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Leading European multi-hypervisor cloud platform headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. Since 2011, Xelon has empowered MSPs, hosting providers, and enterprises with Swiss data sovereignty and VMware alternative solutions.

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About Xelon

Xelon AG is a leading European cloud service provider with a multi-hypervisor platform serving MSPs, hosting providers, and enterprises across four continents. We offer a reliable, cloud-native product portfolio with Swiss data sovereignty and 99.99% SLA guarantees.

Founded in 2011, Xelon is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland with an international team working across Europe. Our platform ensures uninterrupted services, empowering businesses worldwide to escape vendor lock-in and thrive in a post-VMware reality.

Our Mission

We set out to revolutionize the global cloud services landscape by providing multi-hypervisor freedom and Swiss data sovereignty. We are driven by a relentless pursuit of performance, data security, and vendor independence.

Our team goes above and beyond to ensure exceptional performance, reliability, and scalability by challenging the status quo and redefining what's possible in cloud infrastructure. We broke barriers when VMware's 300-500% price increases forced the industry to rethink single-vendor dependency.

Together, we will change how businesses harness the power of cloud infrastructure on a global scale. Embrace the future with confidence and choose Xelon as your trusted partner for multi-hypervisor infrastructure.

Global Community

Bringing together businesses across Europe and beyond

  • 500+ active customers — We are a cloud provider that cares deeply about our partners and customers. We offer 24/7 Swiss engineering support, custom onboarding, and dedicated account managers for all our business customers.

  • 5 data center locations globally — We have five strategically positioned data center locations across Switzerland (Zurich, Geneva, Basel), Germany, and expanding. All running on renewable energy and ready to help you grow sustainably.

  • 100+ technical integrations — We support VMware vSphere 6.5+, Proxmox VE 6.0+, KVM/libvirt, LXC containers, and Kubernetes. Complete API, Terraform provider, and Ansible integration for infrastructure-as-code workflows.

  • Superior architecture — We build enterprise-grade products for MSPs and hosting providers. Together with our Kubernetes-native architecture and Laravel-based control plane, you get industry-leading flexibility and performance.

  • Exceptional expertise — We take massive pride in having the most talented and motivated team of Swiss engineers and cloud architects, working together to solve our customers' current and future infrastructure challenges.

  • 24/7 Swiss support — People and products are nothing without solid service culture. Our in-house Swiss engineering support is available to help our customers 24/7 with 4-hour response SLA for business tier.

Our Values

Build Trust

Trust is the sum of honesty and respect. We apply these in all our interactions with each other and with our customers. Trust comes with great responsibility: we take accountability and ownership of our decisions and actions. We build relationships by sharing knowledge and welcoming everyone's ideas.

Work As One

Collaboration across teams, customers, and partners drives our success. We break down silos, share knowledge freely, and celebrate collective achievements. Our unified platform reflects our unified culture.

Create Impact

We measure success by the business outcomes we enable for our customers. Whether it's 75% cost reduction versus VMware or 8-week deployment timelines, we focus on delivering tangible value that transforms infrastructure operations.

Enjoy The Journey

Building great cloud infrastructure should be challenging, not miserable. We foster a culture where innovation, experimentation, and learning from failures are celebrated. Our team's passion for solving hard problems shows in every product we ship.

