Juan Pérez-Bedmar

VP Growth & Marketing at Barbara

I have been a partner at Barbara since its inception and I also lead the Marketing and Growth department. In this role, we focus on building brand perception, showcasing our product's value, explaining our value proposition, defining and executing our communication strategy, establishing and implementing our inbound customer acquisition strategy, supporting opportunity maturation, and fostering customer loyalty.

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Barbara platform release 2.8.0: New AI frameworks, improved network management and much more

One of the key goals of the Barbara platform is to support data scientists and AI engineers in deploying their algorithms with minimal friction. In line with this, our latest release, version 2.8.0, introduces several new features, including support for additional development frameworks like ONNX and Pytorch, as well as GPU support, among others. However, these are just a few of the enhancements in the 2.8.0 release. Let’s take a closer look at all the updates.

Release Notes

The IT-OT convergence (part II): The Data Journey

This is the second article in our series examining the challenges of Digital Transformation in industrial companies as they advance toward full IT-OT convergence. In this edition, we turn our attention to "Data Journey".

Technology

The IT-OT convergence (part I): Syncing the Data Journey and the Digitization of Infrastructures

This is the first article of a new series we will be producing to cover the complexities of this journey towards the full IT-OT convergence in industrial companies.

Technology

The MLOps Workflow: How Barbara fits in

According to a recent IBM study, nearly 77% of industrial companies are either actively working with or planning to adopt AI and Machine Learning to optimize operations or unlock new revenue streams. In this landscape, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) is emerging as the essential framework for Data and Infrastructure teams, streamlining workflows and driving successful AI implementation.

Technology

Barbara and the ODEON Project: Driving the Digital Energy Transition Through Edge AI

In an era where sustainable and efficient energy solutions are more critical than ever, Barbara's recent partnership with other 33 companies in the ODEON project will contribute to the journey towards a greener, smarter energy future.

Smart Grid

Barbara platform release 2.5.0: Unleashing the Power of Edge Applications with Barbara Marketplace

Our mission has always been to empower industrial companies to harness the full potential of edge computing. That's why we are proud to unveil Barbara Marketplace, an extraordinary repository of edge applications that will revolutionize the way you do business.

Release Notes

Industrial Cybersecurity and Edge Computing

By controlling data closer to its source and therefore deciding which data needs to be sent to the cloud, the cybersecurity risks of theft or improper access to information are much lower with Edge Computing.

Cybersecurity

Flexibility in the Smart Grid with Barbara Edge Technology

Moving towards a decentralized, intelligent and cybersecure Smart Grid involves a series of challenges that we explain in our new site

Barbara

Deploying Intelligence on the Edge with Docker

Docker brings enormous flexibility to application development teams: it gives them the freedom to develop in the programming language of their choice and deploy them easily without worrying about the final hardware on which they will run. It also simplifies the maintenance and version control of the applications themselves, which is very useful for homogeneous deployments in distributed environments.

Technology

The key to IoT cybersecurity is in the devices

The IoT device is by far the most vulnerable element in the entire security chain. And the main reason is the lack of firmware updates.

Cybersecurity

Barbara presents the Industrial Edge Computing Barometer

Barbara IoT publishes the first Industrial Edge Computing Barometer, a report to help understand the degree of development of this technology in Spain.

Technology

Predictive Maintenance: how IoT helps reduce O&M costs

New technologies are changing maintenance techniques. In just five years, predictive maintenance has gone from an uncertain use case to a fast-growing application with a clear return on investment.

Smart Manufacturing