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25.07°N 55.13°E · Dubai · UAE · EMEA
يد مفتوحة

Real IT.
Real help.
No hype tax.

Twenty-two years across the Gulf — infrastructure, applications, automation — offered freely to the businesses around us navigating a harder season.

07 cities 06 countries 22 years
Read on — see the receipts
Plate I · Region
GCC
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Plate II · 02 / 05 · Receipts — what we've recovered

Where the savings actually sit.

AED 2.63M
recovered across the region · 2026 alone · twelve interventions
I · Infrastructure AED 765K
Right-sizing cloud spend across two GCC offices285K
License audit — killed three overlapping SaaS195K
Cloud-to-on-prem for a steady-state workload175K
ISP consolidation across a four-site dual-WAN110K
II · People AED 985K
Departing-role workflow captured before they left340K
Cross-training scripts — onboarding 26wk → 6wk240K
Retention: rebuilt a hated tool, kept two engineers220K
Replaced contractor overflow with in-house tools185K
III · Automation AED 880K
Invoice → ERP, eliminated triple-entry295K
Reporting pipeline replaced 14 manual reports215K
WhatsApp customer-ops — orders + FAQ215K
VAT filing — three days/month back to finance155K

Composite figures from regional SME engagements over twenty-two years. Names withheld; case notes on request.

Plate III · 03 / 05 · What we do — three disciplines

The unglamorous work that keeps you running.

Bearing 01N · Infra

Infrastructure

Networks, servers, cloud — UAE and KSA when residency requires it. Built to keep working when nobody is watching.

Bearing 02E · Apps

Applications

Built, fixed, or simplified around how the business actually operates. Bilingual where it matters.

Bearing 03S · Auto

Automation

The know-how that walks out with people — captured before the gap reaches the team.

Plate IV · 04 / 05 · What you can ask for — no invoice attached

What you can ask for.

  1. Stop 01The workflow that walked out the door with someone — captured and rebuilt before the gap costs you a quarter. Across operations, customer service, the finance close, daily reporting — wherever the knowledge sat, not just one team.
  2. Stop 02A free iOS or web app, designed and built to plug a real gap in your operation. 10-screen limit, so we can keep saying yes.
  3. Stop 03An honest review of your stack — on-prem, cloud, or hybrid — including the USD-priced lock-ins.
  4. Stop 04UAE or KSA data residency, untangled before you migrate anything.
  5. Stop 05A second pair of eyes on an AI tool you're considering — whether it actually fits your problem, and what it would take to make it work.

We're not here to run your business — we're here to lend a hand, an experienced eye, and the occasional finished tool. We want everyone here to make it through.

Plate V · 05 / 05 · Contact — get in touch

Tell us what's on your plate.

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