Ashar Baig (Usher Bég)
President, Principal Analyst & Consultant
Ashar Baig is the President, Principal Analyst, and consultant at Analyst Connection, an analyst firm focused on Cloud Computing, Storage & Server Virtualization, Storage (hardware, software, filesystems, I/O, etc.), Data Protection (Data Backup, Disaster Recovery, & Business Continuity), Big Data, VDI, Security, Archiving, Public and Private Cloud Storage, High Performance Computing (HPC), Grid Computing, & Server Farms, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Business Intelligence (BI).
Prior to Analyst Connection Ashar was the Sr. Analyst and consultant at Taneja Group. His primary areas of responsibility at Taneja Group were to lead the Taneja Group consulting practice for vendors in data protection, cloud storage, public / private / hybrid cloud space as well as leading the Taneja Group’s Managed Service Providers (MSPs) consulting for vendors. He often advises vendors looking to target MSPs or MSPs looking to grow their revenues.
Ashar possesses over 18 years of high-tech industry experience having held senior roles at North America's leading companies such as Taneja Group (Consultant and Industry Analyst roles), Asigra (BCDR), Artisan Infrastructure (IaaS), Camouflage Software (Data security), IBM (HPC & Grid Computing), TELUS (RBOC), HP (Mobile Messaging), Siemens (CRM), and Intel (Networking & Communication).
Ashar is the quintessential expert about Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their offerings. He often advises vendors looking to target MSPs or MSPs looking to grow their revenues.
Ashar is passionate about driving industry standards and evangelizing them. As such, he is the Chairman of the Special Interest Group (SIG) focused on Cloud Backup, Recovery, and Restore (BURR) within Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) of Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). He also holds management positions within SNIA’s Analytics and Big Data Committee (ABDC) and Data Protection and Capacity Optimization (DPCO) committee. Previously, Ashar has held senior positions within EC2 and ECTF.