TIKAL TECHNOLOGIES SL

Their core work

Tikal Technologies (operating as NAEVATEC) is a Spanish technology SME specializing in scalable multimedia communication platforms and software testing for distributed systems. Their work spans elastic infrastructure for real-time social interaction tools and quality assurance of complex, large-scale software. They have contributed to the FIWARE ecosystem and developed expertise in building platforms that scale under varying loads — a core challenge in modern cloud-based services.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

With only three projects spanning 2016–2019, the evolution window is narrow. Their earliest activity (2016) centered on multimedia communications via their own SCALABLA platform concept under the SME Instrument. By 2017, they shifted toward software quality assurance and testing infrastructure through ELASTEST, which also became their largest funded effort. This suggests a move from product-focused development toward platform-level tooling for the broader developer ecosystem.

They appear to be moving from building end-user communication products toward providing developer-facing testing and quality infrastructure for large distributed systems.

How they like to work

Tikal Technologies has operated in both leadership and partner roles — coordinating one SME Instrument project independently and joining two larger consortia as a participant. With 27 unique partners across 9 countries from just 3 projects, they are comfortable working in mid-to-large European consortia. Their mix of self-driven SME Instrument work and consortium participation suggests a flexible partner that can both lead focused efforts and contribute specialized components to bigger initiatives.

Despite only three projects, they have built a network of 27 partners across 9 countries, primarily through ICT-focused consortia. This indicates broad European reach within the digital and software infrastructure community.

What sets them apart

Their combination of multimedia communication expertise and distributed software testing is uncommon for a small SME. The thread connecting their projects — elasticity and scalability — suggests they bring deep understanding of how to build and verify systems that must perform under unpredictable, variable loads. For consortium builders, they offer a partner who understands both the product side (user-facing communications) and the infrastructure side (testing at scale).

Highlights from their portfolio

• ELASTEST
  Their largest project (EUR 436K) focused on a critical gap in software engineering — testing complex distributed systems at scale.
• SCALABLA
  Their only coordinated project, an SME Instrument Phase 1 effort validating their own elastic multimedia communication platform concept.