I am on the plane coming back from discussing application development and electronic signature with an independent software vendor in Florida. Recently, DocuSign has been collaborating more often with companies that use DocuSign electronic signature services to extend their vertical applications. This particular partner specializes in form generation for credit unions and county [...]

Today, we announced the release of ESIGNControl, a new Apple iPhone application from Smart Mobile Solutions. Available now from the iTunes® store, ESIGNControl enables you to use your iPhone to track, view and control documents sent for electronic signature. Smart Mobile Solutions, a specialist in applications for mobile devices, created ESIGNControl using DocuSign’s software development [...]

Introduction
DocuSign Connect API is a powerful way to include an electronic signature and automate parts of your electronic contract execution process. The DocuSign Connect Application Programming Interface allows you to send documents, get status of outstanding or completed contracts, retrieve signed files and control the signing process workflow.  Supporting an integrated application includes challenges not [...]

Want to understand the bottom line value of electronic signature and electronic contract execution (ECE)? Are you responsible for the business analysis and implementation of an enterprise class rollout of ECE processes and system?
Business Analysis of ECE Implementation, published regularly during June, will address these questions. This series is brought to you by Mike [...]

Since our 9.1 release of the latest electronic signature and electronic contract execution (ECE) services, we’ve seen lots of questions come through the pipeline.
We hosted a town hall for our users to experience the new electronic signature and online contract execution functionality of the DocuSign 9.1 release.
Tom Gonser, our VP of Product Strategy, [...]

Since blogging more regularly since January ‘09, we’ve seen:

electronic signature & online contract execution innovation in DocuSign 9.1, which include:

electronic signature personalization
email-like simple and powerful sending
Intelligent Document Recognition™ (IDR)
Support for additional document formats
“Signing Host” for in-person signing experiences

We’ve also launched a new Web site, explaining different electronic signature and electronic contract execution plans:

DocuSign Professional Standard [...]

execution (ECE)? Are you responsible for the business analysis and implementation of an enterprise class rollout of ECE processes and system?
Business Analysis of ECE Implementation, published regularly during June, will address these questions. This series is brought to you by Mike Borozdin, Manager of DocuSign Professional Services.

A lot of business applications today are starting to use commercial web services. The ubiquity of connectivity allows us to move mission critical business processes outside of our internal firewalls to cut down on maintenance, increase reliability, create more feature rich applications and get instant updates.

Whether or not your application is installed or delivered as a service, integration with web services such as the ones delivered by DocuSign requires a shift in user interface, support and architecture.

The cost of adopting the new paradigms are often less then the benefits you receive by utilizing the services oriented architecture (SOA). In this post we will examine the benefits, architecture considerations, implementation guidelines and support for an application integrated with DocuSign web services.

The target audience of this post are enterprise software architects and technical project managers that are designing an integration with DocuSign web services.

Cloud computing and scalable solutions will likely increase in importance as organizations try to allocate their resources according to their priorities. Several blogs cover cloud computing technologies, such as Programmable Web, a blog that focuses on API’s (Application Programming Interfaces) and mashups. Amazon’s Jeff Barr, the Lead Web Services Evangelist, often blogs, speaks, or otherwise [...]

Free Resources, SDK and Developer Forum Provide Fast Path to Automating Legacy Processes
The DocuSign Developer Center provides software developers, enterprise architects, systems integrators and independent software vendors with free resources to learn about, create and test solutions powered by DocuSign technology. Complete with a SDK, open standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) and Developer Forum, [...]