The Human Productivity Lab, the leading independent research firm and consultancy that follows the telepresence and visual collaboration industry, is pleased to announce the new "Telepresence Industry Professionals" group on XING. The company's flagship industry association on Linked In is now over 1600 members.

XING is one of the biggest social network for business professionals. XING currently has more than ten million registered users, 4.2 million of whom are from German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) where the platform is successfully building on its market leadership. XING's core international markets, Turkey and Spain, are also experiencing accelerating member growth with Turkey notching up more than 980,000 members and Spain passing the 1.5 million mark. XING AG, a publicly listed company, is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with key strategic offices in Barcelona, Spain, and Istanbul, Turkey. XING's members are highly active. With more than 40,000 specialist groups available, they go online to exchange information and views while also meeting in person at networking events.

The "Telepresence Industry Professionals"group is open for all German-speaking XING members working in the field of telepresence or HD videoconferencing. Regardless if as vendor, end-user, as engineer or in sales or marketing. The goal is to offer a vendor-neutral platform to discuss telepresence and HD videoconferencing products, trends and news, current and future developments, events and jobs. Although active for just a few weeks, with 180+ members the group is already the #1 German-speaking community for telepresence!
 
The English-speaking "sister-community" Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) on Linked In has been very successful over the past years. It is the Human Productivity Lab's telepresence industry association on Linked In which is now over 1600 members! The group is a superb venue for discussion, networking, and industry news and information. There is a job board for organizations looking for talent and for folks that are in the market for their next gig.

To get a member please sign:  
XING: http://www.xing.com/group-56506.f9483f
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=76977

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About the company:
The Human Productivity Lab is the world's leading independent telepresence analysis, research and consultancy firm. It publishes Telepresence Options the leading online-portal for telepresence & visual collaboration and The Telepresence and Videoconferencing Catalog, the most comprehensive online catalog for telepresence and videoconferencing systems, managed service providers and inter-networking solutions. 
Additional information can be found at www.HumanProductivityLab.com.

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