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
17 June 2026 · 10 min read
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.
16 June 2026 · 6 min read
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.
15 June 2026 · 7 min read
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.
9 June 2026 · 7 min read
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.
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.
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