About
John Zammit is the Managing Director of Communicat IT, leading the Melbourne-based managed services provider through its rebuild and modernisation since October 2024. He has spent his career at the intersection of IT operations, ERP implementation, and business systems integration — a vantage point that informs much of Communicat's strategic advisory work.
John works directly with the leadership teams of Victorian SMBs across manufacturing, healthcare, legal, and food & beverage, focusing on the structural decisions that determine whether IT becomes a competitive advantage or a recurring cost centre. He is a regular contributor to the Communicat Insights publication, writing on cybersecurity, Essential Eight compliance, and the changing economics of cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
Expertise
Recent articles by John Zammit
26 May 2026 · 7 min read
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.
15 May 2026 · 5 min read
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.
13 May 2026 · 6 min read
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.
12 May 2026 · 5 min read
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.
11 May 2026 · 6 min read
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.
4 May 2026 · 6 min read
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.
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