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The Utah Jazz and Qualtrics announced a partnership where the world's leading customer experience management software will become the team's exclusive Fan Experience Insights and Analytics Partner. Qualtrics, a fast-growing tech unicorn based in Utah, will also be the team's jersey patch partner in a first-of-its-kind partnership among North American professional sports teams. Rather than placing the company's logo on the jersey for the 2017-2018 season, Qualtrics is sponsoring the patch in the name of its charity -- 5 For The Fight -- to raise funds to accelerate the pace of innovative cancer research. The 5 For The Fight logo will [...]

Customer comments contain some of the richest, most actionable insights of any data. The challenge comes in effectively analyzing and accessing those insights when and where you need them. InMoment’s Explore eliminates that challenge. Leveraging InMoment’s highly accurate, CX-tuned and real-time text analytics, Explore empowers business users to mine customer comments from any source—social, web and mobile surveys, voice, video and more—to find answers to questions in real time. Search and filter comments by topics of interest, including products, services, employees and even competitors. Slice and dice by time period, sentiment, topic and keyword—quickly and easily. With the increasing availability [...]

Numetric announced the company has grown by a factor of six in the past year alone, while its customer base continues to grow strongly. The company’s compelling vision—providing lightning fast and easy-to-use-business intelligence tools—is gaining traction. In the retail, transportation, and education industries, the young company’s recent investment in sales and marketing is bringing impressive results. Numetric’s rapid growth follows its announcement in late December that the company received $3.75 million in funding led by EPIC Ventures, and that it had appointed Greg Butterfield (Symantec, Omniture, Vivint Solar) as Chairman of the company’s board. The recent funding and addition of Butterfield [...]

While working on a new economic development plan, community leaders in the City of South Ogden needed help with a location quotient analysis and an economic overview of the city, so they turned to EDCUtah's Research Department for assistance. EDCUtah Research Manager Matt Hilburn explains that a location quotient analysis (LQ) measures the concentration of employment within a particular industry in a specific location. "For example, an LQ of 1.0 means the amount of employment in the industry is consistent with the national average," he says, "and an LQ above 1.25 indicates the area has a competitive advantage, with a higher [...]

Building on our efforts through the Global Cities Initiative and in partnership with JPMorgan Chase & Co., WTC Utah is excited to announce the Utah Export Acceleration Grant. The EAG provides small to medium sized companies resources to help advance their international business plan. Grant Funds: Grant funds are eligible to be used for services and activities that will help companies engage in increased exports and expand their international reach. Service and activities that are eligible include, but are not limited to, education, services and travel. Education: Grant money can help cover tuition and material costs for international business programs such [...]