Anna Solana has been writing about technology, business and science since 1996 for online and offline publications, mainly in Barcelona. Previously, she was the editor of diaridebarcelona.com.
Barcelona will be home to the new supercomputer with 200 petaflops peak performance.
FC Barcelona is focusing on data analysis to give it an edge on the soccer field and at the bank.
With its algorithm for collecting data on business rivals' online activities, competitive-intelligence startup Kompyte is preparing for a new round of financing.
For businesses without the skills to write their own geospatial apps, newly-renamed Carto has taken the wraps off its new web-based Builder tool.
Supercomputing resources available via a web server have helped researchers in Barcelona take a step towards better HIV treatments designed on PCs.
Catalan financial group CaixaBank is the first company to try training the IBM Watson cognitive computing system in Spanish.
Using deep-learning algorithms, Spanish scientists are aiming to mine social-media messages for valuable information about issues such as adverse drug reactions.
A chapel in the heart of Barcelona Univesity is home to one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers - and a mobile chip-based successor is under development.