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

ACCC to extend access to Telstra copper network

ACCC to extend access to Telstra copper network

The ACCC intends to extend arrangements governing competitor access to Telstra’s copper network for another five years to ensure investment in existing broadband services until the completion of the NBN.
Ry Crozier , Brett Winterford Jun 6 2009, 9:11AM Collaboration
Global storage revenues sink

Global storage revenues sink

Revenue from enterprise storage sank 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, according to the latest figures from Gartner.
Brett Winterford Jun 6 2009, 6:35AM Data centre
Analyst: Desktop virtualisation stalled by MS licensing model

Analyst: Desktop virtualisation stalled by MS licensing model

Companies pushing ahead with desktop virtualisation risk opening themselves up to "hundreds of millions of dollars" in Microsoft licensing fees, according to IBRS analyst Dr Kevin McIsaac.
Sholto Macpherson , Brett Winterford Jun 4 2009, 4:52PM Software
EDS swipes $96m DAFF deal from ghost of Commander

EDS swipes $96m DAFF deal from ghost of Commander

HP-owned EDS has notched up another Government scalp, winning a tender to provide $96 million worth of ICT services to the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry (DAFF).
Brett Winterford May 22 2009, 9:36AM Finance
NetApp buys Data Domain as profit sinks

NetApp buys Data Domain as profit sinks

Storage vendor NetApp has shelled out US$1.5 billion for Data Domain, the American leader in data de-duplication technology.
Brett Winterford May 21 2009, 10:48AM Data centre
PKBA ousts Datacom at Australian Central Credit Union

PKBA ousts Datacom at Australian Central Credit Union

PKBA has beaten incumbent provider Datacom and fellow tenderer Alphawest to a contract to provide managed IT and telecommunications services to the Australian Central Credit Union.
Brett Winterford May 11 2009, 12:08PM Collaboration
Revealed: Lessons from WebCentral's 72-hour email outage

Revealed: Lessons from WebCentral's 72-hour email outage

Melbourne IT chief technical officer Glenn Gore gives iTnews a blow-by-blow account of how a SAN failure at WebCentral’s data centre led to 200,000 customers losing e-mail access for three days.
Brett Winterford May 5 2009, 11:57AM Data centre
Asus scores Tassie IT hardware contract

Asus scores Tassie IT hardware contract

Taiwanese PC vendor Asus is in the running for hardware contracts worth over $120 million a year after being added to a list of approved hardware suppliers to Tasmanian Government agencies.
Brett Winterford May 1 2009, 3:11PM Hardware
Fujitsu acquires SAP integrator for $48 million

Fujitsu acquires SAP integrator for $48 million

Fujitsu Australia will pay $48 million to acquire the SAP business of Sydney-based Supply Chain Consulting, just one week after the Foreign Investment Review Board approved its $200 million acquisition of KAZ.
Brett Winterford Apr 27 2009, 12:52PM Software
Infosys Australia sends more work offshore

Infosys Australia sends more work offshore

Infosys Australia has revealed it is sending a greater proportion of its work offshore as it reported a decline in locally-accounted revenues.
Brett Winterford Apr 21 2009, 8:34AM Services
Optus finds size matters on wireless access

Optus finds size matters on wireless access

A new survey commissioned by Optus Business has found that Australia's largest organisations are more likely to provision staff with laptops while smaller companies give employees smartphones.
Brett Winterford Apr 21 2009, 8:29AM Mobility
Last chance for $1m of free storage kit

Last chance for $1m of free storage kit

Australian organisations have until 5:00pm EST tomorrow (Friday) to apply for an offer of $1 million of free storage, software and services from NetApp.
Brett Winterford Apr 18 2009, 9:30AM Data centre
Federal Government looks to cash in on mobile spectrum

Federal Government looks to cash in on mobile spectrum

The Federal Government has released a request for tender seeking a valuation of its mobile spectrum assets in the lead up to spectrum auctions.
Brett Winterford Apr 18 2009, 9:24AM Mobility
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 15 2009, 12:14PM Finance
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 10 2009, 9:00AM Data centre
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, 3:05PM Collaboration
Government announces NBN plans

Government announces NBN plans

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.

Brett Winterford Apr 7 2009, 9:45AM Collaboration
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, 2:08PM Collaboration
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, 11:21AM Data centre
IBM wins a slice of Energy Australia's smart grid

IBM wins a slice of Energy Australia's smart grid

IBM has won a $3.2 million systems integration deal to help Energy Australia capture and make use of the data drawn from its world-leading $170 million Intelligent Network or "smart grid".
Brett Winterford Apr 1 2009, 9:35AM Collaboration

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