e-Signlive: Next Generation Cloud-Based Electronic Document Signing

June 15, 2012 Off By David
Object Storage
Grazed from e-Signlive.com.  Author: Hoofer.

The cloud continues to be a medium wherein software development is pushing the boundaries of end-user application consumption and experience.  Not so long ago, no doubt we all remember that most software resided locally on one’s personal computer and network printing and file sharing we about the only "cloud" consumable applications on the network.  Oh, alright, email too.  But not much else…

Now, we find that all manner of software is either being developed from the ground up as "cloud consumable", or it is being retrofitted to accomodate this new and exciting paradigm.

One such application is eletronic document signing, otherwise known as e-signing.  Not to be confused with certificate signing, e-signing is simply a means to allow organizations, technology partners, and service providers a transparent way of digitally approving electronic documents without the need for actual handwritten signatures…

 

Until recently however, the web-service workflows that were associated with 1st generation electronic signatures didn’t always provide a clean and crisp user experience.  In fact, 1st gen e-signing was quite clunky; I remember attempting to e-sign a service agreement with a broadband provider a couple of years ago, and my e-signature got lost in the ether.   I actually ended up phyiscally signing my agreement and faxing it.  How archaic!  Enter the Cloud…

The electonic signature cloud service named e-Signlive is truly the next generation of electonic signature services.

e-signlive is a SaaS that is powered by Silanis, an enterprise software company headquarted in Montreal, Quebec.  Silanis is the same company that provides the electronic signature needs for the US Army, many top US banks and insurance companies, a number of government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.  Unlike other SaaS-based e-signing services, the e-SignLive SaaS is unique in that it enhances the end-user experience by enabling organizations to completely tailor the application to match their branded web site.

e-SignLive prides itself on being highly configurable, and its workflows are very sophisticated.  It can be integrated into an organization’s existing web site using standard web services.

Check out their website for an online demo and screenshots.  Never handsign another document again.  Now that’s hightech!  That’s Cloud…