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

IBM releases Nehalem-based servers to channel

IBM releases Nehalem-based servers to channel

IBM today released four model ranges of servers based on Intel's Nehalem processor.
Brett Winterford Mar 31 2009, 12:12PM Hardware
Censorship opponents slam website hack

Censorship opponents slam website hack

Opponents of the Federal Government's filtering scheme have condemned last night's hacking of one of its websites as damaging to their fight against censorship.
Brett Winterford Mar 30 2009, 8:02AM Security
CA cuts one third of its Melbourne developers

CA cuts one third of its Melbourne developers

International software vendor CA will make just under one third of its Australian R&D staff redundant as a result of recent acquistions.
Brett Winterford Mar 26 2009, 12:09PM Security
Black day for Melbourne R&D as NEC & CA cut staff

Black day for Melbourne R&D as NEC & CA cut staff

NEC has announced it will retrench 153 positions from its facility in Mulgrave, Melbourne - the second international vendor to dramatically reduce its Melbourne R&D investments in a single day.
Brett Winterford Mar 26 2009, 12:05PM Mobility
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 21 2009, 8:56AM Mobility
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, 2:42PM Hardware
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, 9:17AM Collaboration
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 14 2009, 11:00AM Collaboration
Budde: Farewell Sol, Telstra's liability

Budde: Farewell Sol, Telstra's liability

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo and Chairman Don McGauchie are "liabilities" in terms of the carrier's potential, according to a new research note by telecommunications analyst Paul Budde.
Brett Winterford Mar 11 2009, 12:23PM Collaboration
Telstra upgrading to 100Mbps cable in Melbourne

Telstra upgrading to 100Mbps cable in Melbourne

Telstra has shrugged off its exclusion from the National Broadband Network to invest $300 million upgrading its cable network.
Brett Winterford Mar 10 2009, 1:08PM Collaboration
NetApp storage efficiency guarantee debunked

NetApp storage efficiency guarantee debunked

EMC has dismissed competitor NetApp’s ‘Storage Efficiency Guarantee’ as a shallow marketing stunt, governed by conditions that make it pointless for most organisations.
Brett Winterford Mar 10 2009, 9:08AM Data centre
Australia to sit out Blackberry app store launch

Australia to sit out Blackberry app store launch

Australian Blackberry users will have to watch our British, American and Canadian friends download mobile applications from RIM's new BlackBerry App Store from the sidelines.
Brett Winterford Mar 6 2009, 3:38PM Collaboration
Vodafone releases pricing for converged comms

Vodafone releases pricing for converged comms

Vodafone will make its long overdue foray into office communications on Monday, launching a fully-managed package of mobile and fixed telephony, ADSL2+ Internet and office Wi-Fi branded together as 'Vodafone Business One'.
Brett Winterford Mar 6 2009, 9:01AM Collaboration
Telstra offers handy NBN tips to the Government

Telstra offers handy NBN tips to the Government

The Federal Government has very few remaining viable options left to meet its requirements for a national broadband network, according to Telstra's head of public policy, David Quilty.
Brett Winterford Mar 4 2009, 9:49AM Collaboration
Fed Govt rolls out $13.8m TelePresence network

Fed Govt rolls out $13.8m TelePresence network

Federal Government ministers will need to defer some 20,000 flights to see a return on investment from today's purchase of 20 TelePresence units from Cisco and Telstra.
Brett Winterford Mar 2 2009, 1:16PM Collaboration
Bushfire victims offered broadband guarantee

Bushfire victims offered broadband guarantee

Victims of Victoria's devastating bushfires and recent floods in Queensland may be eligible for the Australian Broadband Guarantee, according to Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Brett Winterford Feb 27 2009, 7:22AM Mobility
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 26 2009, 8:13AM Collaboration
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 25 2009, 8:08AM Finance
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 24 2009, 8:08AM Collaboration
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 20 2009, 7:25AM Mobility

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