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

HP guns for the CFO

HP guns for the CFO

They who hold the purse strings...
Brett Winterford Dec 1 2011, 2:26PM Strategy
Whitman outlines HP's enterprise strategy

Whitman outlines HP's enterprise strategy

Infrastructure trumps software.
Brett Winterford Nov 30 2011, 1:43PM Strategy
The rise of the celebrity CIO

The rise of the celebrity CIO

The Michael Harte phenomenon.
Brett Winterford Nov 18 2011, 8:31AM Strategy
The truth about IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP

The truth about IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP

Gartner deconstructs the mega-vendors.
Brett Winterford Nov 17 2011, 8:37AM Software
NSW Police holds firm in software stoush

NSW Police holds firm in software stoush

Software execs confident of finding evidence of copyright breach.
Brett Winterford , Liz Tay Nov 17 2011, 8:37AM Software
Rackspace offers support for in-house cloud stack

Rackspace offers support for in-house cloud stack

'Private Edition' brings Rackspace support into customer data centres.
Brett Winterford Nov 9 2011, 2:19PM Cloud
Telstra goes live with cloud portal and pricing

Telstra goes live with cloud portal and pricing

Real-time provisioning still a few months away.
Brett Winterford Nov 8 2011, 2:04PM Cloud
NEXTDC asks shareholders to keep the faith

NEXTDC asks shareholders to keep the faith

National data centre network a massive undertaking.
Brett Winterford Nov 1 2011, 8:29AM Cloud
Aussie IT staff working later hours

Aussie IT staff working later hours

Survey finds an industry of ageing male workaholics.
Brett Winterford Oct 31 2011, 8:27AM Training & Development
Outback Stores outsources the IT shop

Outback Stores outsources the IT shop

Selects Territory Technology Solutions in quest for outback nutrition.
Brett Winterford Oct 28 2011, 9:54AM Strategy
iiNet takes BoB Squad to Sydney, Melbourne

iiNet takes BoB Squad to Sydney, Melbourne

Mobile helpdesk heads east.
Brett Winterford Oct 26 2011, 8:08AM Services
Aussie start-ups score free hosting

Aussie start-ups score free hosting

Rackspace brings incubation scheme to Australia.
Brett Winterford Oct 13 2011, 7:58AM Services
Fines levied for e-health data breaches

Fines levied for e-health data breaches

Patient records available to law enforcement and courts.
Brett Winterford Oct 4 2011, 7:38AM Services
CSG connects Northern Territory schools

CSG connects Northern Territory schools

Wi-fi and iPads for students in far-flung locations.
Brett Winterford Sep 28 2011, 4:24AM Mobility
Xero to bundle free integrated payroll

Xero to bundle free integrated payroll

Celebrates 50,000 customer milestone.
Brett Winterford Sep 27 2011, 12:26PM Software
Darwin company opens 'tropical cloud'

Darwin company opens 'tropical cloud'

Area 9 becomes VMware Australia's third vCloud Powered certified partner.
Brett Winterford Sep 23 2011, 3:36PM Services
Hyro spins off Idaptive identity business

Hyro spins off Idaptive identity business

In talks with systems integrators to broaden channel, considering sell-off.
Brett Winterford Sep 16 2011, 2:25PM Security
SoftLayer eyes Australian data centre

SoftLayer eyes Australian data centre

On eve of opening Singapore facility.
Brett Winterford Sep 15 2011, 1:19PM Services
Has the cloud bubble burst?

Has the cloud bubble burst?

Survey reveals dampened demand.
Brett Winterford Sep 14 2011, 1:51PM Cloud
Is Microsoft's Office365 vulnerable?

Is Microsoft's Office365 vulnerable?

Comment: Microsoft still uncertain on root cause of outage.
Brett Winterford Sep 14 2011, 7:00AM Services

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