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

More giants buckle in CSIRO Wi-Fi patent case

More giants buckle in CSIRO Wi-Fi patent case

Microsoft and Asus have settled with Australia's CSIRO over its claim to Wi-Fi patents, following similar moves by HP and Fujitsu to bail out of a continuing court battle contesting CSIRO's claims.
Brett Winterford Apr 15 2009 4:30PM Strategy
Debit card info top of hacker wish list

Debit card info top of hacker wish list

A new report shows hackers are focusing more of their efforts on financial services companies, with debit card data becoming the main attraction.
Brett Winterford Apr 15 2009 2:45PM Security
Unisys wins $14m ANAO deal

Unisys wins $14m ANAO deal

The Australian National Audit Office has fulfilled its Gershon-review cost saving targets in one fell swoop after negotiating 12 per cent savings with IT outsourcer, Unisys.
Brett Winterford Apr 14 2009 3:25PM Financial Services
Interview: Inside the ATO's Change Program

Interview: Inside the ATO's Change Program

Australian Tax Office Second Commissioner David Butler and CIO Bill Gibson tell iTnews editor Brett Winterford that the ATO's Change Program is likely to cost more than the current projection of $725 million.
Brett Winterford Apr 14 2009 2:45PM Software
Microsoft virtual machine 'mythbusting' backfires

Microsoft virtual machine 'mythbusting' backfires

A Microsoft marketing video designed to "bust myths" around the lack of virtualisation functionality in its products has only served to remind users of how far it has to catch up.
Brett Winterford Apr 10 2009 5:00AM Software
Hostworks lands Jetstar win and former Sun MD

Hostworks lands Jetstar win and former Sun MD

Former Sun Microsystems Australia boss Jim Hassell has been named as interim CEO at Hostworks after the departure of founder Marty Gauvin.
Brett Winterford Apr 9 2009 2:25PM Storage
KPMG embarks on global IT consolidation project

KPMG embarks on global IT consolidation project

EXCLUSIVE The Australian operations of KPMG will be an international test bed for the firm's global plan to consolidate IT services from 130 countries into 14 regional service clusters.
Brett Winterford Apr 8 2009 4:10PM Storage
Aurora Energy in the hot seat for Tassie NBN rollout

Aurora Energy in the hot seat for Tassie NBN rollout

State-owned Aurora Energy is widely tipped to be the implementation partner of choice to deliver Fibre to the Home (FttH) in Tasmania in the wake of the Federal Government's NBN announcement yesterday.
Brett Winterford Apr 8 2009 11:16AM Telco/ISP
Consumers to pay a premium under NBN plan

Consumers to pay a premium under NBN plan

If back-of-the-envelope sums are any guide, Australians would need to be paying at least $70-$80 a month for the high-speed national broadband network to be profitable for investors.
Brett Winterford Apr 8 2009 11:07AM Networking
Telstra separation and HFC sell-off on the cards

Telstra separation and HFC sell-off on the cards

The Government has put Telstra on notice that functional separation is back on the agenda and that it may force the incumbent to sell off its HFC network as well.
Ry Crozier , Brett Winterford Apr 7 2009 3:06PM Telco/ISP
Government goes it alone on NBN

Government goes it alone on NBN

The Australian Government will build its own $43 billion National Broadband Network, in a move that returns Australia's telecommunications economy to an era of part-public, part-private ownership.
Ry Crozier , Brett Winterford Apr 7 2009 9:31AM Telco/ISP
NetApp backs storage guarantee with $1m offer

NetApp backs storage guarantee with $1m offer

NetApp is offering a whopping 50 terabytes of enterprise data storage, worth about $1 million, to an Australian organisation willing to be iTnews' guinea pig in a benchmark test to prove the validity of NetApp's storage virtualisation guarantee.
Brett Winterford Apr 6 2009 3:48PM Hardware
Analysis: Are there worse alternatives to net filtering?

Analysis: Are there worse alternatives to net filtering?

The Internet is already filtered, says cyber-law academic Alana Maurushat, often in ways even less transparent than legislated ISP-level filtering.
Brett Winterford Apr 3 2009 3:21PM Telco/ISP
iiNet seeks legal advice over Conroy comments

iiNet seeks legal advice over Conroy comments

iiNet is considering historical legal action over Senator Conroy's 'stunning' analysis of its copyright infringement defense in the Federal Court.
Brett Winterford Apr 3 2009 5:52AM Telco/ISP
Analysis: App Stores in detail

Analysis: App Stores in detail

iTnews takes a comprehensive look at the app store strategies of Apple, RIM, Microsoft and Android to show which is best for developers.
Brett Winterford Apr 2 2009 4:01PM Software
Conroy slammed over 'stunning' iiNet trial comments

Conroy slammed over 'stunning' iiNet trial comments

Senator Conroy's damning commentary on iiNet's copyright infringement defence might be "grossly improper", but not in contempt of court, say legal experts.
Brett Winterford Apr 2 2009 3:49PM Telco/ISP
HP settles with CSIRO over Wi-Fi suit

HP settles with CSIRO over Wi-Fi suit

The CSIRO has one less target in its ongoing litigation battle with the big guns of the ICT industry over its claims to patents on Wi-Fi technology.
Brett Winterford Apr 2 2009 11:24AM Hardware
Hostworks CEO quits, looks to cloud computing

Hostworks CEO quits, looks to cloud computing

Hostworks' founding CEO Marty Gauvin has quit his post, citing that running the large web hosting company was "not as much fun" since it was acquired by Broadcast Australia.
Brett Winterford Apr 2 2009 6:00AM Storage
ACCC takes issue with Voda-Hutch merger

ACCC takes issue with Voda-Hutch merger

Australia’s telecommunications regulator has tabled some initial reservations to the proposed merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison, concerned it will remove the industry’s most aggressive price competition.
Brett Winterford Apr 2 2009 12:33AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft Office absent from Telstra T-Suite launch

Microsoft Office absent from Telstra T-Suite launch

Telstra shone the spotlight on local software makers selling applications through its T-Suite, leaving Microsoft's Office conspicuous by its absence.
Brett Winterford Apr 1 2009 4:36PM Software

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