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

Hackers attempt to dupe NetRegistry customers

Hackers attempt to dupe NetRegistry customers

Attackers try to open new accounts.
Brett Winterford Mar 15 2010 12:31PM Security
Hockey praised for filtering stance

Hockey praised for filtering stance

Shadow Treasurer describes mandatory ISP-level filtering as "unworkable".
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2010 1:49PM Networking
Pipe shareholders approve TPG takeover

Pipe shareholders approve TPG takeover

Green light from 94 percent of shareholders present.
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2010 1:21PM Telco/ISP
Internode doubles its Southern Cross link capacity

Internode doubles its Southern Cross link capacity

Will double again in 2011.
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2010 11:22AM Telco/ISP
Adelaide gets nod for high density data centre

Adelaide gets nod for high density data centre

Gauvin to build data centre in old Mitsubishi plant.
Brett Winterford Mar 11 2010 3:07PM Networking
Australia comes clean on ACTA role

Australia comes clean on ACTA role

No intention of changing Australian law.
Brett Winterford Mar 11 2010 7:04AM Telco/ISP
Capgemini offers test-and-dev as a service

Capgemini offers test-and-dev as a service

Partners with data centre HarbourMSP and HP for first of cloud services.
Brett Winterford Mar 10 2010 3:39PM Software
Video: Building a supercomputer for Happy Feet 2, Mad Max 4

Video: Building a supercomputer for Happy Feet 2, Mad Max 4

Builds 6,000 core grid in E3's new Sydney data centre.
Brett Winterford , Munir Kotadia Mar 10 2010 1:58PM Networking
Datacom CEO speaks about flood damage

Datacom CEO speaks about flood damage

Affected customers can expect compensation.
Ry Crozier , Brett Winterford Mar 10 2010 1:34AM Networking
ISP offers all-you-can-eat Google traffic

ISP offers all-you-can-eat Google traffic

Pipe peering agreement pays off.
Brett Winterford Mar 5 2010 6:50AM Networking
Found: Google Australia's secret data network

Found: Google Australia's secret data network

We found Google's racks!
Brett Winterford Mar 5 2010 6:40AM Networking
Video: E3's ever expanding Sydney Pegasus data centre

Video: E3's ever expanding Sydney Pegasus data centre

Massive new space allocated for server rooms.
Brett Winterford , Munir Kotadia Mar 5 2010 6:29AM Networking
Photos: NICTA takes Australia back to CeBIT

Photos: NICTA takes Australia back to CeBIT

Giving Australian innovation some visibility.
Brett Winterford Mar 4 2010 1:26PM Strategy
Carriageworks to get new fibre link

Carriageworks to get new fibre link

Dedicated 40Gbps link for Dr D.
Brett Winterford Mar 3 2010 5:12PM Networking
IBM claims x86 server breakthrough

IBM claims x86 server breakthrough

HP "put on notice".
Brett Winterford Mar 2 2010 6:59PM Hardware
Canberra Cloud scraps beta tag

Canberra Cloud scraps beta tag

On-demand service goes live on March 8.
Brett Winterford Mar 2 2010 4:23PM Storage
ACTA leak: ISPs to be bound by new rules

ACTA leak: ISPs to be bound by new rules

Australia mute as the Kiwis ask the questions.
Brett Winterford Mar 2 2010 1:09PM Telco/ISP
3 mobile does the Telstra-to-Voda switcheroo

3 mobile does the Telstra-to-Voda switcheroo

3 Mobile customers will now roam onto Vodafone's 2G network.
Brett Winterford Feb 25 2010 6:17PM Telco/ISP
Revealed: Copyright ‘101' challenge to iiNet victory

Revealed: Copyright ‘101' challenge to iiNet victory

Dissecting the film industry's appeal.
Brett Winterford Feb 25 2010 6:14PM Telco/ISP
CA gets back in the game with 3Tera buy

CA gets back in the game with 3Tera buy

Takes on VMware on cloud management.
Brett Winterford Feb 25 2010 3:34PM Software

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