We’re honored to be named a Top 50 Service Provider by Mortgage Technology magazine. Our inclusion as a Mortgage Technology Top 50 Service Provider was based on four major criteria—customer satisfaction, functionality, market share and viable revenue model. The providers on the list have satisfied users and show the ability to hold them by keeping those customers apace of the technology deployed by competing lenders.

According to Mortgage Technology, this year’s Top 50 Service Providers are mainstays with extensive mortgage experience. Although every year new companies make their way into the mortgage space, lenders continue to look for companies with longevity in mortgage. Additionally, industry consolidation is pushing some newcomers out of the market; therefore, the publication believes it is a good time for an established technology vendor with a proven track record, solid financials and a steady client base.

DocuSign continues to demonstrate leadership and market dominance in the electronic signature market, serving more than 30,000 customers and executing nearly 100 million signature events. As an example of DocuSign’s leadership, earlier this year DocuSign spearheaded an initiative for the FHA to clarify its position on electronic third-party signatures. On April 8, 2010, the FHA issued a mortgagee letter clarifying its policy, which is considered the first in what is expected to be a series of responses to this DocuSign initiative.

In June, DocuSign hosted the 2010 ESIGN Summit in San Francisco with a live keynote address from President Bill Clinton (via satellite). Gary Thomas, first vice president-elect of the National Association of REALTORS® presented, discussing how DocuSign enables REALTORS® and their clients to transact business from any place anytime. Other Industry visionaries and clients from mortgage and real estate sectors to technology and wealth management discussed the boundless opportunities to transact business more efficiently and environmentally friendly with DocuSign. To kick-off the Summit, DocuSign announced that it led a coalition in designating June 30 as National ESIGN Day to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the signing of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN).

DocuSign provides the largest and fastest growing electronic signature platform available and enables mortgage professionals, small businesses and enterprise organizations to operate with greater agility, more efficiently, while enhancing profitability and compliance. DocuSign is the only award-winning electronic signature platform to securely manage and control the complete document signing process offering unlimited mobility and convenience.

Click for the full list of Mortgage Technology Top 50 Service Providers. Doug Wheeler, vice president of marketing for DocuSign, shares:

We are pleased to be recognized as a Top 50 Service Provider by Mortgage Technology. The DocuSign electronic signature service offers mortgage and real estate professionals a competitive advantage in a challenging market by providing the right tools at the right time to complete deals faster—from anywhere, anytime. We’re proud to be among this prestigious group of providers.

We’re excited to sponsor AlwaysOn’s eighth annual Summit at Stanford. Earlier this month, AlwaysOn chose DocuSign as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners – we’ll be honored during the AlwaysOn Top Company Awards Ceremony at the Summit. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst our peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley.

What: AlwaysOn Eighth Annual Summit
Where: Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
When: July 27 – July 29, 2010

Agenda: Tuesday, July 27
5pm – 9pm DocuSign will attend the AlwaysOn Top Company Awards Ceremony to receive the AlwaysOn Global 250 honor.

Wednesday, July 28
7:35am – 8:35am DocuSign Electronic Signature Demonstration Station, Ballroom 1 and Lobby

Thursday, July 29
8:15am-9am “Transactions 2.0” session in Ballroom 1 with Tom Gonser, DocuSign founder and chief strategy officer, will be participating on the panel. This forum will discuss the transformation of money, banking and commerce, and how the transaction landscape is evolving in the retail, mobile and online channels.

9am – 9:45am DocuSign Electronic Signature Demonstration Station, Ballroom 1 and Lobby

About the Summit: The Eighth AlwaysOn and STV Summit at Stanford is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The Summit features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The AlwaysOn Summit’s goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

More Info: To learn more about this event, take a look at the event information for AlwaysOn’s Eight Annual Summit at Stanford. For media interested in meeting with Mr. King, please contact docusign@schwartz-pr.com.

