http://www.computer.org/software IEEE Software's mission is to build the community of leading and future software practitioners. The magazine delivers reliable, useful, leading-edge software development information to keep engineers and managers abreast of rapid technology change. The authority on translating software theory into practice, the magazine positions itself between pure research and pure practice, transferring ideas, methods, and experiences among researchers and engineers. Peer-reviewed articles, topical interviews, and columns by seasoned practitioners illuminate all aspects of the industry, including process improvement, project management, development tools, software maintenance, Web applications and opportunities, testing, usability, and much more. en-us Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:00:02 GMT http://csdl.computer.org/common/images/logos/software.gif List of recently published journal articles http://www.computer.org/software http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=710b581115ef2b14c6fa5aff89da9b84 http://opac.ieeecomputersociety.org/opac?year=2009&amp;volume=26&amp;issue=04&amp;acronym=software IEEE Software<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=710b581115ef2b14c6fa5aff89da9b84&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=710b581115ef2b14c6fa5aff89da9b84&p=1"/></a> http://www.computer.org/portal/site/software/ http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=fe152171e491c7536ed2529548500b2a http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/ Our drive to rapidly develop layered, interconnected, and flexible systems has eclipsed consideration of resource costs. As a result, large Java applications suffer from runtime bloat: a large and pervasive infrastructure tax, where simple transactions require a few hundred thousand method calls, and a server with 1GB memory can support only a few hundred users. Current Java optimizers and garbage collectors are of little help for these systemic problems. Enterprises are faced with greatly reduced scalability, increased power consumption, and missed deliveries. In this article, we detail four global software development trends, along with some widely held myths, that lead to bloat in Java applications. We illustrate their consequences with anecdotes drawn from real applications suffering severe performance and memory issues. While these trends are inevitable, runtime bloat is not. Understanding the sources of bloat can help us craft appropriate solutions for the future.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=fe152171e491c7536ed2529548500b2a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fe152171e491c7536ed2529548500b2a&p=1"/></a> http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/