Welcome to The Sphere The Sphere Journal is the technical journal and Online Knowledgebase for WebSphere developers, administrators, architects, and managers. WebSphere professionals seek out The Sphere for the most reliable technical guidance and instruction found anywhere. Independent and unbiased, The Sphere only publishes practical, need-to-know technical information for your most important WebSphere projects. No advertising. No hidden agenda. No fluff. And all of it comes directly from the industry's top experts. With a 100% money-back guarantee, The Sphere enables you to complete your WebSphere projects correctly, boost productivity, save time and money, and meet your key business goals faster. The Sphere - It's how WebSphere professionals succeed.™ Our users recently gave us their reasons why The Sphere is necessary to their WebSphere investment.     Latest Articles   Use IBM’s Web Application Integrator to integrate Web applications into existing IBM WebSphere Portal deployments Alden Taylor, architect, Ascendant Technology, LLC Choosing the WebSphere Application Server ND topology that’s right for your system: Achieving high stability for multiclient WebSphere applications Jamie Pope, senior technology manager Ying Ding, president, Greater Charlotte WebSphere Users Group In The Latest Issue November / December 2008 Simplify data access in WebSphere Application Server applications with EJB 3.0 and the Java Persistence API by David Cook, Ascendant Technology, LLC Stage and deploy a “minimal but sufficient” WebSphere Portal project by Michael Henderson, PDS Technical Services Combine WCM syndication data with server statistics in Excel charts: A low-cost solution for monitoring performance by Meredith Spitalnik, Ascendant Technology, LLC Get started building rich Internet applications (RIAs) with WebSphere Portlet Factory by Abhishek Singh and Usman Memon, IBM Create JavaServer Faces pages using Rational Application Developer by Paul T. Calhoun, NetNotes Solutions, Unlimited, Inc.   Copyright © 2008 Wellesley Information Services. All rights reserved. Email: customer@spherejournal.com. The Sphere, 20 Carematrix Drive, Dedham, MA 02026, USA. Customer Service: 1.781.751.8799