XLAB › Solutions & Expertise
The academic expertise stems from EU projects - our primary area of activity being the distributed systems. Our commercial products, most notably the ISL family of products, are using state-of-the-art network technology.
Within the business software focus our biggest asset is eDS – europa 3000 development system (please see www.europa3000.ch), where XLAB is primary developer of the underlying technical platform. The latest among the turnkey solutions, built using this software platform, are the registers for the Mič Styling Salons. The core idea behind the eDS is to have completely modular and powerful set of components, which can be integrated in various business software programs, capable of handling simple cash registers to complex ERP systems.
The 3D reconstruction solely from images is a long-known academic technique, which has been engineered to perfection in XLAB and is branded PHOV (please see www.phov.eu). Using this service, you can make a 3D model virtually from anywhere, using a consumer grade camera (even an iPhone will do).
Further expertise in the Computer vision field is localization – we can successfully navigate a robot in inside and outside environments (UAV) – and object recognition.
Since the beginning, XLAB's primary area of activity have been the distributed systems. Initially focused on grids and cloud computing (connectors to cloud platforms, SLA, PaaS implementations) and their security and dependability, our current research/expertise areas include also peer-to-peer networks, service-oriented architectures, efficiency of distributed applications, resource organization and discovery, multi-agent technologies, scalability management, bio-inspired computing, federated clouds, virtualization technologies and more.
Competing on the market, where parity on features and technological capabilities among products is often reached, is more and more focused on creating a relationship with the customer over time, based on how he feels during the whole lifecycle of the product. This led to XLAB’s involvement in the fields of user experience and human-computer interaction (HCI). From a research perspective, XLAB focuses on context-awareness, natural and intelligent interfaces, and usability testing. XLAB is also one of the initiators and main supporters of the Slovenian HCI community (HCI-SI, www.hci.si).
Many of our project and products feature a mobile component or are designed for mobile-first. Our portfolio includes native applications on all major platforms (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) as well as responsive web applications. Within a certain context of use, we always strive to exploit all the possibilities mobile offers in order to ensure maximum usability.
Our interest in mobile spreads beyond the mere technological aspects of mobile development into the business implications of the mobile revolution (demonstrated by XLAB's participation in the MO-BIZZ project).
XLAB's applications on Google Play: play.google.com
XLAB's applications in App Store: itunes.apple.com
XLAB has long been involved in the fields of dependability, cybersecurity, privacy and trust through commercial applications, European Projects and active participation in relevant initiatives (e.g. NESSI). References include the implementation of secure data sharing in Odyssey, identity management and federation security services (and a software-defined network) within Contrail, detecting malicious activities on mobile devices within operator's and enterprise networks on ACDC, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for security on SPECS, state-of-the-art firewall penetration (within legal boundaries) dependable communication and transport layers in our ISL-Online products and more.
Our platform for electrical energy management infrastructure and smart grid technologies, xPower, applies the knowledge and experience gained on commercial, European and Slovene research projects to provide business software solutions to hardware manufacturers, DSOs, TSO, and electricity retailers.
The xPower platform has been used for monitoring and management of distributed load and production, cross-border capacity reservation and optimization. Addressing the societal challenges of European Union on secure, clean and efficient energy, XLAB has become involved in the fields of mobile energy sources and electric vehicle charging infrastructures.
Armed with specifications or an available domain expert, you can outsource your development needs to us. We will quickly transform them into a working solution, using our proven in-house development techniques and processes, which will even guide you in selecting the most appropriate approaches towards solution of your problem. Examples range from highly reliable, parallel back-end services (e.g.: poi.borzen.si) to highly customized web sites (e.g.; www.zrc-sazu.si – in-depth Drupal customization). Finally, business software, built using our eDS platform is also the advanced register for the Mič Styling salons.
The skill sets of our team members range from deep knowledge of a specific technology like front-end development or UX design to broad knowledge of a number of different technologies; scalable, responsive, fault-tolerant, usable, accessible etc. Combining our certified specialist and versatile full-stack developers allows us to work in a technology-agnostic fashion, always using the best solutions for a given problem; from custom, highly reliable, parallel back-end services (e.g.: http://poi.borzen.si) to highly customized web sites (e.g.; www.zrc-sazu.si – Drupal customization.
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