{"id":6653,"date":"2014-10-22T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T01:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2014-10-22T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T01:30:30","slug":"microsoft-ph-cites-epldt-compete-partner-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2014\/10\/22\/microsoft-ph-cites-epldt-compete-partner-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft PH cites ePLDT as ‘Compete Partner of the Year’"},"content":{"rendered":"

ePLDT has announced that it was recently recognized as Microsoft Philippines Compete Partner of the Year for its\u00a0efforts in pushing Microsoft Cloud services to enterprise clients in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PLDT FVP and Head of PLDT ALPHA Enterprise Jovy Hernandez, center, receives the Microsoft PH Compete Partner of the Year Award from, Microsoft PH Country Manager Karrie Ilagan and Small and Medium Business Lead Prep Palacios<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe are honored that we are being recognized for our efforts in promoting cloud services,\u201d said ePLDT COO Nerisse Ramos.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been pushing Cloud Technology to the local enterprise market and we have seen the increased interest and take up of cloud services due to the benefits it brings to company operations. Microsoft Office 365 is one of the cloud solutions that promise to deliver real benefits to enterprise customers which go beyond just email on the cloud. Our close partnership with Microsoft has allowed us to capitalize on this opportunity and we are strong in our resolve to ensure that cloud adoption in the Philippines further increases,\u201d said\u00a0PLDT FVP and head of PLDT ALPHA Enterprise Jovy Hernandez.<\/p>\n

With ePLDT becoming an official managed reseller of Microsoft this year, PLDT ALPHA Enterprise and ePLDT have marketed cloud solutions to the local enterprise market as a means for office productivity and operations, saving costs as expensive software licenses become more affordable depending on how much it is used making it more flexible and scalable.<\/p>\n

Since offering the PLDT Cloud, the group has closed several deals that integrate Microsoft Cloud-based services to their clients\u2019 business operations including notable establishments in the manufacturing, retail, food and beverage industries.<\/p>\n

\u201cCloud solutions such as Microsoft Office 365 will have a major impact to enterprise businesses operations moving forward. We have effectively bundled these services with PLDT\u2019s enterprise connectivity products such as iGate and DSL so that it becomes easier for companies to implement,\u201d Hernandez ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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