Ashar Baig

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About Ashar Baig

I, Ashar Baig (pronounced Usher Bég) lead the emerging technologies research think tank based in Canada. My focus areas include: Autonomous Machines (Cars, Robots, Drones & ships), Renewable Energy (Capture, Storage and Transfer), Artificial Intelligence (DL, ML, RL), AR / VR / MR, Blockchain, Smart / Sensing infrastructure (cities, buildings, streets, homes, etc), IoT / IIoT, Satellite Communication, Quantum Computing, Quantum Dots, Cloud Computing, Cyber security, and wireless & wireline communication. I possesses over 20 years of high-tech industry experience having held senior roles at North America's leading companies such as Analyst Connection (Advisory and Industry Analyst), Taneja Group (Advisory and Industry Analyst), Asigra (BCDR), Artisan Infrastructure (IaaS), Camouflage Software (Data security), IBM (HPC & Grid Computing), TELUS (RBOC), HP (Mobile Messaging), Siemens (CRM), and Intel (Networking & Communication). I advise vendors, C-level enterprise customers and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) on business and technology. I am the quintessential expert on MSPs, their business and their offerings. I often advises vendors looking to target MSPs or MSPs looking to grow their revenues. I am passionate about driving industry standards and evangelizing them. I am the former 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). Over the years, I have been referred to as “Mr. Data Protection” and “Mr. MSPs” due to his passionate evangelism and educational speaking engagements of these topics at various industry events. He volunteers for SNIA’s Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI), Analytics and Big Data Committee (ABDC) and Data Protection and Capacity Optimization (DPCO) committee. I started and manage the LinkedIn Cloud Backup group.@Ashar_Baig and @AnalystConnecti