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Chapter 4. In/Out Dashboard

One of the first rules of business is to keep a close eye on all your assets—and employees are among an organization’s primary assets. The In/Out Dashboard application provides a visual representation of the location of all intranet employees. With a look at the Dashboard, you can instantly tell whether an employee is in the office, in a meeting, on the road, or wherever. With minor modifications, this application can also keep track of virtually any asset, such as training discs, laptop computers, or even company cars.

Because the Dashboard is a natural employee-gathering place, it’s a good location on which to display companywide announcements. Such announcements need to be timely and well managed; corporate messages ...