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

FAQ: Making sense of Telstra and NBN Co's agreement

FAQ: Making sense of Telstra and NBN Co's agreement

Telstra CEO David Thodey answers your questions.
Brett Winterford Jun 21 2010, 2:40PM Collaboration
NBN Co and Telstra strike $11bn agreement

NBN Co and Telstra strike $11bn agreement

Shareholders, Federal Parliament and ACCC need to approve.
Brett Winterford Jun 21 2010, 8:38AM Collaboration
Reseller braves the cold for charity

Reseller braves the cold for charity

Industry sleeps out for homeless charity drive.
Brett Winterford , Negar Salek Jun 18 2010, 2:16PM Hardware
Westpac shines, ANZ sinks in online bank audit

Westpac shines, ANZ sinks in online bank audit

Offshore banks suffer from network latency.
Brett Winterford Jun 17 2010, 8:51AM Collaboration
Canberra's Cloud Central seeks out resellers

Canberra's Cloud Central seeks out resellers

Includes API in Version 2.0 of cloud compute.
Brett Winterford Jun 9 2010, 2:06PM Data centre
NSW Police and prisons get IT budget boost

NSW Police and prisons get IT budget boost

Upgrades, biometrics and video conferencing on the agenda.
Brett Winterford Jun 9 2010, 9:29AM Finance
Flat budget for NSW Government CIO

Flat budget for NSW Government CIO

Focus on NBN.
Brett Winterford Jun 9 2010, 8:42AM Strategy
Telstra plans to exit Global Switch data centre

Telstra plans to exit Global Switch data centre

Consolidates down to two data centres in Sydney, Melbourne.
Brett Winterford Jun 4 2010, 12:51PM Data centre
VCE execs defend private cloud at EMC Inform

VCE execs defend private cloud at EMC Inform

Keynotes push the 'private cloud'.
Brett Winterford Jun 3 2010, 9:28AM Software
Telstra to offer Naked DSL broadband trial

Telstra to offer Naked DSL broadband trial

Communications costs plummet for a lucky few thousand customers.
Brett Winterford Jun 3 2010, 8:38AM Collaboration
NetApp boasts 77 percent growth in Q4

NetApp boasts 77 percent growth in Q4

Increases channel head count.
Brett Winterford Jun 1 2010, 8:48AM Data centre
Getronics spends $1m on systems, brand overhaul

Getronics spends $1m on systems, brand overhaul

Rebrands as 'UXC Connect' and wins Tomago deal.
Brett Winterford May 26 2010, 3:22PM Services
Former analyst Baty named Fujitsu CTO

Former analyst Baty named Fujitsu CTO

Old Gartner friends face off at competing systems integrators.
Brett Winterford May 26 2010, 3:19PM Services
CSC: Public sector to drive local cloud adoption

CSC: Public sector to drive local cloud adoption

CTO says local cloud on track for July launch.
Brett Winterford May 26 2010, 12:00PM Data centre
Apple flash snub "deeply annoying", says ABC exec

Apple flash snub "deeply annoying", says ABC exec

Effort to port iView to iPad, mobile devices by end of year.
Brett Winterford May 25 2010, 10:51AM Software
Harbour MSP and E3 build Melbourne data centre

Harbour MSP and E3 build Melbourne data centre

Frontline Systems' Harbour MSP to open 500-rack facility.
Brett Winterford May 21 2010, 1:31PM Collaboration
Google takes Apps cloud to the enterprise

Google takes Apps cloud to the enterprise

New features, pricing for big business.
Brett Winterford May 21 2010, 10:59AM Software
Top security professionals awarded at AusCERT

Top security professionals awarded at AusCERT

Watchguard, Clearswift win SC Magazine awards.
Brett Winterford May 20 2010, 1:12PM Security
Thodey: Telstra has sold 10,000 T-Hubs

Thodey: Telstra has sold 10,000 T-Hubs

Thodey comments on NBN, HFC, Next G and 4G.
Brett Winterford May 20 2010, 8:54AM Collaboration
Economists, analysts dispute NBN study numbers

Economists, analysts dispute NBN study numbers

Were the authors too optimistic in their assumptions?
Liz Tay , Brett Winterford May 19 2010, 9:47AM Finance

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