Consulting
IT Consulting & Technology Advisory in Dubai & the UAE
Most technology problems in growing UAE businesses are not technology problems. They are the accumulated cost of systems bought separately over years that were never designed to talk to each other, so data is re-entered, reports disagree, and nobody trusts the numbers.
We consult on architecture rather than products: what systems you actually need, how they should connect, what to replace and what to leave alone. We build too, which means our recommendations are grounded in what implementation really costs.
What the engagement covers
The scope is set against your situation rather than a package. These are the components we most often build into it.
Capability
What we deliver.
- Technology assessment and architecture review of your current systems landscape
- ERP, CRM and platform selection with vendor-neutral evaluation
- Digital transformation roadmaps sequenced by business value, not vendor timelines
- Systems integration strategy and middleware architecture
- Cloud migration planning and cost optimisation
- Data architecture, reporting and single-source-of-truth design
- Security posture review and remediation planning
- Build versus buy analysis with honest cost and risk modelling
- Technical due diligence for acquisitions and investments
- Interim technology leadership for businesses without a CTO
How it runs
How the work is sequenced.
The order matters more than the individual activities. Doing these in the wrong sequence is the most common reason engagements cost more than they should.
- Step 01
Diagnostic
We establish what is actually constraining the result. It is frequently not what the brief assumed, and finding that out first is what keeps the budget honest.
- Step 02
Scope and case
A written scope with the commercial case stated: what it costs, what it should return, and what we would leave out.
- Step 03
Delivery
Built in phases so something useful goes live early rather than everything arriving at the end.
- Step 04
Measure and iterate
Reported against the commercial number the engagement was commissioned to move, monthly, with the things that did not work stated plainly.
Why Globosoft
Reasons that are checkable.
Growth model
We would rather be paid for the growth than the hours.
For ecommerce clients we can work on growth-share: an agreed baseline from your trailing performance, then a percentage of the incremental sales we create above it. No fixed retainer. If your revenue does not grow, we do not earn. It changes what we recommend, because we carry part of the risk of being wrong.
Questions
Questions about it consulting.
How is this different from an agency selling implementation?
We tell you when the answer is to buy an off-the-shelf product, keep what you have, or do nothing, and we have advised exactly that many times. Consulting that only ever concludes "you need what we sell" is not consulting.
Can you help us choose an ERP?
Yes. We evaluate SAP, Odoo, Dynamics, Zoho and others against your actual processes, volumes and budget, and give you a clear recommendation with the trade-offs stated plainly.
Do you offer interim CTO support?
Yes. Many growing UAE businesses need senior technical judgement without a full-time hire, we provide that on a retained basis.
What does an IT consulting engagement cost?
Assessment engagements typically run AED 15,000–50,000 depending on scope. Retained advisory is monthly. We scope the assessment before you commit to anything larger.
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Tell us what you are trying to move. We will tell you what it takes, what it costs, and whether it is worth doing.