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Read The FBI's Kali365 warning is really about the day MFA stopped being enough
John ZammitManaging Director
Microsoft 365
The FBI's Kali365 warning is really about the day MFA stopped being enough
Kali365 doesn't steal Microsoft 365 passwords or break MFA. It steals the session token after you've already passed both, which changes what 'secured' means.
John ZammitManaging Director17 June 202610 min read
Read Microsoft's 2026 Microsoft 365 price rise is quoted in USD. The Australian number is worse.John ZammitManaging Director
Microsoft 365
Microsoft's 2026 Microsoft 365 price rise is quoted in USD. The Australian number is worse.
Microsoft's 2026 Microsoft 365 price increase is listed in US dollars. For Australian businesses the real AUD jump is larger, and the repackaging matters more than the headline.
John ZammitManaging Director16 June 20266 min read
Read The vibe-coded app that trips your EDR is the lucky oneJohn ZammitManaging Director
CybersecurityAI
The vibe-coded app that trips your EDR is the lucky one
When a vibe-coded app trips your EDR, the endpoint caught it. The dangerous ones ship quietly, hold customer data, and leak it. Australia now fines for it.
John ZammitManaging Director15 June 20267 min read
Read Two real VMware quotes for one SMB. The cheaper one is the trap.John ZammitManaging Director
Cloud
Two real VMware quotes for one SMB. The cheaper one is the trap.
A Victorian SMB priced refreshing on-prem VMware against managed private cloud. The on-prem quote is cheaper on paper, and the wrong call. Here's the maths.
John ZammitManaging Director9 June 20267 min read
Read Broadcom isn't raising VMware prices. It's pricing SMBs out.John ZammitManaging Director
Cloud
Broadcom isn't raising VMware prices. It's pricing SMBs out.
Broadcom's 2026 VMware overhaul isn't a price increase. The 72-core floor and bundled VCF are how a vendor tells SMBs they're no longer the customer.
John ZammitManaging Director26 May 20267 min read
Read Owning servers used to make financial sense. The maths just changed.John ZammitManaging Director
Cloud
Owning servers used to make financial sense. The maths just changed.
For thirty years, owning servers was the rational SMB choice. Rising capital costs, OS lifecycle pressure and DRAM inflation have flipped the maths.
John ZammitManaging Director15 May 20265 min read
Read Your on-prem TCO is bigger than the invoice — labour isn't the gapJohn ZammitManaging Director
Cloud
Your on-prem TCO is bigger than the invoice — labour isn't the gap
On-prem vs private cloud TCO comparisons miss power, cooling, UPS, HA, and DR. Under an MSP, labour cancels — the real delta is everywhere else.
John ZammitManaging Director13 May 20266 min read
Read The Server 2025 trap hardware warranty doesn't solveJohn ZammitManaging Director
Cloud
The Server 2025 trap hardware warranty doesn't solve
Hardware warranty keeps the box running. It doesn't keep Windows Server 2016 or 2019 supported. For Victorian SMBs, that gap is now the refresh deadline.
John ZammitManaging Director12 May 20265 min read
Read Dell's smallest rack server now lists at $36,781. The reason isn't Dell.John ZammitManaging Director
Cloud
Dell's smallest rack server now lists at $36,781. The reason isn't Dell.
Dell's entry-level rack server now lists at $36,781 because DRAM fabs pivoted to AI memory. The 30-year SMB refresh assumption has quietly broken.
John ZammitManaging Director11 May 20266 min read
Read Cloud 3.0 isn't about leaving the cloud. It's about unbundling the hyperscaler.
Shazz WarrenGM — Sales & Operations
CloudAI
Cloud 3.0 isn't about leaving the cloud. It's about unbundling the hyperscaler.
Companies aren't fleeing AWS and Azure wholesale. They're placing workloads with intent, and the hyperscaler bundle's strategic moat is coming apart.
Shazz WarrenGM — Sales & Operations6 May 20266 min read
Read Shadow AI in Microsoft 365: vendor reports won't show you what's thereJohn ZammitManaging Director
CybersecurityAI
Shadow AI in Microsoft 365: vendor reports won't show you what's there
Microsoft's AI dashboards miss most shadow AI in your tenant. Here's where to actually find OAuth grants, Power Automate flows, and Graph webhooks.
John ZammitManaging Director4 May 20266 min read
Read AI in the wrong hands wiped a production database in nine secondsJohn ZammitManaging Director
CybersecurityAI
AI in the wrong hands wiped a production database in nine seconds
An AI agent wiped a startup's production database in nine seconds. AI is a power tool: productive in trained hands, catastrophic in untrained ones.
John ZammitManaging Director30 April 20266 min read
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