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.NET Services · Dubai & UAE

Legacy .NET Modernisation
for UAE Businesses

Legacy .NET modernisation, VB6 and Access migration, cloud migration, maintenance and AI integration for mid-sized businesses running on .NET — every engagement architected and reviewed by Anil Channa, working from India with a working day that overlaps the UAE.

What We Do

.NET Development Services for the UAE

Of all the regions we work with, the UAE has the closest working day to ours — near-total overlap, so calls, reviews and decisions happen in real time rather than across a handover.

Working With Us From Dubai & UAE

The practical answers, before you ask

Shared hours
09:00 – 16:30 GST. Dubai is an hour and a half behind India, so our working days overlap almost completely — from the start of yours to the late afternoon.
Who you contract with
Softwiz Infotech, registered in India. One principal — Anil Channa — accountable for every engagement.
Paperwork
You sign our MSA, with a SOW for each engagement. An NDA can be signed before the technical diagnostic if you want one in place first.
Invoicing
Prices are quoted in USD and invoiced in your local currency, paid by local bank transfer. Payment terms are set out in the MSA.
Governing law
The agreement is governed by the laws of India.
Case Studies

The work behind the practice

None of our published case studies is from the UAE, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. The work below was delivered for clients in the UK, Vietnam, Austria and Australia, under the same process an engagement from the UAE would follow — and you are welcome to ask for a reference before committing to anything paid.

All case studies
Who Delivers Your Project

Every .NET version since 1.1 in 2003. Still shipping on .NET 10.

You work with me. Every project. I architect and review every engagement personally — that doesn't get delegated.

The engineers alongside me are people I have worked with for years and go on working with, project after project. Not a rotating cast, and not strangers matched to a requirement sheet — a settled group whose work I already know, building to my design and under my review.

You always know who is writing your code, and it is never a stranger from a bench.

How we work
Engagement Models

How Working Together Is Shaped

Four steps, in order of commitment, each stating what it deliberately does not cover. Prices are in USD wherever you are.

Step 1

Technical Diagnostic

Free
45 minutes, plus a short written summary

For you if: You suspect the estate is a problem but nobody has established whether it actually is, or whether now is the moment to spend money on it.

  • A 45-minute call — with me, not a salesperson — about what the system does and what is prompting the question.
  • A short written summary afterwards: which .NET version you are on, whether it is still in support, and where that leaves you.
  • The two or three biggest risks as they stand, named specifically rather than as general warnings.
  • A straight answer on whether modernisation is worth doing yet. Sometimes it is not, and that is a useful thing to know for free.

What this is not: This diagnoses. It does not plan. A migration plan requires reading your code, which is the paid assessment below — anyone offering you a costed plan off the back of one call is guessing, and the guess will be wrong in your favour until the invoice arrives.

Book the free diagnostic
Step 2Start here

Modernisation Assessment

$5,000
2 weeks, fixed scope

For you if: You have accepted something needs doing and now need a number you can take to a budget holder — one that will survive contact with the code.

  • A system and dependency map: what the application is actually composed of, and which versions you are pinned to.
  • A named risk register rather than general warnings, including anything already out of support.
  • A per-module position on incremental migration versus rebuild, because the answer is rarely the same across a whole estate.
  • A phased plan with effort sized per phase and the assumptions shown, so your engineers can challenge them.
  • A costed first phase — or a written explanation of why the system should be left alone, which is a legitimate and reasonably common outcome.

What this is not: The fee is credited in full against the modernisation project if you proceed within 90 days.

Request the assessment
Step 3

Fixed-Scope Modernisation Project

Priced by the assessment
Scope, phases and price fixed before work starts

For you if: The assessment is done, the phases are agreed, and you want the first one delivered against a scope and a price that were both worked out by reading your code rather than estimated from a description.

  • A fixed price for the agreed phase, produced by the assessment rather than quoted off a conversation.
  • The phases delivered section by section, with your existing system running throughout.
  • Architecture and code review by me on every phase — that part does not get delegated.
  • Tests written alongside the work rather than promised for later, and a build that fails on warnings.
  • A working, deployed system at the end of each phase, not just at the end of the project.

What this is not: There is no published price band here on purpose. Anyone quoting you a range before reading your code is guessing, and the guess runs in their favour until the invoice arrives. The assessment produces the number; once it is agreed it is fixed, and work beyond the written scope is quoted separately rather than absorbed silently.

See how we work
Step 4

Support & Maintenance Retainer

Priced against your system
Monthly, rolling · one month minimum

For you if: The system is business-critical, the people who built it have gone, and you need someone who knows why it works the way it does to still be there in two years.

  • Bug fixes, security patching, framework and dependency upgrades, and performance work on a system I already know.
  • A named person — me — rather than a ticket queue and a rotating cast.
  • Continuity of context. The reason clients stay is that we are the ones who remember why a particular calculation works the way it does.

What this is not: Not a lock-in: the minimum term is a single month, and it runs rolling after that. The figure depends on what the system is and what keeping it healthy actually takes, so it is set after reviewing it rather than published as a band. And a retainer is not an unlimited change budget — new capability is scoped and quoted as project work, while the retainer keeps what exists running and current.

Talk about ongoing support

Questions from UAE buyers

Do you have an office in the UAE?

No. You contract with Softwiz Infotech, registered in India, and every engagement is architected and reviewed by Anil Channa personally. We say so up front because it is the first thing a procurement team checks, and hearing it now is better than finding it out later.

What hours overlap with the UAE?

09:00 – 16:30 GST. Dubai is an hour and a half behind India, so our working days overlap almost completely — from the start of yours to the late afternoon. Our core hours are Mon – Fri, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST, and you will have a reply to any enquiry within 24 hours.

How do contracts and invoicing work?

You sign our MSA, with a SOW for each engagement. An NDA can be signed before the technical diagnostic if you want one in place first. Prices are quoted in USD and invoiced in your local currency, paid by local bank transfer. Payment terms are set out in the MSA. The agreement is governed by the laws of India.

Where does an engagement start?

With a free 45-minute Technical Diagnostic and a short written summary afterwards. If there is work worth doing, the next step is the Modernisation Assessment: $5,000, 2 weeks, fixed scope. The fee is credited in full against the modernisation project if you proceed within 90 days.

Tell Us About Your System

Describe what the system does and what is prompting the question. Anil will reply within 24 hours and recommend the right starting point — including the answer that says leave it alone for now.

2 weeks · fixed scope · Fee credited in full if you proceed within 90 days
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