services aren't truly elastic, in Bittman's view. Amazon charges a certain price for each virtual server and "if I want a slightly larger server, I have to buy another one. ... I have to do it in chunks," he says.
Cloud vendors should move toward providing computing capacity in any increment customers want, he says. But that's just one of many hurdles to be overcome in the building of private and public clouds.
"It's going to take a long time for clouds to mature in all areas and have viable offerings that fit all needs," Bittman says.
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