Barbara and SMPnet announce Marketplace Partnership on Power Grid Management Software

Madrid - January 20th, 2025

SMPnet’s adaptive grid optimisation software, Optisys, is now available on Barbara’s Marketplace following a strategic partnership announcement. Barbara, a leading Edge Computing platform for Digital Grid has been expanding its offering of Edge applications across the smart grid industry and will now host Optisys, a product from SMPnet’s Omega suite, on its established edge computing framework.

Combining SMPnet expertise in grid optimisation and real-time control with Barbara’s robust and cybersecure infrastructure, this collaboration sets a new benchmark for scalable, low-latency power grid management, boosting resilience, and operational efficiency amid high renewable energy adoption. Such an offering addresses critical industry challenges related to grid stability and distributed energy resource (DER) integration.

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Dimitrios Tzelepis, CTO of SMPnet commented, “Partnering with Barbara represents an advancement in our mission to digitise and softwarise grid operations. By leveraging Barbara’s edge platform, we bring unparalleled flexibility and robust grid control to new markets, empowering utilities with secure, real-time, edge-optimised and software-driven solutions.  Our partnership is a significant step toward modernising and digitising power distribution systems and supporting global energy transition efforts through digitalisation and sustainability-focused solutions and we’re excited to see where it is heading”.

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Juan Perez- Bedmar, Barbara’s VP of Partner Success added "The collaboration with SMPnet ensures that Barbara Marketplace stays at the forefront of innovation in decentralised energy management. Barbara simplifies the adoption of edge computing by offering ready-to-use solutions and we're really excited to be working with SMPnet on this partnership and to offer our customers access to more cutting edge software solutions".

The project facilitates seamless integration of SMPnet’s adaptive optimisation and grid control technologies, fostering innovation in decentralised energy management.

Barbara Platform allows SMPnet software to run locally at the edge, avoiding latency and bandwidth constraints. From a single site to multiple locations, our technology ensures seamless, batch deployment and centralized control, revolutionizing edge operations.

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‍About SMPnet

SMPnet offers an advanced suite of smart solutions to support an efficient energy transition and flexible control of power grids that is essential to energy integration and distribution. We work alongside utilities, DSOs and power generators, offering dependable solutions and support to streamline power grid operations and facilitate the transition to a more sustainable energy future. To learn more about SMPnet, please visit: www.smpnet.tech 

‍About Optisys 

Optisys, a product under SMPnet’s Omega suite, offers a proven solution to current industry challenges.  By optimising distribution grids on a real-time basis and managing power dispatch efficiently, Optisys ensures alignment with all technical, operational, and regulatory requirements. In combination, this ensures an efficient, reliable, secure power grid that adapts to any condition. 

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About Barbara

With cybersecurity at heart, Barbara is the Industrial Edge Platform for organizations seeking to overcome the challenges of working with real-time data applications in mission-critical environments.  

With Barbara, companies can deploy, configure and maintain containers and AI models across thousands of devices in an easy fashion, with the autonomy, privacy and time-sensitivity that the cloud can´t match.

About Barbara Marketplace

Barbara Marketplace is a curated ecosystem of already-developed off-the-shelf Edge apps and Edge AI models, carefully crafted to help accelerate industries edge computing projects. It offers everything you need, ranging from industrial connectors to databases, BI tools, and AI models developed by both Barbara and selected third-party partners.

To learn more about us, please visit: www. barbara.tech 

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