{"id":9620,"date":"2015-07-21T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T05:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=9620"},"modified":"2015-07-21T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T05:51:12","slug":"pldt-now-directly-offers-microsoft-cloud-services-to-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2015\/07\/21\/pldt-now-directly-offers-microsoft-cloud-services-to-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT now directly offers Microsoft cloud services to customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PLDT, through its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) subsidiary ePLDT, recently announced its inclusion in the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first Philippine telco to resell Microsoft Office 365 in the market, PLDT elevated its status to Cloud Solutions Provider so it can directly offer Microsoft Cloud Services to its customers.\u00a0 The program enables PLDT to customize its cloud service packages combining Microsoft Cloud services with its own product offerings to answer varying requirements, directly handle billing, as well as directly provision, manage, and support the solutions delivered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCloud technologies have become increasingly popular due to its cost efficiency, reliability and ease of deployment,\u201d shared Jovy Hernandez First Vice President &amp; Head of PLDT ALPHA Enterprise.\u00a0 \u201cOur goal has always been to provide our customers with the innovative tools and the unparalleled support they need to become more competitive and elevate their businesses, and being a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider empowers us to deliver on that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo meet the growing demand of our cloud-based solutions, we\u2019re thrilled to expand the capabilities for cloud partners under the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider Program,\u201d said Phil Sorgen, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp.\u00a0 \u201cBy joining the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider Program, partners will deepen customer relationships and expand business opportunities in the cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PLDT\u2019s cloud solutions portfolio is replete with a wide array of innovative cloud solutions meant to help enterprise organizations grow their business through technology.\u00a0 These include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Microsoft Office 365, Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS).<\/p>\n<p>PLDT has also undergone recent infrastructure upgrades to beef up its support capabilities as it meets the growing demand for cloud solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLDT, through its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) subsidiary ePLDT, recently announced its inclusion in the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider Program. The first Philippine telco to resell Microsoft Office 365 in the market, PLDT elevated its status to Cloud Solutions Provider so it can directly offer Microsoft Cloud Services to its customers.\u00a0 The program enables [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25],"tags":[148,246,3362,3260,379],"class_list":["post-9620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-software","tag-cloud-computing","tag-epldt","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-cloud-services","tag-pldt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620","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=9620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}