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

Optus flags $25m Tassie mobile network upgrade

Optus flags $25m Tassie mobile network upgrade

Plans to offer 100 base stations within 24 months.
Brett Winterford May 16 2011 6:59AM Telco/ISP
Analysis: Are MVNOs driving Optus' mobile growth?

Analysis: Are MVNOs driving Optus' mobile growth?

Winning customers - but at what cost?
Brett Winterford May 12 2011 4:17PM Telco/ISP
NBN Co invests in virtual desktop access

NBN Co invests in virtual desktop access

Remote staff and third party contractors get access to corporate IT.
Brett Winterford May 12 2011 12:55PM Strategy
IBM considers hosting SmartCloud in Australia

IBM considers hosting SmartCloud in Australia

End-user demand to dictate build of local enterprise cloud compute.
Brett Winterford May 12 2011 6:01AM Networking
Interview: Understanding the Big Blue cloud

Interview: Understanding the Big Blue cloud

Brett Winterford dives in with a distinguished IBM engineer.
Brett Winterford May 12 2011 5:31AM Networking
The ICT impact: Budget 2011 by numbers

The ICT impact: Budget 2011 by numbers

John Hilvert breaks down the winners and losers.
Brett Winterford , John Hilvert May 10 2011 8:05PM Financial Services
Leighton to build its own Singapore-Perth cable

Leighton to build its own Singapore-Perth cable

Deal signed for 4800 km submarine cable.
Brett Winterford May 10 2011 1:22PM Networking
Preview: Few pockets of light in another thrifty budget

Preview: Few pockets of light in another thrifty budget

Implications for Defence, Human Services, Tax and other agencies.
Brett Winterford , John Hilvert May 9 2011 6:04AM Financial Services
Westpac: Quicker to reboot than press DR alarm

Westpac: Quicker to reboot than press DR alarm

Why Westpac made the right call to switch off services.
Brett Winterford May 6 2011 6:30AM Networking
CBA goes real-time as part of core banking upgrade

CBA goes real-time as part of core banking upgrade

The Commonwealth Bank spruiks the benefits of $1.1 billion upgrade.
Brett Winterford May 5 2011 6:52AM Strategy
Foster reveals Fujitsu war plan

Foster reveals Fujitsu war plan

New A/NZ CEO looks to cloud computing and the telco market for growth.
Brett Winterford May 4 2011 6:05AM Strategy
Facebook reveals radical Prineville data centre

Facebook reveals radical Prineville data centre

A sneak peek at new, energy-efficient facility.
Brett Winterford May 3 2011 1:11PM Networking
Small telcos offered license and USO fee reprieve

Small telcos offered license and USO fee reprieve

Should they survive in an NBN world.
Brett Winterford May 2 2011 5:05PM Telco/ISP
Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

Analyst warns of lax attitude to OH&S.
Brett Winterford May 2 2011 6:00AM Networking
Amazon issues ten days credits for cloud outage

Amazon issues ten days credits for cloud outage

Post-mortem posted.
Brett Winterford , Staff Writers May 1 2011 10:42PM Storage
Opinion: Time for Amazon to pay up over outage

Opinion: Time for Amazon to pay up over outage

The future of AWS hangs on how Amazon responds to the Easter outage.
Brett Winterford Apr 28 2011 7:00PM Security
Opinion: Time for Amazon to pay up over outage

Opinion: Time for Amazon to pay up over outage

The future of AWS hangs on how Amazon responds to the Easter outage.
Brett Winterford Apr 28 2011 2:38PM Strategy
Growing pains: Amazon EC2 suffers huge outage

Growing pains: Amazon EC2 suffers huge outage

Described as the "worst outage in cloud computing history".
Brett Winterford Apr 27 2011 6:11AM Storage
BMC offers tools to attack 'cloud by stealth'

BMC offers tools to attack 'cloud by stealth'

Aims to return control to enterprise IT departments.
Brett Winterford Apr 27 2011 6:05AM Strategy
Optus signs NSN for mobile network upgrade

Optus signs NSN for mobile network upgrade

After successful trial.
Brett Winterford Apr 20 2011 10:24AM Networking

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