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

Unwired bleeds $50.2 million from Seven coffers

Unwired bleeds $50.2 million from Seven coffers

Media giant Seven says it still has faith in the potential of WiMAX, despite its Unwired business losing $50.2 million in the half-year to December 2009.
Brett Winterford Feb 25 2009 2:11PM Telco/ISP
Westpac reality check on Web 2.0

Westpac reality check on Web 2.0

Westpac has revealed that changing business conditions and poor adoption forced it to abandon or shelve some of its highest-profile Enterprise 2.0 projects.
Brett Winterford Feb 24 2009 5:51PM Software
Soldier pay bungle blamed on Defence ICT

Soldier pay bungle blamed on Defence ICT

Australia’s Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon has blamed a legacy of chronic underinvestment in ICT for a series of payroll problems embarrassing the Government.
Brett Winterford Feb 24 2009 3:17PM Strategy
MWC: Telstra weighs in on spectrum issue

MWC: Telstra weighs in on spectrum issue

Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo has called on the Australian Government to provide clarity on how much radio spectrum might be opened up to advance the local mobile broadband industry.
Brett Winterford Feb 23 2009 3:28PM Telco/ISP
MWC: Hot tech picks from Mobile World Congress 2009

MWC: Hot tech picks from Mobile World Congress 2009

iTnews editor Brett Winterford discusses new mobile telephony innovations with Telstra's Hugh Bradlow and Optus' Michael Smith at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Brett Winterford Feb 23 2009 6:44AM Telco/ISP
MWC: Optus to launch Nokia’s ‘Comes-with-Music’ phone

MWC: Optus to launch Nokia’s ‘Comes-with-Music’ phone

Optus is set to launch a new Nokia device that offers free, unlimited music downloads for a year.
Brett Winterford Feb 19 2009 6:39AM Hardware
MWC: Sol faces off against Google and Skype

MWC: Sol faces off against Google and Skype

Sparks flew during Sol Trujillo’s keynote at Mobile World Congress today as the CEO was challenged over Telstra’s business model by fellow presenters Josh Silverman, CEO of Skype and Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google.
Brett Winterford Feb 19 2009 6:28AM Telco/ISP
Nortel: Not drowning, waving the LTE flag

Nortel: Not drowning, waving the LTE flag

Cash-strapped networking vendor Nortel places its bets on Long-Term Evolution mobile technology to secure a stable future for the company.
Brett Winterford Feb 18 2009 3:18PM Telco/ISP
MWC: Telstra to launch email service for Windows phones

MWC: Telstra to launch email service for Windows phones

Telstra will launch an all-you-can-eat mobile e-mail service based on the Microsoft Exchange platform in May, timed with the release of a new Telstra-branded skin for Windows phones.
Brett Winterford Feb 18 2009 7:04AM Software
MWC: Telstra Next G to rocket to 21Mbps next week

MWC: Telstra Next G to rocket to 21Mbps next week

Telstra is set to release what it claims is the world's fastest mobile broadband service - shipping a new mobile modem theoretically capable of speeds nearing 21Mbps on February 23.
Brett Winterford Feb 17 2009 9:00AM Telco/ISP
MWC: Microsoft, Nokia launch mobile app stores

MWC: Microsoft, Nokia launch mobile app stores

Microsoft and Nokia independently announced new mobile application stores at Mobile World Congress today in an attempt to mirror the success Apple enjoys with its iPhone app store.
Brett Winterford Feb 17 2009 8:55AM Software
MWC: Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5

MWC: Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5

Microsoft today used Mobile World Congress to announce its latest mobile operating system, 'Windows Mobile 6.5', plus an app store for its devices named Windows Marketplace for Mobile and a phone back-up service called 'My Phone'.
Brett Winterford Feb 17 2009 6:49AM Software
MWC: Mobile industry begs for more spectrum

MWC: Mobile industry begs for more spectrum

Heavyweights from the mobile telephony industry combined today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to plea with world governments to allocate more spectrum to mobile data services.
Brett Winterford Feb 17 2009 6:39AM Telco/ISP
Analyst: SaaS and open source ‘won’t happen’ in 2009

Analyst: SaaS and open source ‘won’t happen’ in 2009

Software as a service, the model by which software is hosted and delivered over the network, “will not happen” in 2009, according to Gartner research director, Andrew Rowsell-Jones.
Brett Winterford Feb 13 2009 3:32PM Software
Gartner predicts the top ten technologies for 2009

Gartner predicts the top ten technologies for 2009

Virtualisation, telepresence, netbooks and sensor networks are the hot technologies this year, according to Gartner’s annual Top 10 technology predictions released yesterday.
Brett Winterford Feb 7 2009 12:10AM Strategy

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