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

Making a business case for Hadoop

Making a business case for Hadoop

How will it fit in traditional enterprise IT environments?
Brett Winterford , Dez Blanchfield Oct 11 2013 9:23AM Labs
The world's tiniest Hadoop testbed

The world's tiniest Hadoop testbed

DIY Hadoop testbed in one hour and under 500MB.
Brett Winterford , Dez Blanchfield Oct 4 2013 3:57PM Labs
Westpac's thumbs up for back-end grunt

Westpac's thumbs up for back-end grunt

Swaps out DB2 Mainframe for Oracle's engineered systems.
Brett Winterford Sep 27 2013 6:35AM Storage
iTnews reveals the true cost of BYOD

iTnews reveals the true cost of BYOD

Why 'choose your own device' is a better fit.
Brett Winterford Sep 25 2013 6:01AM Networking
Ellison promises in-memory option for Oracle database

Ellison promises in-memory option for Oracle database

Available with the 'flick of a switch'.
Brett Winterford Sep 23 2013 1:12PM Software
Social networks stick with MySQL

Social networks stick with MySQL

Facebook, Twitter upgrade, but eye alternatives.
Brett Winterford Sep 23 2013 6:55AM Software
Hadoop distros come to town

Hadoop distros come to town

Australia seen as next big growth market.
Brett Winterford Sep 11 2013 6:55AM Software
Coalition's internet filter policy a 'mistake'

Coalition's internet filter policy a 'mistake'

Turnbull endorses, defends, scraps "poorly worded" policy in one night.
Allie Coyne , Brett Winterford Sep 5 2013 9:21PM Telco/ISP
Analysis: Corporate data open to Customs probes

Analysis: Corporate data open to Customs probes

Customs officers can arbitrarily search digital devices on a whim.
Brett Winterford Sep 2 2013 11:53AM Security
Laptops, smartphones are fair game for Customs

Laptops, smartphones are fair game for Customs

[Blog post] Your (lack of) rights at the border.
Brett Winterford Sep 2 2013 7:00AM Software
Insourcing, the new black

Insourcing, the new black

[Blog post] Will Australian IT shops follow suit?
Brett Winterford Aug 30 2013 6:57AM Software
Bankwest shifts to Windows 8

Bankwest shifts to Windows 8

Big leap from XP.
Brett Winterford Aug 19 2013 9:25AM Strategy
Photos: Bankwest Place

Photos: Bankwest Place

Twelve months on, is Activity Based Work still working?
Brett Winterford Aug 19 2013 9:16AM Strategy
The BYOD solution we want

The BYOD solution we want

...and haven’t seen yet.
Brett Winterford Aug 15 2013 6:29AM Networking
Inside the build of WA's $200m medical research cloud

Inside the build of WA's $200m medical research cloud

'Once-in-a-generation opportunity'.
Brett Winterford Aug 14 2013 12:09PM Strategy
NBN Co funds enterprise test lab

NBN Co funds enterprise test lab

'Plug Bench' to test copper services on fibre network.
Brett Winterford Aug 13 2013 6:35AM Networking
Survey: Enterprise mobility and BYOD

Survey: Enterprise mobility and BYOD

Give your verdict on BYOD.
Brett Winterford Aug 7 2013 11:53AM Networking
Mobile device management vendors in discount war

Mobile device management vendors in discount war

Good Technology the latest to cut prices.
Brett Winterford Aug 7 2013 6:30AM Security
The case against MDM

The case against MDM

[Blog post] Three reasons CIOs are seeking a better solution.
Brett Winterford Aug 7 2013 6:00AM Networking
CIOs invite peers onto their turf

CIOs invite peers onto their turf

SAP user group looks to CMO, CFO.
Brett Winterford Jul 31 2013 6:48AM Strategy

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