As it prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary, ePLDT continues to reap praises in the global arena as evidenced by the latest honor reaped by the country’s premier Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company.

ePLDT was recently named as this year’s recipient of the International Star for Leadership in Quality in the Gold category. This prestigious honor is bestowed to companies that demonstrated excellence in leadership in their respective industries as seen in increased market share and sustainability. They must also have gained high rankings on criteria based on the QC100 Total Quality Management (TQM) Model, which includes customer satisfaction, communication strategies, and adherence to the ISO 9000 Quality Management System standard and TQM.

Apart from topping the ratings, ePLDT also enjoyed the vote of participating former awardees, as it is a recognition given to leaders by leaders. Past winners worldwide include Plamex (Plantronics) from the USA , King Fahd Industrial Airport in Saudi Arabia , Reliance Industries from India , Alcoa Howmet Genervilliers from France, Quantum Automation (Asia) from Singapore , and QTech International from Australia .

The International Star for Leadership in Quality is given annually by Business Initiative Directions (BID), the leading private organization focused on promoting quality in leading companies across the globe. The selection process is done through several BID congresses held in various cities across the globe and attended by representatives from top companies from 118 countries. The official awarding ceremony will be held at the Palais des Congres Convention Hall in Paris , France this April and will be covered by global media outfits.

The award from BID comes in the heels of another honor received by ePLDT. The company was recently the recipient of the 2009 Philippines Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in the Data Center Services Market, a recognition given based on research conducted by globally renowned growth partnership company Frost & Sullivan.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), ePLDT is one of the pioneers in providing a broad range of outsourced solutions, servicing a wide range of enterprises across various industries. ePLDT is a major proponent of IT outsourcing in the country, and continuously expands its portfolio of services to answer the growing needs of the local and global markets.

ePLDT’s core business, through which it offers various IT solutions, is the VITRO Data Center . The first purposely built Class “A” Internet Data Center in the country, VITRO is designed to meet the requirement of users for end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions. ePLDT leverages on its robust infrastructure and skilled support engineers to offer outsourced IT services that includes Co-location, Server Hosting, Application Delivery, Disaster Recovery, Network Administration and Data Security Management.

VITRO has consistently complied with global operation standards, recently securing its third certification for the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System and ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management System standards. It is also accredited by the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA).

ePLDT has also expanded its portfolio to include managed IT services. It is also one of the first Application Service Providers for hosted, IP-based contact center Solutions in the country.

These latest achievements of ePLDT truly underscore the company’s position as the Philippines’ premier IT company, one that is committed to providing innovative solutions and world-class services.

ePLDT, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is an information and communications technology company providing enabling infrastructure and services focusing on next-generation communications, connectivity and content to corporate clients and consumers. More information is at http://www.epldt.com.

ePLDT operates VITRO™ Data Center , the Philippines ’ first industrial-strength Internet data center granted pioneer status by the Philippine Board of Investments. VITRO™ Data Center offers a full range of data center services, including collocation and hosting solutions, managed security solutions, business continuity and recovery solutions, all housed in a secure infrastructure. More information is at http://www.vitro.epldt.com.