Globe Business at G Summit 2026: Stop Waiting to Be AI-Ready -- Here Is What to Do Now

What Globe Business said at G Summit 2026

On August 5, Globe Business held its G Summit 2026 at Conrad Hotel in Pasay City. The main message: Philippine enterprises should stop treating AI, cloud, security, and connectivity as separate purchases and build them as one integrated system.

Globe Business VP Glenn Estrella put it directly:

"Readiness is in the mind. Readiness is also in the budget."

His point is that most PH organizations are waiting for a perfect moment to start. That moment does not arrive on its own. Small prototypes do.

The specific tools Globe is pushing

Globe Business is positioning Google Workspace with Gemini Enterprise as its flagship AI offering for Philippine enterprises. Practical capabilities include:

• AI agents that draft, summarize, and route work across Gmail, Docs, and Sheets
• Telco APIs for identity verification -- so internal systems can authenticate users without building it from scratch
• Quantum-safe security protocols for protecting sensitive business data

Keynote speaker Neal Cross, former chief innovation officer of DBS Bank, reinforced the start-small message: run limited prototypes rather than wait for full organizational buy-in.

The real bottleneck

Globe Business cited a key stat: the average large Philippine enterprise runs about 120 separate applications that mostly do not talk to each other. That fragmentation is the actual AI adoption blocker, not the tools themselves.

When your data lives in disconnected systems, no AI agent can act on it coherently. Consolidate first, then automate.

What this means if you are not a large enterprise

The G Summit targeted big corporate clients, but the lesson scales. If your team already uses Google Workspace, Gemini features may already be inside your current plan. Check before paying for a separate AI subscription.

• Google Workspace Business Starter (around PHP 340/user/month) includes basic Gemini features in Gmail and Docs
• Business Standard (around PHP 680/user/month) adds Gemini in Meet, Sheets, and Slides
• For AI agents that act across apps, look at Business Plus or Enterprise tier

The broader point from G Summit applies to any size of business: do not wait until every process is mapped. Start with one workflow, learn from it, then expand.

Source: Globe Business pushes integrated AI, cloud strategy for PH enterprises, Newsbytes.PH