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 gets mobile data boost as fixed broadband stalls

Optus gets mobile data boost as fixed broadband stalls

Plans to spend $1.2 billion expanding mobile network.
Brett Winterford May 13 2010 5:55PM Telco/ISP
Budget 2010: The ICT Industry Guide

Budget 2010: The ICT Industry Guide

iTnews sorts through Swan's slim pickings.
Brett Winterford May 12 2010 3:00AM Financial Services
Budget 2010: Gershon savings seep back into data centres

Budget 2010: Gershon savings seep back into data centres

Tanner's department among agencies clawing back the savings.
Brett Winterford May 12 2010 1:25AM Storage
Budget 2010: Cost of managing NBN Co stacks up

Budget 2010: Cost of managing NBN Co stacks up

Four agencies bill $44.4m to watch over Quigley's shoulder.
Ry Crozier , Brett Winterford May 12 2010 1:06AM Financial Services
Preview: Any IT dollars in a 'tough love' budget?

Preview: Any IT dollars in a 'tough love' budget?

We look at a few possibilities.
Brett Winterford May 11 2010 4:49PM Strategy
Centrelink, Medicare merge for budget hotline

Centrelink, Medicare merge for budget hotline

Single number for Human Services agencies during budget rush.
Brett Winterford May 11 2010 3:22PM Strategy
Jetstar: How to run IT with five staff

Jetstar: How to run IT with five staff

Who needs in-house skills when you’ve got the cloud?
Brett Winterford May 11 2010 6:00AM Strategy
Interview: Inside a censored China

Interview: Inside a censored China

Chinese academic Kaiser Kuo says some censorship can be justified.
Brett Winterford May 10 2010 4:48PM Security
iPhone gets special treatment on handset warranties

iPhone gets special treatment on handset warranties

But competition watchdog won't let it happen again.
Brett Winterford May 7 2010 10:47AM Hardware
Botched update blamed for Telstra Next G outage

Botched update blamed for Telstra Next G outage

Core upgrade went wrong.
Brett Winterford May 6 2010 6:25PM Telco/ISP
Government claims NBN will pay itself off

Government claims NBN will pay itself off

NBN Implementation Study calls network a government "investment".
Brett Winterford May 6 2010 2:30PM Telco/ISP
NSW tax office to shift to hosted email

NSW tax office to shift to hosted email

Test case for NSW Government.
Brett Winterford May 6 2010 1:57PM Strategy
Real Insurance looks to SaaS for cost savings

Real Insurance looks to SaaS for cost savings

Renting Exchange online seen as an acceptable risk.
Brett Winterford May 5 2010 6:18AM Strategy
Last minute checks for DNSSEC upgrade

Last minute checks for DNSSEC upgrade

Network admins prepare for internet security upgrade.
Brett Winterford May 4 2010 4:15PM Networking
Warning: Why your Internet might fail on May 5

Warning: Why your Internet might fail on May 5

Network operators urged to check routers, firewalls.
Brett Winterford Apr 30 2010 12:16PM Networking
Telstra's cloud moves beyond mere fog

Telstra's cloud moves beyond mere fog

Silver Lining in commercial deployment.
Brett Winterford Apr 29 2010 6:08PM Telco/ISP
Interview: Amazon looks to bring the cloud to Australia

Interview: Amazon looks to bring the cloud to Australia

Amazon's web services SVP talks cloud with iTnews.
Brett Winterford Apr 29 2010 1:00PM Storage
Internet filter debate delayed beyond June

Internet filter debate delayed beyond June

Later in the year, says Conroy's department.
Brett Winterford , Tanya Hall Apr 29 2010 12:56PM Telco/ISP
Amazon goes live with Asia Pacific web services

Amazon goes live with Asia Pacific web services

Launches server and storage on demand from Singapore data centres.
Brett Winterford Apr 29 2010 12:00PM Networking
Salesforce.com, VMware offer Java platform as a service

Salesforce.com, VMware offer Java platform as a service

PaaS play for enterprise Java apps.
Brett Winterford Apr 27 2010 10:01PM Software

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