With all of the questions the New York Times has asked, we’d like to ask… How do you create, collaborate and close deals in the cloud?

With DocuSign + Box.net

Box.net provides you with the ability to share files with partners, customers or other collaborators regardless of geography. DocuSign offers fast, complete and trusted electronic signature services.

To get documents e-signed straight from your Box account, with DocuSign and Box.net:

1. Add the DocuSign OpenBox action to your Box account.
2. Right click on the file you want e-signed and enter your DocuSign credentials when prompted.
3. You’ll be taken to DocuSign, where you can review the document, add the appropriate recipients and send it for electronic signature.

DocuSign provides you with increased visibility to the status of your documents, allows you to automate signing reminders, and enables your signers to e-sign from anywhere – Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad or any other mobile device.

With DocuSign and Box.net, you have the ability to collaborate to close – collaborate with Box.net and close your deals in the cloud with electronic signature from DocuSign!

We’re excited that AlwaysOn chose us as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners! Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst our peers and game-changing approaches and technologies, such as electronic signature,  that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley. DocuSign was specifically selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

DocuSign and the AlwaysOn Global 250 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s eighth annual Summit at Stanford on July 27, 2010, at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Steve King, president and CEO of DocuSign will be speaking at the event.

This two-and-a-half-day executive gathering highlights significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Summit at Stanford’s goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry. Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn, commented on the AlwaysOn Global companies:

After examining the companies that are on the AlwaysOn Global 250 list, it’s obvious that innovation is not only alive and well in the Global Silicon Valley, it’s accelerating in economic power and scope. These companies certainly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the private company marketplace.

The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2010 list.

DocuSign was recognized in the Software-as-a-Service (Saas) and Enterprise category. DocuSign provides the world’s largest and fastest electronic signature platform available and enables individuals, small businesses and enterprise organizations to operate faster and more efficiently, with greater profitability and enhanced compliance. DocuSign is the only web-based electronic signature platform to securely manage and control the entire document signing process offering unlimited mobility and convenience.

Click to find a full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site. Doug Wheeler, vice president of marketing for DocuSign, shares his thoughts on the recognition we’ve received:

We are pleased to be recognized by AlwaysOn as a one of the leaders in innovation in the Global Silicon Valley . We are proud to share this honor with our customers and partners for helping us deliver the world’s largest and fastest growing electronic signature platform. The DocuSign electronic signature platform is enabling businesses of all sizes to complete business faster, increase productivity, reduce costs and accelerate revenue.

The Inman News review team of the 2010 Inman Innovator Awards recognized DocuSign’s ESIGN iPhone® app in the category of New Technology. The ESIGN iPhone eSignature application provides real estate agents the freedom to send and receive contracts for signature to buyers and sellers conveniently from their Apple® iPhones, anytime from anywhere in the world. Since 1997, the Inman Innovator Awards have recognized companies representing the best in real estate innovation and technology. Winners will be announced during the conference.

Aside from exhibiting at booth 114 and participating as a Silver sponsor, we’re sponsoring SCVNGR@Real Estate Connect, an online game to support the event. After registering online, attendees can participate in the Real Estate Connect Trek by traveling virtually, engaging in challenges, winning badges and earning points. Conference gamers that complete all twelve challenges are automatically entered to win an Apple iPad.

What: Real Estate Connect San Francisco

When: July 13-15, 2010

Where: Hilton San Francisco, Union Square

Visit the DocuSign Booth #114

We’re demonstrating our Spring ’10 release of our electronic signature offering, including DocuSign for iPad and DocuSign for iPhone. These two Designed for Mobile offerings provide busy real estate professionals with a fast, complete and trusted method to transact business while on the move. Attendees will learn how DocuSign’s new:

• iPhone feature that allows agents to snap a photo of paper contracts and send for e-signing when an electronic copy of the document is unavailable.
• Collaboration tools can simplify and streamline last minute document changes so buyers and sellers can come to terms faster.
• Agent Role allows senders to specify recipients as “agents” who can then enter client contact information during the e-signature process. This feature lets real estate professionals better manage transactions for their clients.
• Enhanced Designed for Mobile expedites the signing process by affording anywhere, anytime e-signing. DocuSign for iPhone and DocuSign for iPad offer ultimate convenience and control, coupled with maximum mobility.

