application
Publish	I-Application
software	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
continued	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
eZ	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
eZ	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
CMSs	O
using	O
Symfony	O
PHP	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
eZ	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
stable	O
version	O
,	O
v2.5	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
users	O
have	O
also	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
choose	O
eZ	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
Digital	O
Experience	O
Platform	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
eZ	B-Application
Platform	I-Application
core	O
.	O
</s>
