LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, May 8 /PRNewswire/ --

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José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, and Janez Jansa, 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 recognised 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 Jansa have emphasised 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.

XLAB d.o.o. http://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 100,000msquared and an anticipated 23-building housing for promising high-technology organisations.

XLAB's business applications for Internet communication, ISL Online http://www.islonline.com, offer anyone, from small, midsized and big businesses, to individuals, an easy and secure way to access PCs, and collaborate with clients, partners and employees in real time. Due to the company's excellent research foundations, ISL Online has managed to reach technological superiority, thus achieving a great success in the global market since its first release in 2004. ISL Online is now attracting more than 500 new users weekly, altogether amounting to 40,000 users worldwide.

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Contact: Ms Jerneja Fidler Pompe Public Relations XLAB d.o.o. Teslova 30 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia EU +386-1-477-67-66 press@islonline.com

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Contact: Ms Jerneja Fidler Pompe, Public Relations, XLAB d.o.o., +386-1-477-67-66, press@islonline.com