A Halla from Halla

JBuilder Moving to Eclipse - my thoughts on Borland's recent announcement that it is donating the core JBuilder code to the Eclipse foundation.

I've just posted my thoughts on the Adobe / Macromedia merger on ADT's Enterprise Insider blog; please read and share your thoughts on the subject.

ADT Magazine has invited me to write their Enterprise Insider blog.

An announcement is available on ADT's website, at http://adtmag.com/article.asp?id=10936

This is an enormous honor, and I once again thank ADT for the priveledge of writing for their publication.

I'll post a link to the new Blog once it's up and running (you can read a preview of my 'welcome' post here: http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=10937).

Just a quick tip on this - if you're behind a router, place the telephone adapter behind the router as well, not as a passthrough from the modem to the router. I had an incident this week where Comcast's service died, and took the VoIP out with it; once Comcast came back up, the TA still would not respond, meaning that the router wasn't getting a signal, so I could still not access either the web or use the phone. Putting the TA behind the router got me back online, but the TA required to be both reset (hard reset, using the push button on the back) as well as re-activated via AT&T's CallVantage website.

The literature states that the connection isn't as clear from behind the router, but I haven't notcied a difference. From a technical perspective, having the TA behind the router is clearly superior to using it as a passthrough, and should be described as such in AT&T's printed and online documentation.

Hopefully this tips helps someone!