View source for PLDT implements P1.3-B project in Clark

*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2015/07/27/pldt-implements-p13-b-project-clark-421258
*Monday, July 27, 2015 
:By Reynaldo G. Navales

CLARK FREEPORT -- The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is currently undertaking a P1.3-billion data backup project to maintain seamless connectivity in the event of a major disaster.

Lito Mercado, PLDT Vitro Clark manager, said the design of the data backup building could withstand an Intensity 9 earthquake, flooding, fire, storm and other calamities.

The center, which is expected to be completed by March 2016, will contain 1,200 racks of data, Mercado stated in his report to Clark Development Corporation (CDC) head Arthur Tugade.

PLDT uses about 80 kilometers of fiber optic cables inside the Freeport. It is interconnected to other providers in the Philippines and other countries.

“The PLDT data center was designed to cater to the growing number of Information Technology hubs not only in the Freeport but all throughout the archipelago as well as other countries,” Mercado said.

Fiber optics is essential to many aspects of business operations for online transactions, internet-based commerce, logistics support, aviation, security and similar enterprises.

CDC put up the Clark Integrated Command Center during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Ministers Meeting early this year.

The command center, which is vital to the maintenance of peace and order, uses fiber optics to stabilize video signals emanating from various points within the Freeport.

The high-tech facility is equipped with close to 100 cameras, nine TV wall monitors, four computers with eight monitors, radios, and telephones.

Closed Circuits Television (CCTV) cameras are also installed in Clark's entrance and exit points.

Tugade said that this is the management’s long-term plan to address security issues and make the Freeport safe place for locators, tourists, workers and residents.