Barbara

Under the name SEC2GRID, Barbara together with Ingeteam, Iberdrola, Ormazabal, Arteche, PwC, Zigor ZIV, Ikerlan and the GAIA Cluster will provide cybersecurity to the electricity grid. A collaborative framework composed of competing companies that will extend to 2024 with a total investment of €6.4 million.

Barbara is currently actively participating in a series of Research and Development projects promoted by the Basque Business Development Agency (SPRI) and supported by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF).

Under this framework of collaboration, Barbara´s cybersecurity and edge computing technology will run on Advantech devices. Likewise, Advantech will offer hardware that is pre-certified to run Barbara's secure OS, providing greater cybersecurity and usability on the installation, certification and maintenance processes of its devices.

Barbara and Mytra Control sign an agreement whereby the Barbara Industrial Edge Platform will be in charge of orchestrating the Edge projects deployed by Mytra and its customers.

Supported by the Basque Energy Cluster and Innovasturias, the I+CCM project that stands for "Intelligent Engine Control Centre" aims to develop a solution to equip the switchboards that make up an electrical system with intelligence and interaction capacity via Industrial IoT.

This year, STL Partners asked companies to provide more information on their financial milestones associated with edge computing, as well as for details on the practicalities of edge applications that they are enabling. By doing so, the firm was able to chart the increase in maturity of edge offerings, with more companies seeing significant revenue streams coming from their edge portfolio.

In recent years, the debate between Cloud and Edge Computing has been a hot topic in the world of technology. While both technologies have their advantages and disadvantages, it can be challenging to determine which one is the best option for your application. In this article, we will take a closer look at both, their benefits and drawbacks, and ultimately answer the question: Cloud vs Edge, where should I deploy my application?

To operate more efficiently, water management operators face the challenge to monitor in a unified and comprehensive way all components that make up the OT and industrial automation architectures. The use of Edge Nodes allows connectivity with different equipment in each installation regardless of the various data reporting equipment. Discover how utility companies can access sophisticated intelligence to support water operators using Edge Computing.

Barbara partners with channel experts to offer a secure, simple and scalable orchestration solution for edge deployments. Add a highly profitable revenue stream to your business, receive generous discounts off list prices and accelerate the pace of projects to production.

Barbara joins Sec2Grid Project to accelerate and improve the process of discovery, detection and mitigation of vulnerabilities in grid devices, as a basis for the specification of cybersecurity management requirements in a Smart Grid system.

Barbara´s technology is being implemented for the management and exploitation of energy resources in Local Energy Communities at ELKARTEN Project. It will also secure data exchange of energy generation and consumption amongst their members.

How can the water industry benefit from IoT Edge and AI? IoT is one of the technologies that has made a strong entry into the water industry, developing solutions rich in monitoring, analytical, and automation features. Meanwhile, Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its mark on the water industry, powering intelligent operations using machine learning to optimize resource use and operational budgets for organizations.