Nadeem Bari

Nadeem Bari is team lead for CDW's data center practice. He is responsible for architecting data center server and storage solutions for customers. Nadeem has been in the industry for 20 years, starting off as a Unix engineer and later taking charge of a multi-petabyte storage and backup infrastructure. He has worked in the education, retail and pharmaceutical sectors, as well. Nadeem holds an master's in computer science from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as VNX TA and USPEED certifications. He resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and daughter.

Data Center Team Lead

The Role of Storage in Digital Transformation

To create new value from their data, organizations must adopt storage solutions that provide them with the necessary levels of visibility, control, access and performance.

By Nadeem Bari

June 3, 2019

Data Center

The term “digital transformation” gets tossed around a lot, and not always with a great deal of care or precision. At a fundamental level, the phrase refers to efforts to apply technology to all aspects of a business to achieve benefits such as improved efficiency, increased revenue or a better customer experience. As practiced, digital…

HCI is moving into the mainstream for enterprises planning a move to a private or hybrid cloud.

By Nadeem Bari

March 5, 2018

Data Center, Software

Over the last few years, hyperconverged infrastructure has grown from a niche product to a solution that should be seriously considered by any enterprise seeking to deploy a private or hybrid cloud. But what is HCI, and how can it benefit your organization? Simply put, HCI eliminates traditional storage area networks and uses internal or…

A robust, scalable IT infrastructure can help enterprises rapidly respond to changes.

By Nadeem Bari

May 17, 2017

Cloud

Organizations in a variety of sectors have watched helplessly in recent years as technology-powered upstarts reinvented the rules of their business. Hotels have lost market share to services such as Airbnb. Uber and Lyft have knocked the taxi industry on its heels. And services such as Netflix pushed traditional video stores to the brink of…

Key considerations to get the most from this growing data center technology

By Nadeem Bari

September 14, 2016

Data Center

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is a hot topic in the data center world right now. Unless you’ve been operating your data center in a cave for the last three years, you’ve likely been deluged with chatter about this latest addition to IT infrastructure — and with good reason. HCI takes the promise of converged infrastructure and…

The Unveiling of XtremIO v4.0- Flash Comes of Age!

By Nadeem Bari

May 11, 2015

Cloud, Data Center

Finally we are at the point where we can have a discussion about all-flash arrays without any ifs, ands, or buts. On May 4, 2015 at EMC World, EMC unveiled the much awaited XtremIO v4.0. This will be available as a free software upgrade to existing XtremIO customers. XtremIO has now been available for a…