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Google’s Cloud Spanner melds transactional consistency, NoSQL scale

The research behind the horizontally scalable, SQL-compatible database has spawned imitators, but Google's private network is the real secret sauce

Using Salesforce to access SAP? Pour yourself a stiff drink

SAP targets major customers for millions in damage awards, claiming violations of "named-user" license terms

BlackBerry is really back this time, thanks to the KeyOne

First look: The BlackBerry KeyOne brings back the beloved physical keyboard in a nicely designed Android phone with other strong conveniences

5 reasons the Galaxy S8 will make you ditch your iPhone

The Samsung Galaxy S8 finally tips the scales in Android’s favor

How Hyperconvergence Enables IT Flexibility

The future of IoT can be seen in the PC

IoT exhibits many of the same growing pains as the PC in its early days, with the greatest potential lurking in barely imagined future apps

Simplify container deployments with Kubernetes as a service

A short, simple, step-by-step guide to installing Platform9 Managed Kubernetes on AWS EC2 and on-prem servers

OpenSuse’s great leap backward

Also in today’s open source roundup: Linux Mint 18.2 will be code named Sonya, and a long term review of the Google Pixel phone

Free search engine tool hunts down malware-infected computers

Shodan is now offering the Malware Hunter scanning tool, which uncovers systems manipulated to control malware-infected devices

Micron’s SolidScale system pushes SSDs out to shared storage

Remote SSDs in Micron's SolidScale storage system behave like local SSDs