Industry Findings: Public-sector continuity planning has moved from guidance to operational decree, forcing larger government bodies and regulated utilities to treat recoverability as auditable public duty rather than ad-hoc IT work. A decisive non-vendor inflection came in May-2025 when the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan updates reinforced mandatory public service continuity planning and tighter rehearsal expectations for essential agencies. That shift compels agencies and large enterprises to codify restore schedules, retain immutable provenance for archival copies and require suppliers to deliver repeatable rehearsal evidence as part of procurement, which in turn raises buyer preference for in-country staging and managed orchestration that produces audit-grade recovery proof.
Industry Player Insights: Across Philippines sector, many companies are active; some include PLDT, Globe Telecom, ePLDT, and Amazon Web Services etc. Competitive differentiation is centering on who can turn local metro presence into demonstrable, repeatable recoverability. Amazon Web Services brought AWS Local Zones to Manila in Jun-2023 which enabled lower-latency vaulting and made more frequent rehearsal cycles technically viable. PLDT and its ePLDT arm have broadened DRaaS and colocation partnerships through 2024, strengthening carrier-backed replication and on-ramp options for enterprises. Globe has also expanded enterprise continuity toolsets in 2024 to simplify rehearsal automation for customers. Collectively, these vendor moves push procurement toward partners that combine sovereign staging, carrier integration and audit-ready restore workflows.