Attendees participating in a brief demonstration of DocuSign for iPad are automatically entered into a drawing for an Apple iPad at the close of the event.
Media and analysts interested in speaking with DocuSign or interested in viewing a live demonstration of the DocuSign eSignature management service, can email docusign@schwartz-pr.com or call (415) 512-0770.

About the Real Estate Connect Conference

For more than 14 years, Brad Inman, publisher and founder of Inman News, has gathered the best minds in real estate and technology for three informative and inspiring days. The Inman Real Estate Connect SF 2010 unites cutting-edge companies, start-ups, sponsors and speakers focused on the future of technology in real estate. The conference offers over 150 speakers for more than 2,000 attending real estate professionals.

Event Registration

Real estate professionals, media and analysts interested in attending should register at the Real Estate Connect Web site by clicking the link.

Pricing and Availability

Click to find additional DocuSign product information on DocuSign’s real estate Web page.

Wow – we’re excited to announce our selection as a finalist for the Inman Innovator Awards for our ESIGN iPhone App under the category of New Technology!

To get to the next level, we need your vote! This reader’s choice award is open to all, and no subscription is necessary. Please click to vote and share the Inman Innovator Awards with your network as soon as possible. Inman Connect San Francisco is right around the corner, so we’d love your vote now!

We’ll be at Inman Real Estate Connect, so stop by and visit us in booth 114 to discuss electronic signature for real estate and enter to win an iPad!

We’re excited to announce a strategic alliance with salesforce.com to be the electronic signature services provider in the salesforce.com OEM2 program. This joint OEM agreement allows DocuSign to offer our e-signature services as a best practice for Salesforce CRM customers to close business transactions in the cloud.

As cloud computing is dramatically transforming business today, electronic signatures are further accelerating transactions conducted entirely in the cloud. By moving document signing into the cloud, businesses can gain real-time insight into the agreement signing process. Through the integration of DocuSign with Salesforce Chatter, businesses can collaborate and have real-time visibility into who has received, reviewed and signed a document. Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer of salesforce.com, provides his thoughts on closing deals in the cloud:

Our work with DocuSign is moving the last mile of business transactions, contract signatures, to Cloud 2. Bringing together Salesforce CRM and Salesforce Chatter with DocuSign’s e-signature technology will deliver real-time collaboration around contract workflow processes, helping customers close deals entirely in the cloud.

As demonstrated last week at Cloudforce 2 in San Jose by salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff and DocuSign’s Tom Gonser, the DocuSign eSignature service offers Salesforce users the ability to leverage data locked within Salesforce CRM and is enabled with Chatter for real-time visibility and updates. Users can follow others and follow deals as the information is pushed in real-time. Whether it is a contract, acknowledgement or approval requiring one or more signatures, virtually everyone within an organization needs to get a document signed. When DocuSign electronic signature technology is fueled by information within Salesforce, users can extend the power of Salesforce beyond the reach of sales and support. Every employee can realize the benefits of Salesforce data by leveraging this knowledge across the entire organization during the DocuSign e-signing process, ensuring unparalleled efficiencies in workflows and cost efficiencies.

The salesforce.com community’s response to DocuSign has been overwhelming with DocuSign being recognized as an AppExchange App of the Week and Best Partner Application Appy Award at Dreamforce ’09 for the innovative use of Salesforce CRM. DocuSign has supported Salesforce marketing efforts by being a national sponsor of and participating in Cloudforce 2 events. Salesforce has selected DocuSign as the marquee partner for its new OEM2 Enterprise Distribution Agreement program— a joint sales go-to-market program empowering salesforce.com sales teams to arm their customers with DocuSign. With this joint go-to-market agreement, DocuSign is even more tightly coupled with the salesforce.com worldwide sales teams. salesforce.com sales teams can now offer a more complete solution to better serve its 72,500 customers and 2.1 million subscribers of companies of all sizes.

