Allie Coyne

Allie Coyne is a Sydney-based journalist and the editor of iTnews.

Coyne started on iTnews in 2013 after almost two years running the website of technology channel publication CRN.

Coyne won best new journalist in the 2013 Microsoft IT Journalism Awards, and was named best business technology journalist at the same awards in 2015, again in 2016, and won best security journalist in 2018. She left iTnews in 2018.

Recent articles by Allie Coyne

Telstra pit work to restart in two weeks

Telstra pit work to restart in two weeks

Ends nearly three-month halt.
Allie Coyne Aug 5 2013 2:32PM Telco/ISP
Glitch hits NAB online, mobile banking

Glitch hits NAB online, mobile banking

Second of big four to have issues in a week.
Allie Coyne Aug 5 2013 1:53PM Software
Westpac online banking suffers two days of downtime

Westpac online banking suffers two days of downtime

Update: Up last night, offline in the morning.
Allie Coyne Aug 2 2013 9:57AM Software
Pearce sacked as NSW IT boss

Pearce sacked as NSW IT boss

New Finance minister announced.
Allie Coyne Aug 1 2013 2:58PM Strategy
Westpac suffers online banking outage

Westpac suffers online banking outage

Update: Down for nine hours.
Allie Coyne Aug 1 2013 1:12PM Software
DAFF to dump PDF, email from vessel info system

DAFF to dump PDF, email from vessel info system

Midway through department-wide IT overhaul.
Allie Coyne Aug 1 2013 6:44AM Strategy
Vodafone launches $5 global roaming flat rate

Vodafone launches $5 global roaming flat rate

For UK, US and New Zealand.
Allie Coyne Jul 31 2013 11:21AM Telco/ISP
Error-prone eftpos troubles Sydney Trains

Error-prone eftpos troubles Sydney Trains

Second issue in just over a week.
Allie Coyne Jul 30 2013 4:14PM Networking
Qld Police brings data to the field

Qld Police brings data to the field

Builds app to allow quicker search.
Allie Coyne Jul 30 2013 6:31AM Hardware
Govt unlikely to act on IT pricing before election

Govt unlikely to act on IT pricing before election

Husic says movement will be hard.
Allie Coyne Jul 29 2013 3:48PM Hardware
'Australia Tax' confirmed: IT pricing report released

'Australia Tax' confirmed: IT pricing report released

Aussies slugged 50 percent more for tech products.
Allie Coyne Jul 29 2013 12:23PM Hardware
CrimTrac prepares for national ballistics ID network

CrimTrac prepares for national ballistics ID network

System to be ready by next July.
Allie Coyne Jul 29 2013 6:33AM Software
Parliament ditches BlackBerry phone monopoly

Parliament ditches BlackBerry phone monopoly

Apple, Samsung, Nokia on new panel.
Allie Coyne Jul 25 2013 10:53AM Hardware
Apple developer site still offline

Apple developer site still offline

One week of downtime.
Allie Coyne Jul 25 2013 9:33AM Software
Qld Govt resettles CITEC workers

Qld Govt resettles CITEC workers

Remaining 430 roles in limbo.
Allie Coyne Jul 25 2013 6:29AM Training & Development
Sydney Water pours 4.5 percent of IT budget into website

Sydney Water pours 4.5 percent of IT budget into website

Splashes out $7 million, comes in 'under budget'.
Allie Coyne Jul 23 2013 5:13PM Software
Vic Cemeteries trust plots core systems overhaul

Vic Cemeteries trust plots core systems overhaul

Inherited limited systems force manual work.
Allie Coyne Jul 23 2013 11:17AM Software
Apple developer website hacked

Apple developer website hacked

Overhauls security.
Allie Coyne Jul 22 2013 12:39PM Security
Router failure blamed for Virgin check-in outage

Router failure blamed for Virgin check-in outage

Twelve flights cancelled.
Allie Coyne Jul 22 2013 10:47AM Networking
Apple developer website hacked

Apple developer website hacked

Overhauls security.
Allie Coyne Jul 22 2013 9:15AM Security

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