Barbara has joined the E4S Alliance, contributing to the expansion of the Grid Digitalization Ecosystem.

Madrid november 13th, 2023.

Today, Barbara is joining the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations (E4S) Alliance, created to develop a standard, flexible, manageable and interoperable platform for next-generation Smart Grids. Having some of the largest distribution system operators in the world partnering with technology providers to co-develop an entirely new solution will revolutionize the energy transition and help achieve a climate-neutral economy.

The E4S Alliance is helping digitize the grid and make it data-driven in order to meet carbon neutrality.  Distribution System Operators (DSOs) will benefit from an open standard-based secure and highly scalable platform to monitor, protect and control the electrical grid. Virtualization of applications, in combination with edge computing, leads to lower total cost of ownership, faster time to market for new applications and more efficient management and delivery of electricity.

Barbara, The Edge AI Platform for Digital Grid, will bring its expertise in deploying and maintaining Edge Apps and AI models into substations to help accelerate the modernisation of European substations.

“We are glad to contribute to the specifications of the future intelligent substations and bring our expertise in edge computing technologies, having developed the necessary infrastructure for the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of distributed intelligence” states Peter Rawlins, VP of Business Development at Barbara.

From digital to intelligent substations  

Barbara will join ABB, Ariadna Grid, Capgemini, Circutor, Dell, Enedis, E-REDES, Gridspertise, Iberdrola, Intel, Kalkitech, Landis+Gyr, Merytronic, Minsait, Ormazabal, Sagemcom, TTTech Industrial, Union Fenosa, VMware  ZIV Automation in helping Digital Substations become Intelligent Substations.

About Barbara

Barbara is the Edge AI Orchestration Platform for organisations seeking to overcome the challenges of deploying AI in highly distributed environments.

Barbara empowers OT managers with IT capabilities to digitize processes, enabling seamless data capture, processing, and real-time decision-making.

With Barbara, companies can deploy and monitor AI models in minutes by simply exporting and uploading them to the platform.

Digitization teams need efficient AI orchestration, while infrastructure teams require secure modernization without disrupting existing systems. Barbara enables both, orchestrating AI applications across distributed locations, modernizing infrastructure, and ensuring security, all without replacing existing components.

Our capabilities include:

.– Industrial Connectors for legacy or next-generation equipment.

.– Edge Orchestration to deploy and control docker-based applications across thousands of distributed locations.

.– Edge MLOps, to optimize, deploy, and monitor trained models using standard or GPU enabled hardware.

. – Remote Fleet Management for provisioning, configuration and updates of edge devices.

.– Marketplace of Certified Edge Apps ready to be deployed.

Contact us to discuss how we can help accelerate your Edge AI projects.

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‍About E4S

The Edge for Smart Secondary Substations (E4S) Alliance is a technical working group formed by ABB, Ariadna Grid, Capgemini, Circutor, Dell, Enedis, E-REDES,

Gridspertise, Iberdrola, Intel, Kalkitech, Landis+Gyr, Merytronic, Minsait, Ormazabal, Sagemcom, Schneider Electric, TTTech Industrial, Union Fenosa, VMware and ZIV Automation. E4S is working to accelerate the creation of a standards-based, open, interoperable, and secure architecture that addresses both the technical and business challenges faced by DSOs around the globe.