Steve King, president and CEO of DocuSign, shares his perspective on the alignment of DocuSign with Salesforce CRM:

The synergy of DocuSign and Salesforce creates a powerful, comprehensive and cohesive relationship that extends beyond product, customer and distribution,” said Steve King, president and CEO of DocuSign. “DocuSign is excited to align with the strength of the pioneer of cloud computing platforms. We look forward to collaborating with salesforce.com to further extend the power of DocuSign and Salesforce CRM in streamlining business processes, reducing costs and ensuring the continued success of our growing customer base.

DocuSign Exclusive Offerings for Salesforce Users

• DocuSign for Salesforce, a fully integrated eSignature service within Salesforce CRM, allows users to send documents for electronic signature and track progress in real-time within Salesforce CRM and sync valuable form data with Salesforce CRM objects. Download DocuSign for Salesforce by clicking the link.
• DocuSign for Salesforce Real-Time Quotes: a fully integrated DocuSign for Salesforce eSignature service within Real-Time Quotes. Click to download DocuSign for Salesforce Real-Time Quotes.
• DocuSign for Salesforce enabled with Chatter, a powerful sales collaboration tool for complete, real-time visibility in the entire sales cycle. Download DocuSign for Salesforce enabled for Chatter on the ChatterExchange.
• DocuSign for Salesforce with Dynamic Documents enables Salesforce users to generate documents based on business rules directly from data within Salesforce.

We’re excited to share that Seattle Business Monthly Magazine has named DocuSign one of the 2010 Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. DocuSign ranked 10th by Seattle Business Monthly in the small company category and received the award at a special ceremony held in Seattle on the evening of June 17. DocuSign will be featured in a special edition of the July magazine and on the publication’s website as well. Leslie Helm, editor of Seattle Business magazine, provides thoughts on DocuSign’s inclusion on this list:

DocuSign’s inclusion as a Best Company to Work For is evidence of the company’s commitment to develop its human resources through improved communications, a cohesive culture and strong leadership, values that are core to developing a successful enterprise.

According to Seattle Business, this year separated the true best companies from the pretenders. An economic contraction the country has not seen since the great Depression put pressure on all aspects of business. Layoffs, pay freezes and cuts have been the norm during these turbulent economic times. The best companies realized that an investment in human capital has the greatest positive effect on the bottom line.

Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For honors Washington-based companies that are setting the standard for leadership by offering strong benefits, a collaborative work environment, innovative training programs, employee satisfaction and more. Every company in Seattle Business Best Companies list demonstrated leadership and a commitment to create a positive growth environment for employees. Rankings were based on a three-step judging process, which included a formal nomination phase, an independent analysis by a research firm that compiled and analyzed data from an employee survey, and, finally, selection of the winners by a panel of distinguished judges. Honorees in 2010 were selected within nonprofit, small, medium and large size company categories.

Steve King, president and CEO of DocuSign, shares his thoughts on DocuSign’s recognition by Seattle Business Monthly as a Top Ten Company of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2010:

At DocuSign, our collective enthusiasm, commitment to customers and passion to succeed are an important part of what drives the hyper-growth of our business. DocuSign employees are the fabric of our business, creating solutions that are changing the way companies conduct business every day. We are honored to be recognized by the Washington business community, as this award demonstrates our dedication to creating a creative and collaborative work environment and reflects the exceptional employee talent at DocuSign.

To recognize the fastest growing technology companies in Seattle, Lead411 is proud to announce the release of its “Hottest Seattle Companies” awards. DocuSign is honored to be included in Lead411’s “Hottest Seattle Companies” for our award-winning electronic signature services.

