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

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
Oracle makes late play for IaaS

Oracle makes late play for IaaS

Larry invites customers onto Oracle's island.
Brett Winterford Oct 1 2012 12:29PM Hardware
Steve Wozniak weighs in on data centre future

Steve Wozniak weighs in on data centre future

Predicts RIM-like decline for spinning disk vendors.
Brett Winterford Sep 24 2012 3:30PM Hardware
Steve Wozniak weighs in on data centre future

Steve Wozniak weighs in on data centre future

Woz predicts RIM-like decline for spinning disk vendors.
Brett Winterford Sep 24 2012 3:30PM Software
Study urges CIOs to choose open source first

Study urges CIOs to choose open source first

More to be gained from open systems than an immature cloud.
Brett Winterford Sep 17 2012 12:01AM Software
VMware promotes big data apps on VMs

VMware promotes big data apps on VMs

New frontier on virtual machines.
Brett Winterford Sep 4 2012 7:00AM Software
SAGE-AU 2012 conference cancelled

SAGE-AU 2012 conference cancelled

Bigger and better event coming in 2013.
Brett Winterford Aug 29 2012 6:46AM Training & Development
How to get your vTax return

How to get your vTax return

Analysis: Breaking down VMware’s new licensing.
Brett Winterford Aug 28 2012 9:31AM Software
VMware applies to join OpenStack

VMware applies to join OpenStack

Intel and NEC also want to be gold members.
Brett Winterford , Juha Saarinen Aug 28 2012 9:25AM Strategy
Gelsinger washes his hands of scrapped vTax

Gelsinger washes his hands of scrapped vTax

Controversial licensing experiment ends.
Brett Winterford Aug 28 2012 7:01AM Software
SAGE-AU freezes conference plans as exec steps down

SAGE-AU freezes conference plans as exec steps down

Ticket sales to October conference frozen.
Brett Winterford Aug 27 2012 7:00AM Training & Development
Amadeus invests in uptime

Amadeus invests in uptime

Qantas' technology provider out to restore availability record.
Brett Winterford Aug 13 2012 7:31AM Networking
CERN to double capacity with Budapest data centre

CERN to double capacity with Budapest data centre

Power constrains Large Hadron Collider facility.
Brett Winterford Aug 3 2012 7:00AM Networking
Photos: The data centre behind CERN's LHC

Photos: The data centre behind CERN's LHC

Inside Tier Zero.
Brett Winterford Aug 3 2012 7:00AM Hardware
Computing for the Large Hadron Collider

Computing for the Large Hadron Collider

Interview: CERN's deputy IT head talks Higgs, Moore and the cloud.
Brett Winterford Aug 3 2012 7:00AM Networking
Keeping IT transformation in-house

Keeping IT transformation in-house

George Weston CIO mulls firms' 'ability to execute'.
Brett Winterford Aug 2 2012 12:00PM Strategy
Photos: Amadeus' European data centre

Photos: Amadeus' European data centre

Inside the facility powering most of the world's airlines.
Brett Winterford Jul 31 2012 7:29AM Hardware
IT no longer a competitive advantage: futurist

IT no longer a competitive advantage: futurist

Former tech exec ponders the future of the CIO.
Brett Winterford Jul 26 2012 12:30PM Strategy
Qantas signs on for Office 365

Qantas signs on for Office 365

Singapore-based solution for new Aussie headquarters.
Brett Winterford Jul 19 2012 9:00AM Strategy
Negotiating data centre partnerships

Negotiating data centre partnerships

An in-depth guide to due diligence, contracts and risk management.
Brett Winterford Jul 16 2012 7:00AM Strategy

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