2008-05-08:

President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša meet with XLAB, Developer of Business Applications in Internet Communication, ISL Online

LJUBLJANA, May 8, 2008. José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, and Janez Janša, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, met today with Jure Pompe and Gregor Pipan, the Managing Directors of the Slovenian IT company, XLAB d.o.o. The company is mainly recognized for its globally renowned business applications for remote desktop support, web meetings, and instant live chats, and for its strong research base on distributed systems and GRID computing. The purpose of the visit of the European Commission President and the Slovenian Prime Minister was to discuss the matter of how to ensure top-quality business supporting environment for internationally competitive high-technology entrepreneurship with representatives of Ljubljana Technological Park and their leading members.

President Barroso and Prime Minister Janša have emphasized the importance of an appropriate and stimulating environment for domestic innovation, and expressed their genuine thanks to all enterprises aiming at the development of value-added, high-technology products. Companies should be aware of their contribution to enriching European capital.

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso with XLAB Managing Directors Gregor Pipan and Jure Pompe

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša discussing global enterprise operations with XLAB Managing Directors

XLAB Director Gregor Pipan, Director of Ljubljana Technological Park Iztok Lesjak, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and XLAB Director Jure Pompe (left to right)

XLAB d.o.o. www.xlab.si, which has been nominated several times as one of the most innovative Slovenian companies and has built a global presence with its line of on-demand business applications for Internet communication, ISL Online, is indeed one of the 53 full members of the Ljubljana Technological Park and is based in the technology zone Ljubljana Brdo Technological Park. The recently opened technology zone, Ljubljana Brdo Technological Park will, according to its construction plan, eventually comprise a total surface area of 100,000m² and an anticipated 23-building housing for promising high-technology organizations.