Our Team


Michael Dudli

Founder

Roman Schweizer

CEO

Ueli Schwegler

COO

Stephan Wirsich

CPO

Eva-Maria Springmann

CFO

Sergey Tonkoshkuryk

Head of Engineering

Nadir Jabiyev

Head of IT Operations

Armin Zaugg

Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Matias Meier

Solution Architect & Partner

Oleksander Orybchynskyi

Full Stack Developer

Tymur Ryazancev

DevOps Engineer

Dmitry Filatov

Full Stack Developer

Andrey Hazhur

Full Stack Developer

Yaroslav Saienko

QA Engineer

Andrii Sabinich

Product Manager

Vitaliy Tyshchenko

DevOps Engineer

Serhii Nikishaiev

QA Engineer

Janic Voser

DevOps Leader

Francisca Rodo Sauterel

Head of Marketing

Stephanie Sigrist

Communications Manager

Ivan Fischer

Head of Relationships

Ana Chapuis

Account Executive

Nicolas Deom

Account Manager

Liza Penko

Human Resources Manager

Lars Nestler

Platform Support Specialist

Safi Beik

SysOps Engineer

Yurii Hulianych

L2 Cloud Engineer

Kilian Horat

L1 Cloud Engineer

Cristian Lado Canosa

Business Operations Associate

Simon Kilchmann

Strategic Advisor & Partner

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Xelon's History

2025 — The Post-VMware Transformation

Xelon emerges as the leading VMware alternative in Europe following Broadcom's 300-500% price increases and VCSP program termination. Launch of multi-hypervisor management (VMware + Proxmox + KVM + Kubernetes from one API), expanded white-label partnerships with Swiss MSPs, and introduction of transparent per-host licensing (CHF 1,200/month base + CHF 135/host). Platform manages 5,000+ hypervisor hosts across customer deployments.

2024 — Enterprise Hardening

Major platform upgrades including Kubernetes-native architecture rebuild, Laravel 11 backend modernization, ISO 27001/9001 certification achievement, and FINMA compliance readiness for Swiss financial services. Launch of automated backup/DR, geo-redundant storage, and 99.99% uptime SLA. Partnership program expansion across DACH region.

2023 — API-First Evolution

Complete API redesign with OpenAPI 3.0 specification, Terraform provider release, Ansible module library, and infrastructure-as-code workflow support. Introduction of multi-tenancy with complete tenant isolation, RBAC granular access control, and white-label customization capabilities. First major MSP deployments serving 100+ end customers each.

2022 — Swiss Sovereignty Focus

Strategic pivot to Swiss data residency and GDPR compliance positioning. Launch of Basel and Geneva datacenter locations joining Zurich. Introduction of zero-egress-fee pricing model and consumption-based billing integration. Platform architecture redesigned for horizontal scalability and stateless microservices.

2021 — Multi-Hypervisor Foundation

Introduction of Proxmox VE and KVM support alongside existing VMware management. Development of unified control plane abstraction layer enabling workload portability across hypervisors. Launch of automated VM provisioning, virtual networking, and block storage orchestration.

2020 — Platform Maturation

Migration to Kubernetes-based orchestration, implementation of real-time monitoring and alerting, integration with Grafana dashboards. Introduction of API-driven operations and webhook support for billing system integration. First major enterprise customer deployments.

2019 — Infrastructure Expansion

Datacenter capacity expansion in Zurich, introduction of object storage (S3-compatible), and network isolation features (VLANs, firewall rules, IP management). Platform serves 50+ commercial customers with growing workload diversity.

2018 — Product-Market Fit

Launch of multi-tenant architecture enabling MSP use cases, introduction of white-label branding capabilities, and development of reseller billing APIs. First Swiss MSP partnerships established with focus on VMware migration candidates.

2015-2017 — Platform Development

Core platform development focusing on VMware vSphere integration, virtual machine lifecycle management, storage provisioning, and networking automation. Beta deployments with early adopter customers in Swiss hosting market.

2011-2014 — Foundation

Xelon AG founded in Zug, Switzerland by Stefan Wirsich and engineering team. Initial vision: Swiss-sovereign cloud infrastructure with API-first architecture. Platform architecture designed around multi-hypervisor abstraction layer and consumption-based business model.


Swiss Datacenter Infrastructure

Rümlang (ZH) & Lupfig (AG), Switzerland

Xelon runs its cloud platform across two independent Tier III facilities in Zurich (ZH1) and Lupfig (AG1). Both sites deliver N+1 power and cooling, ISO 27001/9001/50001 certifications, 100% renewable energy, and strict physical security.

Compute and storage are built on modern AMD EPYC hosts, NVMe-based storage, and high-capacity redundant fiber links between zones. This architecture ensures low latency, high availability, and a fully sovereign Swiss cloud foundation for mission-critical workloads.

Learn More About Us

Find out more about us, what we do, and how you might join us!

  • Careers — Want to join the growing team of cloud infrastructure experts at Xelon? We are always looking for exceptional Swiss engineering talent! Read More

  • Case Studies — Read about how our customers have transformed their infrastructure by migrating from VMware to Xelon's multi-hypervisor platform. Read More

  • Partner Program — If you are working on building cloud services for your customers or have a general partnership inquiry, please don't hesitate to contact us. Read More

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