Barbara amongst the Top 50 Edge Computing Companies in 2025

Barbara, the leading Edge AI Orchestration Platform, has been named by STL Partners as one of the Top 50 Edge Computing Companies to Watch in 2025, marking its third consecutive year and reinforcing its position as a global leader in Edge Computing and Edge AI.

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Madrid, Spain – Barbara, the pioneering Edge AI Orchestration Platform, has once again been honored by STL Partners as one of the Top 50 Edge Computing Companies to Watch in 2025. This recognition, marking Barbara’s third consecutive year on the list, cements the company’s role among the most innovative and impactful players shaping the future of Edge Computing and Edge AI globally.

Barbara’s Pivotal Role in the Future of Edge Computing

With 50% of enterprises predicted to adopt edge computing by 2025, Barbara stands at the forefront of this digital revolution. Edge computing—bringing computational power closer to the data source. has evolved from a niche innovation to a critical enabler of smarter, faster, and more efficient operations across industries.

Barbara’s Edge Platform is already driving impact:

  • In the energy sector, enhancing smart grid reliability and enabling renewable energy integration.
  • In manufacturing, powering predictive maintenance by analyzing machinery data in real-time.
  • In water treatment, supporting real-time monitoring and optimization of critical processes.

Through its Edge Computing Platform, Barbara provides enterprises with secure, scalable infrastructure to manage distributed workloads, seamlessly deploy AI models, and modernize industrial environments without disrupting existing systems.

• Barbara Marketplace: Hub with off-the-shelf apps and tools, ready to be deployed • Barbara Panel: The central management and orchestration dashboard • Barbara Core: Firmware (OS + SW Agent) that is installed within the Edge Nodes, providing cybersecurity and manageability capabilities

2024 Milestones That Shaped the Journey

Barbara has continued to build momentum with several significant achievements:

  • Expanded presence in the process, chemical, and energy sectors, adding major clients like GSK, PISA Farmacéutica, ARGOS Cementos, ALLnex, ENEDIS, and Iberdrola.
  • Grew the Barbara Marketplace to offer over 100 certified industrial applications, including data connectors, BI tools, and AI models.
  • Enabled seamless AI model deployment at the edge, enhancing industrial automation capabilities.

Organization have progressed from basic data acquisition, preprocessing, and cleaning to advanced capabilities such as rule-based automation and machine learning models executed on servers positioned close to data sources- David Puron CEO at Barbara

A growing Ecosystem of System Integrators and Tech Partners

Barbara's growing client base includes systems integrators such as Tech Mahindra, Summan, SEMS Technologies, AXONE IO, Orenda, UST, VASS, Baumier, amongst others alongside large asset-intensive end customers in sectors like energy, manufacturing, and utilities.

Future Outlook: Leading Innovation into 2025 and Beyond

Edge AI will drive decisions directly at the device and sensor level, significantly reducing reliance on the cloud. Decentralized intelligence will reshape industries, making real-time, autonomous decision-making the new standard.

Barbara’s roadmap for 2025 is ambitious and forward-thinking:

  • Strengthen its cybersecure operating system (Barbara OS).
  • Expand  Barbara Panel for enhanced remote management capabilities.
  • Advance API integrations and AI-driven monitoring to further optimize edge deployments.
  • High Availibility and reliability. The goal is to achieve real zero-downtime.

Barbara’s commitment is clear: empowering industries with the tools they need to deploy, manage, and scale Edge Computing and Edge AI projects , securely, seamlessly, and at speed.

Contact us today to discover how Barbara can accelerate your Edge AI journey.