About

At Delimiter we’re passionate about just two things: Technology and Australia.

We provide news, opinions, feature articles, profiles and multimedia content exclusively about the Australian market, leaving international coverage to those overseas. Our audience is primarily professionals in Australia’s ICT industry, as well as the broader secondary community of Australian technology enthusiasts.

Hence, we primarily cover the local IT and telecommunications industries, but also the introduction and usage of consumer technology in the Australian market, as well as the top gaming stories.

The site was started in early 2010 by established Australian technology journalist and editor Renai LeMay with the aim of providing the nation with a strong independent voice about the local technology community.

What does ‘Delimiter’ mean?
The name ‘Delimiter’ is a technology term which you might have heard referred to in the context of databases. Wikipedia states: “A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams.”

We found the name particularly appropriate in the context of the evolving nature of the online news stream.

Founder
Delimiter is published by Renai LeMay (@renailemay on Twitter), one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and editors. We’re sure other contributors will also pop up over time as we grow.

You can read Renai’s article on why he started Delimiter.

A former systems administrator and IT professional, Renai has held several roles at business technology title ZDNet Australia (published by CBS Interactive), including his most recent stint as news editor. In addition, he has worked as one of The Australian Financial Review’s main technology reporters, in a role that also saw him contribute heavily to MIS Magazine and other Fairfax Business Media titles.

Renai’s articles have also appeared on other CBS Interactive publications such as CNET News.com, CNET.com.au, ZDNet UK and Builder AU, as well as affiliated websites such as that of The New York Times.

Disclosure: Renai currently holds shares in Melbourne-based domain name and hosting group MelbourneIT.

Press coverage
Delimiter and its founder have been written about by various media outlets. You can find a few of these listed here:

• Journo launches tech newswire Delimiter in bid to challenge AAP (Mumbrella)
• Will Renai LeMay’s new media business model work? (Mumbrella)
• Q&A: Renai LeMay on going solo and launching a news service (Australian Anthill)
• Ex-ZDNet editor launches Australian technology news service (Digital Media)
• Renai LeMay on the Launch of Delimiter (ITRadio)