Brett Winterford

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One of Australia’s most prolific journalists, Brett Winterford has written about the business of technology for close to 15 years.

Awarded Business Journalist and Technology Journalist of the year at the 2004 ITjourno awards and Editor of the Year at the 2009 Publishers Australia 'Bell' awards, Winterford has extensive experience in both the business and technology press.

In the business press, Winterford has worked for the Australian Financial Review, and Charter – a trade press magazine published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

He has also penned technology feature stories for CIO and ZDNet.

Brett's areas of specialty include enterprise software, cloud computing and IT services.



Recent articles for Brett Winterford

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Who can you trust for IT security?
 
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Caters for growth of new mobile ecosystems.
 
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First look inside the new engine room for Australian research.
 
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Week of frustration after scheduled Easter outage.
 
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Small teams drive big results.
 
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Top finance IT execs give their tips.
 
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Bundles protection against lawsuits into ACS membership.
 
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One of four pairs taken in West system.
 
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Five year refresh becomes ten year transformation.
 
 
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Glenn Gore calls for IT shops to embrace NoOps.
 
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Will Bates' resignation further stall the release of the State's IT audit?
 
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