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• Oracle's new 'PULA' license promises unlimited database use in perpetuity

  Oracle has come under considerable fire over the years for its restrictive license terms and aggressive audit program, but it appears at least some change is on the way.

• Toshiba execs resign in $US1.25bn accounting scandal

  Executives at electronics and industrial giant Toshiba resigned on Tuesday after a committee reviewing its earnings said the company padded its operating profit by about ¥156 billion ($US1.25 billion) over six years to the end of 2014.

• ME restructures tech team

  ME has restructured its IT team less than a month after announcing the completion of its five-year technology rebuild.
  

• Amazon now an open book on search warrants and subpoenas

  Amazon.com has published its first transparency report describing how it has responded to requests from law enforcers for information about its customers.

• Datameer adds governance tools for Hadoop analytics

  Datameer is giving its native Hadoop environment new data governance capabilities in an effort to help organizations tackle data quality, security and compliance problems stemming from the growing use of analytics tools by business users.

• Think your management job is safe? Beware: the 'iCEO' is coming

  The prospect of automation has long sparked fears of jobs lost to robotic replacements, but typically such worries have focused on blue-collar and other low-level positions. Well, the Institute for the Future has a message for all those in the upper echelons feeling complacent about their job security: The iCEO is coming.

• Researchers urge boards to embrace IT

  A doctoral researcher at Queensland University of Technology’s Information Systems School says business execs and company board members must embrace technology in their ranks or risk getting left behind.
  

• Coming to terms with marketing technology

  With marketers become ever-more reliant on technology and importantly, data integration, to deliver the customer experiences organisations need today, CIOs can no longer afford to ignore the many platforms and solutions at their disposal.

• No more excuses, time to roll out IPv6, says registry boss

  As the dwindling number of IPv4 addresses starts to cause problems for organizations around the world, time has come to roll out IPv6 on a larger scale and leave behind dead-end technologies that delay the inevitable, according to the chief of the regional Internet registry in Asia-Pacific.

• Government control emerges as central issue at ICANN meeting

  What level of control governments should exert over the Internet emerged early in ICANN's meeting this week as a primary sticking point, with the representative from France advocating for more state control and the U.K. arguing for less.

• ICANN CEO wants to make progress on US split at London meeting

  ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé hopes to make progress on the split with the U.S. government and convince critics that the organization is on the right track when it meets in London next week.

• Cutting complexity in tech transformations

  More IT programs fail than succeed. Although they begin with good intentions, they’re often late, over budget, and don't provide what is required.

• Seagate CEO, who helped pick Nadella, leaves Microsoft's board

  After a brief but influential stint, Stephen Luczo, chairman and CEO of Seagate Technology, is leaving Microsoft's board of directors.

• Better IT management sought in NSW after LifeLink woes

  The New South Wales Auditor-General has urged better governance and management of major IT projects at the NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice.

• Good Governance Is a Make-or-Break Factor for IT

  CIOs say that governance rules will ensure that IT initiatives are transparent, efficiently managed and provide maximum business impact.