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

Why IT providers must prepare clients for a memcached attack

Why IT providers must prepare clients for a memcached attack

New attack vector was behind attempted Github DDoS.
Allie Coyne Mar 7 2018, 10:08AM Security
Fire hazard prompts recall of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Fire hazard prompts recall of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Overheating battery.
Allie Coyne Feb 7 2018, 7:31AM Hardware
Redundancies rock Optus Business

Redundancies rock Optus Business

Hundreds of roles to go.
Allie Coyne Oct 27 2017, 6:49AM Telco
Google names Telstra exec as Aussie cloud boss

Google names Telstra exec as Aussie cloud boss

Replacing Renee Gamble after internal move.
Allie Coyne Sep 12 2017, 6:57PM Cloud
Brisbane City Council terminates TechnologyOne contract

Brisbane City Council terminates TechnologyOne contract

Both parties seek compensation.
Allie Coyne Jul 28 2017, 3:39PM Software
Australian govt will force Apple, Facebook to decrypt communications

Australian govt will force Apple, Facebook to decrypt communications

Legislation will force tech companies to open up encrypted messages.
Allie Coyne Jul 14 2017, 11:43AM Security
NT picks suppliers for "largest-ever" health IT overhaul

NT picks suppliers for "largest-ever" health IT overhaul

Dialog IT to help with $259m project.
Allie Coyne Jun 23 2017, 4:16PM Services
WannaCry hits Victorian speed cameras

WannaCry hits Victorian speed cameras

Caused by human error.
Allie Coyne Jun 23 2017, 7:00AM Security
EY acquires Melbourne cyber security firm

EY acquires Melbourne cyber security firm

Latest buyout from one of the 'big four'.
Allie Coyne Jun 5 2017, 12:37PM Security
ATO settles with HPE over SAN failure

ATO settles with HPE over SAN failure

Key costs will be refunded.
Allie Coyne May 30 2017, 12:15PM Servers & Storage
ACCC: telcos can pass broadband tax to customers

ACCC: telcos can pass broadband tax to customers

Monthly broadband tax expected to reach parliament within weeks.
Allie Coyne May 26 2017, 1:31PM Telco
Plutus Payroll founder arrested in $165 million tax fraud scandal

Plutus Payroll founder arrested in $165 million tax fraud scandal

Faces maximum of ten years if found guilty.
Allie Coyne May 19 2017, 2:49PM Software
Brisbane council puts TechnologyOne on notice

Brisbane council puts TechnologyOne on notice

IT firm has 28 days to address local government systems contract.
Allie Coyne May 3 2017, 11:52AM Services
Google's cloud launch in Sydney is coming, but still months away

Google's cloud launch in Sydney is coming, but still months away

Scheduled for '2017' launch.
Allie Coyne Mar 13 2017, 9:45AM Cloud
Google hunts Microsoft cloud resellers

Google hunts Microsoft cloud resellers

Snatching business from Azure.
Allie Coyne Mar 10 2017, 5:48AM Cloud
Australia will get mandatory data breach notifications

Australia will get mandatory data breach notifications

After three years of trying.
Allie Coyne Feb 14 2017, 11:59AM Security
ATO online outage blamed on HPE storage

ATO online outage blamed on HPE storage

1-petabyte of data lost due to unspecified “hardware issue”.
Allie Coyne Dec 13 2016, 5:41PM Servers & Storage
China's answer to AWS is opening a Sydney data centre

China's answer to AWS is opening a Sydney data centre

Cloud division of e-commerce giant will launch by end of 2016.
Allie Coyne Nov 22 2016, 5:32PM Cloud
Google stops booking Australian profits in Singapore

Google stops booking Australian profits in Singapore

Follows compliance with new tax laws.
Allie Coyne Nov 17 2016, 1:21PM Digital
Dimension Data cloud chief jumps to ANZ Bank

Dimension Data cloud chief jumps to ANZ Bank

Replaces outgoing CIO.
Allie Coyne Nov 8 2016, 6:21AM Digital

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