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	10 essential MySQL tools for admins The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems. Read More ARTICLE: China Telecom Americas Five of a Kind in Mainland China? You Win! Five or more sites in Mainland China? Reach out to Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada or the U.S. for less! Deal yourself a winning hand with all your voice, video, and data traffic on a global Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network from China Telecom Americas. Complete your order before July 31, 2011! In this Issue Debt reduction deadlock drags down corporate capital spending on software, more SysAdmin wanted to star in a Hollywood film Firewall administration techniques and tools The savings from print management is like picking low-hanging fruit I've got a new MPLS lab. 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