If the issue of vendor lock-in is not carefully managed, the cloud could represent a step backward in terms of its impact on flexibility and choice in the enterprise.
In June 2012, it acquired White Glove Technologies, a Texas-based managed IT services provider, in an effort to strengthen its presence in the cloud services industry and expand its managed IT services in Texas.
Huberty sees a divergence in the server market, with a 1% decline this year in server shipments into company-owned data centers, while managed hosting and cloud server shipments grow int he double digits.