XLAB RAZVOJ PROGRAMSKE OPREME IN SVETOVANJE DOO

Their core work

XLAB is a Slovenian software development and consulting company specializing in cloud computing, high-performance computing, and cybersecurity solutions. They build tools for secure cloud infrastructure management, privacy-preserving data processing, and Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks. Their work spans from optimizing virtualization and microserver architectures to developing cyber range platforms and federated AI security systems. They consistently serve as the technical software engineering partner that turns research concepts into working platforms and tools.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015–2018, XLAB focused heavily on cloud infrastructure optimization — virtualisation, unikernels, microservers, big data quality tools, and high-performance cloud systems. From 2019 onward, their portfolio shifted decisively toward cybersecurity, privacy, and trust frameworks: functional encryption, secure IaC, cloud certification under the EU Cybersecurity Act, cyber-resilient supply chains, and decentralized identity. They also began applying their cloud/HPC backbone to domain-specific problems like paediatric oncology and port environmental monitoring.

XLAB is moving from general-purpose cloud tooling toward security-by-design and trusted computing, with growing interest in federated AI and decentralized identity — positioning them well for the EU's digital sovereignty agenda.

How they like to work

XLAB operates overwhelmingly as a technical partner (24 of 26 projects), contributing software development and platform engineering to large consortia. They coordinated only twice (MIKELANGELO and SODALITE), both cloud/HPC infrastructure projects where they held deep technical ownership. With 322 unique partners across 33 countries, they are a well-connected hub rather than a loyal-partner type — making them easy to integrate into new consortia and experienced at adapting to diverse project cultures.

XLAB has collaborated with 322 unique partners across 33 countries, giving them one of the broader networks for a Slovenian SME. Their project portfolio spans Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe with no strong geographic bias — they are genuinely pan-European in reach.

What sets them apart

XLAB combines deep software engineering capability in cloud/HPC with a strong and growing cybersecurity portfolio — a rare combination in a single SME. Unlike pure research labs, they build deployable tools and platforms, making them a practical implementation partner. Their 26-project track record and 322-partner network mean low onboarding risk: they know how EU consortia work and deliver reliably.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PIACERE
  Their largest single EC contribution (EUR 730,875), focused on secure Infrastructure-as-Code — directly at the intersection of their cloud and cybersecurity expertise.
• SODALITE
  One of only two projects they coordinated, building software-defined application infrastructure management tools — shows their technical leadership in cloud orchestration.
• iPC
  Unusual cross-sector move applying cloud and HPC capabilities to paediatric cancer research, demonstrating their ability to bring infrastructure expertise into health and life sciences.