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

ABC looks to expand iView with ISP deals

ABC looks to expand iView with ISP deals

Looks to push iView content to televisions and smartphones.
Brett Winterford Sep 10 2009 7:23AM Telco/ISP
AAPT offers twelve hours of free downloads

AAPT offers twelve hours of free downloads

Phone and internet bundle for $89.95 per month.
Brett Winterford Sep 9 2009 1:52PM Telco/ISP
WA Police brave public 3G networks

WA Police brave public 3G networks

Strikes a deal with Motorola and Telstra.
Brett Winterford Sep 9 2009 7:05AM Networking
Gershon's razor hits Centrelink's Canberra help desk

Gershon's razor hits Centrelink's Canberra help desk

Operations shift to Brisbane and Adelaide.
Brett Winterford Sep 8 2009 3:50PM Networking
Interview: Centrelink CIO John Wadeson

Interview: Centrelink CIO John Wadeson

Wadeson on Gershon cuts, data centres and innovation.
Brett Winterford Sep 8 2009 3:01PM Strategy
Industry weighs in on iiNet court case

Industry weighs in on iiNet court case

Internet Industry Association to intervene.
Brett Winterford Sep 8 2009 12:26PM Telco/ISP
ASIC seeks better backup partner

ASIC seeks better backup partner

Expansion of Symantec backup and dedupe solution.
Brett Winterford Sep 7 2009 4:30PM Hardware
AAPT to launch a commercial cache service

AAPT to launch a commercial cache service

Longer windows ahead for unlimited broadband plans.
Brett Winterford Sep 7 2009 12:18PM Telco/ISP
Centrelink squeezes beastly servers into pod data centre

Centrelink squeezes beastly servers into pod data centre

Custom-fits a pod for six Sun M9000 servers.
Brett Winterford Sep 7 2009 6:15AM Networking
VMware agrees to support for long distance VMotion

VMware agrees to support for long distance VMotion

Trials zip apps between data centres 200km apart.
Brett Winterford Sep 3 2009 1:44PM Networking
ANALYSIS: VMware puts training wheels on cloud computing

ANALYSIS: VMware puts training wheels on cloud computing

Why vCloud Express will change the game.
Brett Winterford Sep 2 2009 6:41AM Networking
VMware and Melbourne IT launch cloud service

VMware and Melbourne IT launch cloud service

Compute power on demand with local presence.
Brett Winterford Sep 2 2009 2:10AM Networking
Sqware Peg launches 'Click to Cloud'

Sqware Peg launches 'Click to Cloud'

Finds recurring revenue model on Force.com.
Brett Winterford Aug 31 2009 1:19PM Software
Diesel generators save the day at Brisbane data centre fire

Diesel generators save the day at Brisbane data centre fire

Customer kit stays connected.
Brett Winterford Aug 29 2009 6:29AM Networking
Will EMC take on Amazon's cloud computing service?

Will EMC take on Amazon's cloud computing service?

Rumours of a VMWorld launch.
Brett Winterford Aug 28 2009 4:08PM Storage
LAMP coders celebrate deep space transmission

LAMP coders celebrate deep space transmission

Open source site turned around in under 40 hours cops huge traffic.
Brett Winterford Aug 28 2009 3:43PM Oddware
Lazy web devs blamed for malware frenzy

Lazy web devs blamed for malware frenzy

Patching a year too late.
Phil Muncaster , Brett Winterford Aug 27 2009 11:09AM Software
NetApp points to Telstra for cloud credentials

NetApp points to Telstra for cloud credentials

Releases ONTAP 8 and data centre best practices.
Brett Winterford Aug 26 2009 6:05AM Storage
Optus swaps out IBM for EDS

Optus swaps out IBM for EDS

Local software support providers also shown the door.
Brett Winterford Aug 25 2009 12:45PM Software
More data released on cloud stress tests

More data released on cloud stress tests

Throttling, power failures responsible for unpredictable clouds.
Brett Winterford Aug 25 2009 7:11AM Networking

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