{"id":1180,"date":"2013-07-22T12:31:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T04:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2013-07-22T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T09:47:39","slug":"ust-strengthens-connections-with-pldts-premium-internet-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2013\/07\/22\/ust-strengthens-connections-with-pldts-premium-internet-service\/","title":{"rendered":"UST strengthens connections with PLDT&#8217;s premium Internet service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ust.edu.ph\" target=\"_blank\">University of Santo Tomas<\/a> (UST), through its IT Department the Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (STePs) has tapped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pldtalpha.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PLDT ALPHA Enterprise<\/a> to deliver key business solutions that will enhance and strengthen connections within the UST community.<\/p>\n<p>By switching to PLDT\u2019s premium Internet service i-Gate, UST will enable its faculty and students, as well as alumni located both in the Philippines and abroad, to easily access the UST online resources and be updated on the latest university news and events.\u00a0 Future enhancements of communications systems are also in the university\u2019s agenda, with PLDT undertaking these projects to ensure improved service delivery for the university\u2019s constituency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1181\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PLDT-UST.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1181\" alt=\"Photo shows (seated) Fr. Manuel F. Roux, O.P., UST Vice Rector for Finance\/Treasurer, and Precy Katigbak, PLDT AVP and Corporate Relationship Management Head with (standing from left) Carlo D. Abiog, UST STePs Database Administrator; Cyd Catherine L. Cardozo, UST STePs Management Applications and Admin Systems; Polly T. Blanco, UST STePs Assistant Director for Applications and Software Development; Teresita C. Nabor, UST STePs Admin Information Systems Supervisor; Sebastian Raymond A. Mendoza, UST STePs Director;  Ben Melasa, PLDT Corporate Relationship Business Head; Ma. Lourdes Mendoza, PLDT CapMan Manager; and Al Contreras, PLDT Relationship Manager. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PLDT-UST.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PLDT-UST.png 800w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PLDT-UST-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo shows (seated) Fr. Manuel F. Roux, O.P., UST Vice Rector for Finance\/Treasurer, and Precy Katigbak, PLDT AVP and Corporate Relationship Management Head with (standing from left) Carlo D. Abiog, UST STePs Database Administrator; Cyd Catherine L. Cardozo, UST STePs Management Applications and Admin Systems; Polly T. Blanco, UST STePs Assistant Director for Applications and Software Development; Teresita C. Nabor, UST STePs Admin Information Systems Supervisor; Sebastian Raymond A. Mendoza, UST STePs Director; Ben Melasa, PLDT Corporate Relationship Business Head; Ma. Lourdes Mendoza, PLDT CapMan Manager; and Al Contreras, PLDT Relationship Manager.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Santo Tomas (UST), through its IT Department the Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (STePs) has tapped PLDT ALPHA Enterprise to deliver key business solutions that will enhance and strengthen connections within the UST community.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[414,379,31,438],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biz-solutions","category-business","tag-case-study","tag-pldt","tag-telecommunications","tag-university-of-santo-tomas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}