PLDT ALPHA Enterprise has expanded its Microsoft Exchange offering with an enterprise-grade email solution running on the latest Exchange Server 2010.

PLDT AppFarm Hosted Exchange on public cloud is built using the world’s leading enterprise email platform that provides business-class email and other collaboration capabilities from various access points.  Email, shared calendars, and address lists can be easily accessed from one’s desktop, laptop and mobile phone; a web-based version makes the service available from any device with an Internet connection.

“As IT continues to be more and more ‘consumerized’, a lot of our customers are looking to offload non-core applications such as email, contacts and calendaring,” shared Jovy Hernandez, PLDT Vice President and Head of Corporate Business Group.  “This is the perfect time for them to outsource their email requirements to our Microsoft-based platform.”

Businesses are also assured of maximum uptime with Hosted Exchange as its infrastructure rests on VITRO Data Center, the country’s premier data center which provides robust and high capacity connectivity around the globe.Customers will also enjoy 24/7 monitoring and support, daily back-ups and disaster recovery measures.

With Hosted Exchange on public cloud, PLDT completes its Microsoft product lineup which began with the introduction of its Microsoft Exchange offering delivered on private cloud technology, launched in August 2011 in partnership with Dimension Data.

The solution enables customers to have all options to outsource to the Microsoft Exchange platform on their terms, whether on a private or public cloud.  Added Hernandez, “By moving their Microsoft Exchange services into PLDT’s local cloud, we can guarantee that our clients’ data is securely hosted in-country.”

Whichever deployment model they use, enterprises will get in PLDT AppFarm Hosted Exchange a complete outsourced email solution that brings the benefits of customized, full featured corporate email without the expense or effort of having personnel, hardware, software and data services.