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January 26th 2012
We recently announced our partnership with Contractlogix, the leading contract management solution with customers including Pitney Bowes, Echelon, GoDaddy and many others. Using esignatures and electronic signatures combined with a contract management solution enables users to completely track, manage and store all of their agreement electronically. Here is a video describing our integration:
http://www.contractlogix.com/contract-management-lifecycle.html
Information about ContractLogix:
Contract Logix provides extensive features and tools to help automate your entire contract process. Whether you are looking to simply organize and track your contract documents and data, or trying to automate sophisticated workflow processes. Contract Logix systems are powerful, yet easy to use. Each Edition was built with the customer in mind, so driving user adoption or staging mission critical objectives, the system will keep you on track. Literally! And with the flexibility and options available you can have a contract management system which matches your every need.
January 19th 2012 – The development of electronic signature and esignature solutions is changing the way companies do business, but some companies are hesitant to adopt them because they question electronic signatures legality.
Following are tips from the leading electronic signature provider Sertifi, for electronic signature deployments:
- It must show the person had intent to sign the record. Intent incorporates the recording of actions taken by signers that show they knew and agreed that they were signing, and intended to be bound by their signature.
- It is an electronic sound, mark or symbol.
- It is logically associated with, or affixed to a record. This means the system managing the signing must be able to attach the signature to the document in a way that ensures the signature cannot be removed or modified.
- It must be attributable to a person. When the signer makes a mark in a distinctive manner or correctly answers a series of security questions, the writing becomes attributable to the signer.
Traditionally, documents were drafted on paper and the client authenticated them by signing in ink. Since its adoption in 1996 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 46 states in the U.S. have enacted the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. These laws set legal requirements for electronic signatures.
An esignature has been as legally binding as a hard copy signature since the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act was signed in 2000.
There are many ways to integrate electronic signatures and esignatures into your business process – below is our recommendations for what to look for in an eSignature provider ( we are a little bias! ) . However we would like to share with everyone our experience having worked with customers such as Microsoft, Pitney Bowes, Comcast and many other companies. From our press release:
1.Ease of Use: Look for an esignature solution that makes signing agreements quick and easy.
2. Signer Authentication: Authentication tools ensure the right person is at the other end of the transaction.
3. Security: Find a solution that is as safe as possible; the transaction should be done over a secure network with document encryption when finished.
4. Guided Process: Solutions should guide the signer to each place they are to sign or initial. This ensures they do not miss a signature or sign in the wrong place.
5. Transportability: Documents must be easily adaptable to ensure its compatibility with the software application the signer opens the document in.
6. Multiple Signatures: Users should be able to allow more than one person in more than one place to sign the document.
7. Audit Trails: The solution should give a detailed audit report on signed agreements and it should be able to stand up in court.
8. Analytics: Information about when agreements were sent, signed and the average time it takes the creator to close.
9. Compliance: To be considered legally binding, documents must meet the same strict standards and basic requirements as paper signatures.
10. Reminders: Find a solution that allows creators to set a series of reminders to alert them when someone has or has not signed after a certain length of time.
To learn more please visit our Sertifi website at www.sertifi.com
Mobile is quickly becoming the fastest growing segment of IT as we as business users need to access, create and deliver content from anywhwere at anytime. The next step for Sertifi, truly eliminating the fax machine from all organizations. Here is a sneak peak from our upcoming release about the new Sertifi signer that is available on itunes starting January 1st 2012 :
“When it comes to electronic signatures and eSignatures, there’s an app for that, thanks to Sertifi, a leading electronic signature and web contracting solutions provider. The company released Sertifi Signer, a free iPad application, Jan. 1. It is available for download in the iTunes store.
The app is for those who need to sign documents, and it enables them to do so by using their finger to apply a. It eliminates the need for paper documents, fax machines and snail mail when handling contracts and other documents, said John Stojka, Sertifi’s co-founder.
“With technology being what it is today, there’s no reason why we can’t ax the fax for good,” Stojka said. “Being able to sign something via computer was a huge step toward progress, and putting that same on ability on a mobile tablet is the next logical step.”
Updated: read our release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9079197.htm
