If you want to embed the DocuSign esigning experience into your application, your web service calls to DocuSign API will require a tighter level of security. In addition to the user name token in the SOAP headers, you will need to provide an X509 signature. For an example of a SOAP call [...]

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 [...]

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.

This series interviews real DocuSign users to share their stories about electronic signature and online contract execution. Get to know the people who use DocuSign and how

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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, [...]

While it’s only been about six weeks into this year, we’ve accomplished some pretty amazing things here at DocuSign on the marketing front. We launched our new Web site, started participating more in social media and just launched our Developer Center.
If you are a developer or an ISV who is looking for a platform for [...]

This week, DocuSign announced DocuSign Connect which is a suite of application integration services that allow SMBs, enterprises, and vendors to integrate DocuSign’s electronic signature and online contract execution platform into any 3rd party or in-house business application; including CRM, ERP, ERM, BPM, and CLP systems.
This week’s announcement is an excellent example of how we [...]