Brett Winterford

One of Australia’s most experienced technology journalists, former iTnews Group Editor Brett Winterford has written about the business of technology for 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, writing for such publications as the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

As editor of iTnews Brett has led a team of award-winning journalists; delivered speeches at industry events; authored, commissioned and edited research papers, curated technology conferences [The iTnews Executive Summit and Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit and also shares the judging of the annual Benchmark Awards.

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

Recent articles by Brett Winterford

Melbourne manages event peaks in the cloud

Melbourne manages event peaks in the cloud

City of Melbourne becomes an Amazon customer.
Brett Winterford Nov 14 2012 10:30AM Networking
Harte decries public cloud concerns as 'garbage'

Harte decries public cloud concerns as 'garbage'

CommBank cuts costs by 40 percent using public cloud.
Brett Winterford Nov 13 2012 4:21PM Strategy
Amazon Web Services goes live in Sydney

Amazon Web Services goes live in Sydney

Two availability zones launched at 30 percent price premium.
Brett Winterford Nov 13 2012 11:45AM Networking
Comms Alliance says SMS 'unsafe' for bank transactions

Comms Alliance says SMS 'unsafe' for bank transactions

Comms Alliance calls on Australia's banks to use other technologies.
Brett Winterford Nov 12 2012 8:16AM Security
Telcos declare SMS 'unsafe' for bank transactions

Telcos declare SMS 'unsafe' for bank transactions

Comms Alliance calls on Australia's banks to use other technologies.
Brett Winterford Nov 9 2012 7:00AM Security
Home buyer funds hit in phone porting scam

Home buyer funds hit in phone porting scam

Real estate trusts targeted.
Brett Winterford Nov 9 2012 2:39AM Security
Home buyer funds targeted in phone porting scam

Home buyer funds targeted in phone porting scam

Real estate trusts targeted.
Brett Winterford Nov 8 2012 8:15AM Security
Aussie SAP users seek global platform

Aussie SAP users seek global platform

Local group to lean on global panel for licensing clarity.
Brett Winterford Nov 1 2012 7:04AM Software
CommBank declares core bank overhaul complete

CommBank declares core bank overhaul complete

Commits to no offshoring, delivers record profit.
Brett Winterford Oct 30 2012 1:06PM Strategy
SAP customers demand license overhaul

SAP customers demand license overhaul

Software vendor refuses to provide price list.
Brett Winterford Oct 29 2012 7:02AM Software
Flicking the switch on old systems

Flicking the switch on old systems

Opinion: The art of losing customers to gain happier ones.
Brett Winterford Oct 25 2012 12:00PM Strategy
NAB to standardise on Verifone

NAB to standardise on Verifone

Looks to save on support costs.
Brett Winterford Oct 25 2012 12:00PM Strategy
Ardent’s reality check for SaaS adoption

Ardent’s reality check for SaaS adoption

Cloud integration out of the box? It’s a Dreamworld.
Brett Winterford Oct 23 2012 1:00PM Software
Photos: DownUnder's Perth supercomputer

Photos: DownUnder's Perth supercomputer

Crunching data for the global oil and gas industry.
Brett Winterford Oct 22 2012 7:06AM Networking
Carbon tax blamed as oil and gas IP leaks offshore

Carbon tax blamed as oil and gas IP leaks offshore

Seismic data specialists threaten to shift supercomputer from Perth.
Brett Winterford Oct 22 2012 7:01AM Networking
Five-year delay on 800 MHz emergency networks

Five-year delay on 800 MHz emergency networks

Motorola pushes for emergency services spectrum.
Brett Winterford Oct 12 2012 12:15PM Telco/ISP
Five-year delay on 800 MHz emergency networks

Five-year delay on 800 MHz emergency networks

Motorola pushes for emergency services spectrum.
Brett Winterford Oct 12 2012 12:15PM Telco/ISP
Twitter, PayPal reveal database performance

Twitter, PayPal reveal database performance

Driving big performance using MySQL.
Brett Winterford Oct 5 2012 7:00AM Software
Paypal architect warns against Big Data hype

Paypal architect warns against Big Data hype

Is Big Data a big scam?
Brett Winterford Oct 5 2012 6:52AM Networking
NAB takes IT off its books

NAB takes IT off its books

Interview: Looks to consume IT as-a-service.
Brett Winterford Oct 2 2012 9:30AM Strategy

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