For example, a keyhole real-time dashboard might inform a product manager that sales orders were 40 percent below normal in the morning.

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The type of post hoc study that Harvard did has to be moved into a real time dashboard for marketing and sales management as well as agents to see and use.

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The funds transfer group can see transactions in real-time through a Splunk dashboard rather than waiting for next-day reports.

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Because the Fitbit App adds Bluetooth 4.0 syncing, you can see your Fitbit dashboard updated in real-time, receive motivating notifications, and engage in fitness competitions with friends all on your Android device.

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PayWizard supports transactions made on multiple devices -- including online, iPads and other tablets, smart phones, connected TVs and digital set-top boxes -- and features a unique, web-based management dashboard that provides detailed real-time activity reports as well as valuable, actionable marketing information on viewer behaviour.

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Hootsuite is a fabulous time saver and helps to organize all of your social networking into one dashboard.

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As expected this update has a TON of fixes, including stuff in Active Directory, AirPort, BTMM, Dashboard, Dock, Finder, iCal, iChat, iSync, Mail, Preview, Safari, Time Machine, and more -- the choicer of we'll be publishing after the break.

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