With Kepware Edge now available at Barbara platform, OT teams can deploy and maintain industrial connectivity across distributed sites.
With Kepware Edge now available at Barbara platform, OT teams can deploy and maintain industrial connectivity across distributed sites.
Bilbao, Spain – November 9th, 2026. Barbara, the Edge Management and Orchestration platform for industrial operations, and Velotic, the company behind Kepware, today announced a partnership to simplify how industrial companies deploy and maintain connectivity software across distributed sites. Kepware Edge is now available in Barbara Marketplace, bringing industrial data connectivity and remote software operations together for OT teams.
Industrial data projects depend on reliable connections to the machines and control systems already running in the field. As those projects extend to more lines and plants, teams also need a practical way to install the connectivity software, manage configurations and licenses, and keep deployments current.
Repeating that work independently at each location adds to the operational burden. The challenge is to make connectivity easier to deploy and maintain as the number of sites grows, while keeping the equipment and systems that each plant relies on.
The partnership brings together two complementary capabilities. Kepware Edge collects data from industrial devices into an abstracted integration layer and makes it available to IT and cloud applications through OPC UA and MQTT.
“Reliable access to industrial data is the foundation for automation, analytics, and better operational decisions. Working with Barbara gives customers a practical way to bring and manage Kepware Edge throughout its lifecycle, helping them extend the value of Kepware connectivity across their operations.”
Steve Sponseller, Sr Director, Partnerships and Alliances at Velotic
Barbara adds the operational layer. With Barbara, OT teams can now deploy Kepware Edge at scale across their edge nodes, then manage configurations, monitor the application and update it remotely from a single console. The value extends beyond the first installation: teams gain a common way to operate connectivity software across their sites, with less work carried out separately at each location.
“OT teams need a practical way to keep industrial software running as their operations grow. This partnership brings Kepware’s connectivity expertise together with Barbara, so those teams can deploy and maintain Kepware Edge across sites from one place and spend more time putting their industrial data to work.”
Tony Bryant, Senior VP of Sales & Partnerships at Barbara
Both technologies have already been deployed at a global industrial company and leading producer of industrial minerals based in Europe. Building on that, Barbara and Velotic plan to bring their joint approach to more industrial companies.
Connectivity is often the starting point for a wider industrial data architecture. Using Barbara Marketplace, teams can deploy applications alongside Kepware Edge, historians and analytics tools, and manage them through the same platform.
This gives customers a way to expand from data collection to additional uses of that data, including AI workloads when they are ready, while building on the infrastructure already in place. The initial value is practical: remote deployment and maintenance of the connectivity layer, with room for the next application.
Kepware Edge and Kepware Edge License Server are available in Barbara Marketplace. Talk to our team about deploying and operating Kepware Edge across your industrial sites.
Velotic is the industrial software company that turns industrial data and context into intelligence, decisions, and action across the operating environment, connecting devices and systems with applications, workflows, and execution that move performance forward.
Kepware®, Proficy®, and ThingWorx® give customers the depth and reach to turn Industrial Intelligence into action, closing the distance between what operations know and what they can achieve.
Velotic serves 8,000+ customers across manufacturing, energy, utilities, infrastructure, and other critical industries, supported by 1,200+ employees in 27 countries and 150+ partners worldwide.
Barbara is the Edge Management and Orchestration platform that handles the IT complexity of industrial infrastructure, so OT teams don't have to. Customers use Barbara to deploy, monitor and update applications and AI models across distributed industrial sites. Barbara Marketplace provides ready-to-deploy industrial applications, giving teams a common way to introduce and operate software at the edge.
Media contact: marketing@barbara.tech
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