Telepresence Options 2009 is an
annual multimedia survey of Telepresence Systems, Telepresence
Managed Service Providers, Telepresence Sub-Systems/Peripherals, and
Inter-networking Telepresence.
The survey is a project of the Human Productivity Lab, an independent research firm and consultancy that follows the emerging telepresence industry. Telepresence Options is a follow up to the Lab's 2006/2007 paper on the technologies of telepresence and the emerging telepresence industry: Telepresence, Effective Visual Collaboration, and the Future of Global Business at the Speed of Light. The paper was and remains the most comprehensive and widely-read paper on the subject of telepresence conferencing.
Picking up where the 2006/2007 paper left off, Telepresence Options 2009 covers the leading companies, solutions, and technologies behind the communications revolution that is telepresence conferencing.
Telepresence Options 2009 features:
The Telepresence Options Yearbook. The will be published in hard copy in Fall 2009 and available for free to visitors to the Telepresence Options Website. Sign up to receive your free copy here.
The Telepresence Options Website @ www.TelepresenceOptions.com, an on-line portal for anyone interested in telepresence, effective visual collaboration, and inter-networking telepresence featuring:
Main Telepresence Feed - The one that made us famous. The most important telepresence "News You Can Use" including: New Product Launches, CXO Level Interviews, Sneak Peaks, Merger and Acquisition News, with HSL's occasional "Thoughts and Analysis" etc. Subscribe via RSS or Email.
Telepresence and Inter-networking Telepresence Press Release Wire - A compilation of press releases of interest to the telepresence and visual collaboration industries and inter-networking telepresence. Subscribe via RSS or Email.
Telepresence Articles and News Stories Wire - A compilation of business, academic, and popular articles on telepresence edited and occasionally photo illustrated by the Human Productivity Lab. Subscribe via RSS or Email.
About the Telepresence Options authors:
Howard S. Lichtman - Publisher
Howard
S. Lichtman (HSL) is a productivity-focused technologist and
consultant with specialties in Telepresence and Visual Collaboration
and Organizational & Personal Productivity. He is the founder
and President of the Human
Productivity Lab,
an independent consultancy covering the telepresence
and effective visual collaboration industries. Prior to founding Human Productivity Lab in 2005, Mr. Lichtman was the Vice President of Business Development at TeleSuite, the world's first commercially successful telepresence provider and an innovator in visual collaboration.
Mr. Lichtman is also the author of Telepresence, Effective Visual Collaboration and the Future of Global Business at the Speed of Light (2006) on the emerging telepresence industry and was a contributing author to Emerging Technologies for Teleconferencing and Telepresence (2005). Mr. Lichtman is a frequent commentator on telepresence, videoconferencing and effective visual collaboration and his writings on and analysis of the industry have been featured by US News and World Report, Telephony Magazine, CXO Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Reuters, Pro AV Magazine, Killer App Magazine, ABA Banking Journal, Bank Systems and Technology Magazine, Next Generation Pharmaceuticals Magazine, AV Technology Magazine, and CFO Magazine among others.
Prior to TeleSuite, Mr. Lichtman was a founder, President, and Chief Product Officer at Powwow Networks a visual collaboration start up looking to improve the human factors, effectiveness, reliability, and cost of both visual and data collaboration. Before he developed his interest in telepresence and visual collaboration, Mr. Lichtman started and ran the financial vertical sales organization at Savvis Communications which specialized in managed networking and managed service solutions for trading floor technology and market data applications for Wall Street.
About The Human Productivity Lab:
The Human Productivity Lab is the leading telepresence consulting firm for global Fortune 5000 corporations across a broad range of industry sectors like financial institutions, multinational telecommunications and pharmaceutical companies. The Lab was founded by Howard S. Lichtman, a productivity-focused technologist who advises firms how to successfully deploy telepresence to enhance internal and external communications, cut costs and improve environmental responsibility by reducing business travel, and increase organizational productivity and bottom line revenue. On the vendor side, the Lab works with both established technology brands and emerging companies entering the telepresence industry to develop business strategy, sales force training and creative marketing.
While the Human Productivity Lab also works with top-tier technology brands and the many other new players entering the burgeoning telepresence industry, we maintain a position of vendor-neutrality toward all manufacturers, managed services, and network providers. In assessing end-user firms' needs, the Lab advises its clients with impartial evaluations of the many telepresence options available to them.
To take telepresence into the 22nd century and beyond, the Human Productivity Lab is developing PowWow Virtual, a global network of publicly available telepresence conferencing centers for which we are seeking partners and investors.
On the Web, the Human Productivity Lab Channel
on YouTube attracts hundreds of subscribers and has served over
1,300,000+ views of our posted video content. Between the Human Productivity Lab and
Telepresence Options websites, the Lab hosts over 30,000+ unique visitors per
month from over 145+ countries around the world. 
Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) is the Lab's telepresence industry association on Linked In which is now over 840+ members! The group is a superb venue for discussion, networking, and industry news and information. There is a Jobs board for organizations looking for talent and for folks that are in the market for their next gigAlthough the Human Productivity Lab embraces the advances in organizational communications and performance made possible by telepresence, our mission is firmly grounded by an awareness of technology's limits, and guided by an overarching respect for human values and interests.
Telepresence Consulting:
The Lab provides telepresence consulting services to end user organizations, investors, hardware vendors, systems integrations firms, and telecommunications carriers including:
Telepresence Solution Design
Acquisition Consulting
RFI/RFP development
- Investor Due Diligence
Technical / Information Security Due Diligence
Market Research among other engagements
While Productivity is our Middle
Name we always put the Human First.
