Writing

Notes on IT cost, approvals and contracts

Sulayo, a Dubai product studio, publishes reference material on the problems its products address: allocating shared IT cost across properties, the two-step travel approval model, and what to check before a maintenance contract auto-renews. Each piece is written to be useful without the product.

2 September 2026 · By Ahmed Ali

How hotel groups allocate shared IT cost across properties

Shared IT cost is allocated across properties by rooms, by asset count or evenly, and the three models produce very different bills. This post works the arithmetic through a four-hotel group with AED 600,000 of shared cost, and shows why the smallest property pays nearly twice as much under an even split.

Read→

2 September 2026 · By Ahmed Ali

Travel authorisation versus expense claim: why the two-step model matters for audit

A travel authorisation asks permission before the trip; an expense claim asks for the money back afterwards. Running only the second half means approval happens when refusal is no longer realistic. This post walks the two-step chain, shows where separation of duties sits in it, and explains what an auditor actually tests.

Read→

2 September 2026 · By Ahmed Ali

What to check before an IT AMC auto-renews

An annual maintenance contract with a ninety-day notice period has to be cancelled nine months into its term, not at expiry. This is a checklist of what to verify before that window closes: whether the equipment still exists, whether the price crept, whether the response times were met, and whether the cover is already bought elsewhere.

Read→