Innovate Utah NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Lindon-based Manly Bands, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer of men’s wedding rings, has partnered Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Comics and released a collection of wedding rings inspired by DC Comics characters. The collection includes rings inspired by such characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and The Joker. The company has introduced the collection at manlybands.com starting at $595.{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

“DC characters remind us that we all have the potential to be super heroes,” said Michelle Luchese, cofounder and co-CEO of Manly Bands. “When we put on a ring that represents the fight for justice, it reminds us that we have the power to change the world even in small ways every day.”

Examples of the new line of rings include the Superman model, an 8-millimeter-wide ring made of cobalt chrome with a stipple finish with a blue inlay, red sleeve and the Superman emblem; and the Wonder Woman ring, 4 millimeters wide with a yellow gold inlay paying homage to Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth. “We all want to be the heroes of our own story,” said Manly Bands co-founder and co-CEO Johnathan Ruggiero. “But it’s important to remember the help that our partners offer every step of the way. All these super heroes work together to save the day and it’s a reminder to every couple out there who get up every day to support each other to do the right thing.”

“We all want to be the heroes of our own story,” said Manly Bands co-founder and co-CEO Johnathan Ruggiero. “But it’s important to remember the help that our partners offer every step of the way. All these super heroes work together to save the day and it’s a reminder to every couple out there who get up every day to support each other to do the right thing.”

Avetta, an Orem-based provider of supply chain risk management software, has released a new Subcontractor Management solution within its Avetta One platform. The solution gives clients visibility into their connected suppliers’ subcontractors that may pose hidden risks when coming onto a client’s site. The ability to manage both high-spend and low-spend contractors is now easier in the Avetta One platform, the company said. “Our enhanced Subcontractor Management solution helps clients mitigate previously unseen job site risks by extending their compliance programs to all supplier tiers,” said Taylor Allis, Avetta’s chief product officer. “This solution has the added benefit of ensuring projects are completed on time and gives suppliers a new network feature where   they can source their own compliant subcontractors to deliver on large and complex client projects.”

Domo, a cloud-based business intelligence platform based in American Fork, has introduced Data Apps, new low-code data tools for everyone across an organization, designed to bring the benefit of data-driven decisions to those who are underserved by traditional business intelligence (BI). A Data App is experienced as a standalone app on a mobile device or embedded into existing apps and processes. “It is time for organizations to move beyond thinking of data as charts and graphs and towards adopting customized intelligent apps that not only deliver insights but drive action and support the needs of workers right where the work gets done,” said John Mellor, Domo CEO. “Our focus with Data Apps is supporting the white spaces in organizations where traditional BI and enterprise software applications have not reached.”

American Fork-based eLearning Brothers, a developer and marketer of online learning courses for business and education, has released 146 new sets of cutout characters and added them to its asset library. Each set of cutout characters features multiple poses and outfits to fit multiple e-learning needs. In addition, some sets include Adobe Photoshop files so learning designers can change clothing colors. “Learning content is more engaging when the learners can see themselves reflected in the content,” said Andrew Scivally, CEO of eLearning Brothers. “Our latest cutout character release delivers a diverse selection of cutout characters of many ages, ethnicities and attire — from casual jeans to business suits. Continuing our mission to help organizations create better learning experiences, this release gives our customers even more resources to do that.”

Nomi Health, an Orem-based direct-to-consumer healthcare company, has announced the launch of its Long COVID Care Management Program, a streamlined virtual care solution enabling patients to successfully manage symptoms of long COVID. By coordinating care, the digitally powered program keeps patients healthier while empowering public- and private-sector organizations to minimize the impacts of long COVID on their communities. “As a country, we face an emerging crisis with no clear path for treating long COVID. The time is now to be proactive on long COVID care management before it further exacerbates patient health and damages our economy,” said Mark Newman, co-founder and CEO of Nomi Health. “Our program enables people to get back to work and life by taking the stress and confusion out of the process.

Digital customer engagement provider POPio Mobile Video Cloud, based in Sandy, has released POPnotary, a remote online notary software giving financial institutions the ability to notarize electronic documents entirely online with state-of-the-art security, bypassing the need for notarizations to take place in the institution’s branches. “Accelerated by the pandemic and resulting restrictions, the demand for remote online notarization has been increasing for loan closings and other legal d o c u m e n t s , ” said POPi/o CEO Jed Taylor. “With POPnotary, we’re thrilled to bring banks and credit unions the simplest and safest way to notarize documents online and further enhance the comprehensive digital customer experience pioneered by POPi/o.” POPnotary connects the signer to the bank notary via video and utilizes POPverify, the platform’s ID validation feature, to confirm the signer’s identity over video.

Provo-based experience management platform Qualtrics has launched Digital Experience Metrics a framework designed to measure how a customer’s digital experience across an organization’s website, mobile apps, digital marketing and social channels impacts how much they spend. DX Metrics, built into Qualtrics CustomerXM, includes a set of questions that measure three aspects of digital experiences: emotion (measured by customer satisfaction), effort (measured by how easy or difficult was it to complete a task) and success (measured by task completion). “Creating great experiences, even in traditionally impersonal digital channels, is a critical differentiator for every business today,” said Brad Anderson, president of products and services at Qualtrics. “Digital Experience Metrics connect customer sentiment to financial impact, helping organizations understand how investing in better digital experiences can impact their bottom line.”

Lehi-based Volley, a video messaging platform, has announced a new feature called Threads for its asynchronous video messaging app. A thread is a series of replies to a message “volley” that was shared in the main timeline, allowing more people to participate. Volley said it is a “side conversation” between a handful of participants in a larger conversation or channel. “Volley is asynchronous, which is awesome, but that means sometimes you’re a little late to the party,” according to the company’s announcement. “Maybe Josh said something amazing yesterday, but you weren’t able to view it until today. The conversation has moved on, but you might want to continue discussing something he shared. With threading you can now reply directly to Josh’s volley from yesterday — talk about flexible face-to-face conversation!”{/mprestriction}