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

Nehalem server chips tipped to launch March 30

Nehalem server chips tipped to launch March 30

In one of the worst kept secrets in the technology industry, Intel is certain to announce the launch of the long-awaited Nehalem-based Xeon processor for servers on March 30.
Brett Winterford Mar 19 2009 1:49PM Hardware
Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak

Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak

Doubts continue to mount over the authenticity of a leaked list of URL's purported to be ACMA's blacklist of banned websites.
Brett Winterford Mar 19 2009 1:13PM Telco/ISP
Wikipedia removes ACMA-censored link

Wikipedia removes ACMA-censored link

Editors at Wikipedia have removed a link to an ACMA-blacklisted web site that sat uncontested for over 24 hours in the main body of ACMA's Wikipedia entry.
Brett Winterford Mar 19 2009 10:37AM Security
Wikipedia removes ACMA-censored link

Wikipedia removes ACMA-censored link

Editors at Wikipedia have removed a link to an ACMA-blacklisted web site that sat uncontested for over 24 hours in the main body of ACMA's Wikipedia entry.
Brett Winterford Mar 19 2009 6:08AM Telco/ISP
Activists use Wikipedia to bait blacklist regulator

Activists use Wikipedia to bait blacklist regulator

The Wikipedia page for the Australian Communications and Media Authority holds a link to a site on the authority's blacklist in a further test to the regulator's ability to censor the internet.
Brett Winterford Mar 18 2009 3:20PM Security
Comms Alliance submits Mobile Premium Services Code

Comms Alliance submits Mobile Premium Services Code

Under increasing pressure from the ACCC and ACMA, industry self-regulator Communications Alliance has finally released a code of conduct around the provision of Mobile Premium Services.
Brett Winterford Mar 18 2009 3:16PM Telco/ISP
Hardware vendors won't cut ties over Cisco's blades

Hardware vendors won't cut ties over Cisco's blades

HP, IBM and Dell have no plans to cut ties with Cisco after the networking vendor officially announced its move into the blade server market yesterday.
Brett Winterford Mar 18 2009 3:09PM Hardware
Activists use Wikipedia to bait blacklist regulator

Activists use Wikipedia to bait blacklist regulator

The Wikipedia page for the Australian Communications and Media Authority holds a link to a site on the authority's blacklist in a further test to the regulator's ability to censor the internet.
Brett Winterford Mar 18 2009 10:08AM Telco/ISP
Ericsson pushes VDSL2 data transfers above 500Mbps

Ericsson pushes VDSL2 data transfers above 500Mbps

Ericsson has achieved data transfer rates of more than 500Mbps in what it said is the world's first live demonstration of a new VDSL2-based technology.
Brett Winterford Mar 17 2009 2:57PM Networking
Alphawest and DiData to lead Cisco data centre sell

Alphawest and DiData to lead Cisco data centre sell

Alphawest and Dimension Data will lead the technical implementation of Cisco's new data center strategy.
Brett Winterford Mar 17 2009 2:12PM Hardware
Westpac Web 2.0 whiz quits

Westpac Web 2.0 whiz quits

Outspoken Westpac technology executive David Backley has resigned from the bank.
Brett Winterford Mar 17 2009 2:05PM Software
ACCC puts the telco industry "on notice"

ACCC puts the telco industry "on notice"

Australia’s consumer regulator the ACCC is warning telecommunications operators they will soon face fines of up to $1 million if they do not clean up their act.
Brett Winterford Mar 16 2009 6:04AM Telco/ISP
Conroy requests faith in net filter scheme

Conroy requests faith in net filter scheme

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has urged detractors of the Government's proposed Internet Filtering scheme to have faith in their elected parliamentarians to pass the right legislation.
Brett Winterford Mar 13 2009 3:27PM Telco/ISP
Give us time to make NBN decision, says Government

Give us time to make NBN decision, says Government

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy won’t be coerced into fast-tracking a decision on the NBN, more or less telling delegates of the ATUG conference in Sydney today to give the Government the time required to make the right decision.
Brett Winterford Mar 13 2009 3:21PM Telco/ISP
Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.
Brett Winterford Mar 13 2009 12:09PM Security
Telstra releases Nokia N85, sans Skype

Telstra releases Nokia N85, sans Skype

Telstra has announced it will offer the Nokia N85 handset on its Next G network, but has chosen not to include the popular Skype application.
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2009 2:54PM Hardware
Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2009 1:52PM Security
Tanner: IT critical to productivity

Tanner: IT critical to productivity

Australia's IT and Communications industry has an ally in Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, if his speech today on productivity is any indication.
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2009 6:06AM Strategy
Veteran KPMG CIO to move on to global project

Veteran KPMG CIO to move on to global project

Consultancy firm KPMG is seeking a new CIO to replace industry veteran Ian McBride.
Brett Winterford Mar 11 2009 3:50PM Software
CIOs say 'maybe later' on cloud computing

CIOs say 'maybe later' on cloud computing

Only 10 percent of 700 Asia-Pacific IT executives and CIOs surveyed by IDC are excited by cloud computing.
Brett Winterford Mar 11 2009 12:13PM Software

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