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

Excom shuts its doors

Excom shuts its doors

Sudden closure leaves IT students without courses.
Brett Winterford Aug 25 2010 11:50AM Training & Development
Analysis: Did the NBN rollout plan win seats?

Analysis: Did the NBN rollout plan win seats?

Yes in Tassie, a resounding no on the mainland.
Brett Winterford Aug 23 2010 2:06PM Networking
Election outcome to favour bush broadband

Election outcome to favour bush broadband

Independents are NBN believers.
Brett Winterford Aug 22 2010 4:28PM Networking
Eight year prison sentence for Clive Peeters accountant

Eight year prison sentence for Clive Peeters accountant

Mother of two imprisoned over embezzlement.
Brett Winterford Aug 20 2010 3:22PM Financial Services
ACS awards Quigley after internal stoush

ACS awards Quigley after internal stoush

Board members concerned about political implications.
Brett Winterford Aug 18 2010 11:05AM Networking
Ardent bowled over by leisurely ERP rollout

Ardent bowled over by leisurely ERP rollout

Consolidates accounting software across diverse operations.
Brett Winterford Aug 17 2010 2:07PM Software
Qantas updates core IT systems

Qantas updates core IT systems

Drives harder bargains with suppliers.
Brett Winterford Aug 17 2010 7:02AM Financial Services
Report: Where to find the NBN's missing billions

Report: Where to find the NBN's missing billions

Parliamentary Library does the numbers on Labor's NBN funding.
Brett Winterford Aug 16 2010 3:48PM Financial Services
Soccer rights own goal to iiNet

Soccer rights own goal to iiNet

Freezone frozen out of EPL negotiations, subscribers out in the cold.
Brett Winterford , Nate Cochrane Aug 16 2010 2:50PM Telco/ISP
Macquarie Telecom customers in Friday gridlock

Macquarie Telecom customers in Friday gridlock

SAN controller failure.
Brett Winterford Aug 16 2010 7:40AM Storage
NBN Co tests fibre network to 1 Gbps

NBN Co tests fibre network to 1 Gbps

ALP buoyed by NBN Co announcement.
Brett Winterford Aug 12 2010 11:04AM Networking
Westfield customer details exposed in data breach

Westfield customer details exposed in data breach

Notifies Bondi customers in show of good faith.
Brett Winterford Aug 12 2010 7:20AM Security
Election10: How to choose Australia's next broadband network

Election10: How to choose Australia's next broadband network

We compare the broadband policies of the major parties.
Brett Winterford Aug 11 2010 2:07PM Networking
Revealed: The NSW Government's shared services blueprint

Revealed: The NSW Government's shared services blueprint

Recommendations for more IT services to be outsourced.
Brett Winterford Aug 10 2010 7:39AM Strategy
Cloud Central goes global with enStratus deal

Cloud Central goes global with enStratus deal

Joins cloud network with Amazon, Azure, Rackspace, Google.
Brett Winterford Aug 9 2010 2:31PM Storage
Sydney Uni files patent on energy-efficient computing

Sydney Uni files patent on energy-efficient computing

Researchers study more efficient ways of scheduling enterprise workloads.
Brett Winterford Aug 9 2010 12:59PM Networking
iiTrial: University group plans to apply to intervene

iiTrial: University group plans to apply to intervene

Another friend of the court - but only if there's a higher appeal.
Brett Winterford Aug 9 2010 7:06AM Networking
UXC: IT project managers short on key skills

UXC: IT project managers short on key skills

Companies should retrain them.
Brett Winterford Aug 7 2010 7:32AM Training & Development
Gershon savings stripped to fund Gillard's election promises

Gershon savings stripped to fund Gillard's election promises

Agency CIOs face uphill battle to win back funds.
Brett Winterford Aug 5 2010 1:13PM Financial Services
Emerson builds showcase data centre

Emerson builds showcase data centre

Pulls out of co-lo facility; demos switching on and off the grid.
Brett Winterford Aug 5 2010 6:53AM Storage

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