The Lead411 research team scours through 600+ press releases and business articles daily, including venture capital fundings, company launches, new office openings, customer press releases, and more. This information has given insight to which are the fastest growing companies in the U.S.

Lead411 created their “Hottest Companies” awards to recognize these fast growing companies in different geographic regions. This particular list originally started with over 700 companies and has been narrowed down to the top 55. Tom Blue, CEO of Lead411, shares his thoughts on the “Hottest Companies” awards:

We have been tracking fast companies for our customers for the past 10 years and we felt it was important to recognize these growing brands publicly.

How the Winners were Chosen
First, all companies must by in either the Software, Wireless, Internet, or Media industry, be a privately held organization, and be within the Seattle area. From there, each company must meet one or more of the following requirements:

• 100% increase in revenues over the past 3 years; OR
• Over $4M in funding in the past 2 years; OR
• 2X traffic gains to their website in the past 12 months AND over 1M unique visitors a month.

It’s an honor to be selected as one of the “Hottest Seattle Companies” – thank you to our customers, for using our service, sharing electronic signature with their colleagues, and providing us with feedback to help us provide the most trusted, industry leading electronic signature services.

Momentous Electronic Signature Achievements of 2010, to Date

After posting significant achievements in 2009 including 300 percent growth in paid transactions, DocuSign continues to experience accelerated adoption rates of its trusted eSignature platform. To date, DocuSign:

• Surpassed 4 million electronic signature users and exceeded 78 million eSignature events to date.
• Supports more than 30,000 customers from large enterprise organizations to individual professionals by consistently delivering 99.993% uptime.
• DocuSign customers include American Airlines, Banner Life, BECU, Dave & Busters, Dow AgroSciences, EDGAR® Online, e-Rewards, Equity Residential, iPipeline, LinkedIn, F5 and Yamaha.
• Spearheaded an industry-wide effort to move the FHA to formally recognize electronically signed third-party documents.
• Continues to expand business partnerships with PropertyInfo, zipLogix and other leading businesses, and was selected as a national sponsor for salesforce.com Cloudforce 2.
• Leads in innovation with industry nominations and awards including 2010 Hot New Company, Best New Product and Salesforce Best Partner App.
• Recognizes and serves specialized customer needs with exclusive tailored editions—DocuSign REALTOR® Edition and DocuSign for Salesforce, DocuSign for Salesforce Real-Time Quotes and DocuSign for Salesforce Chatter Enabled.
• Dominates the SaaS-based eSignature market with an estimated 70 percent market share.

After posting significant achievements in 2009 including 300 percent growth in paid transactions, DocuSign continues to experience accelerated adoption rates of its trusted eSignature platform. To date, DocuSign:

• Surpassed 4 million electronic signature users and exceeded 78 million eSignature events to date.
• Supports more than 30,000 customers from large enterprise organizations to individual professionals by consistently delivering 99.993% uptime.
• DocuSign customers include American Airlines, Banner Life, BECU, Dave & Busters, Dow AgroSciences, EDGAR® Online, e-Rewards, Equity Residential, iPipeline, LinkedIn, F5 and Yamaha.
• Spearheaded an industry-wide effort to move the FHA to formally recognize electronically signed third-party documents.
• Continues to expand business partnerships with PropertyInfo, zipLogix and other leading businesses, and was selected as a national sponsor for salesforce.com Cloudforce 2.
• Leads in innovation with industry nominations and awards including 2010 Hot New Company, Best New Product and Salesforce Best Partner App.
• Recognizes and serves specialized customer needs with exclusive tailored editions—DocuSign REALTOR® Edition and DocuSign for Salesforce, DocuSign for Salesforce Real-Time Quotes and DocuSign for Salesforce Chatter Enabled.
• Dominates the SaaS-based eSignature market with an estimated 70 percent market share.