PLDT partnership with Microsoft to expand corporate client base

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is expanding the client base of its corporate enterprise and digital units through stronger end-to-end partnership with Microsoft.

PLDT Alpha Enterprise and ePLDT would help offer Microsoft Office 365 in the country that introduces local enterprises to a full end-to-end cloud-based information and communication technology (ICT) solution for their business operations.

Under the partnership, ePLDT is also eyeing to become the technical support partner for the cloud service’s implementation and after-sales requirements.

PLDT first vice president Jovy Hernandez said the partnership with Microsoft aligns with the company’s vision to be the trusted end-to-end ICT partner of enterprises.

“We have been pushing enterprise solutions such as the Microsoft Office 365 which goes beyond just office tools and have effectively packaged these services with PLDT’s enterprise connectivity products like iGate and DSL,” he said.

Hernandez, who is also head of PLDT Alpha Enterprise, said the PLDT Group has aggressively marketed cloud solutions to the local enterprise market as a manageable means for their operations.

Through Cloud services, he explained that companies are able to save on costs as expensive operating system licenses become more affordable depending on how much it is used in their operations and becoming more flexible and scalable as to how much features are being availed.

Formally launching the solution to the local enterprise earlier this year, PLDT Alpha has since offered clients the Microsoft Office 365 suite in tandem with a wider and more diverse range of PLDT’s end-to-end ICT solutions.

Companies could now opt to purchase Office 365 either with Windows operating system upgrades, Yammer enterprise social network access, SharePoint Online access, enterprise PLDT DSL connections, and other ICT bundles that meet their specific business needs.