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Thursday, January 5, 2012

eSignature Solution for Enterprise and Real Estate Document Signing


SutiSign seamlessly integrates with both web/enterprise solutions. In addition, to internal/external system approvals that can benefit from the use of e-signatures, SutiSign allows anycontract document to be offered for acceptance/approval. As a web based application, theapproval process can be extended to other locations and even 3rd parties allowing a company to capture signatures from a large audience in a short time frame.

SutiSign is available as an enterprise class application and also as an on-demand web application. Three editions are available: Professional, Enterprise and Unlimited. It’s easy to see how paperless approval processes can reduce your bottom line. All of the costs involved around paper-based approvals including paper, storage, shipping, processing, data entry, and time can be reduced significantly or completely with the SutiSign approval engine. With its enhanced feature set, SutiSign provides a simple, secure, seamless, and scalable e-signature approval engine solution to meet your needs.

SutiSoft Inc, a trusted provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) and enterprise solutions announced additional features of SutiSign, its solution for signing of electronic documents for Enterprise, Finance, Real Estate and Educational Verticles. These features eliminate the need to wait for email notifications to sign and allow immediate signing during in-person scenarios. Signing documents using SutiSign is as simple as signing paper documents.

Here is a sample scenario. A service technician makes a repair for a customer. The technician, using an iPad, clicks to create a service request and immediately presents it to the customer for review and signature. The customer reviews the document and completes any required fields. Using the touchpad, the customer signs their names in the required places and confirms their signing. The document is now signed and an audit trail is maintained including the signer’s signature. The solution supports multiple signers.


Additional features of SutiSign Electronic Signature Solution for Paperless Document Signing:

Secured Storage:


Data in your account is securely stored in a hosted server. Backup of data in this server is taken at regular intervals of time to prevent any loss of data. Being a hosted server, your company does not have to worry about monitoring or maintaining it.


Password Strength:


The password you choose must be a minimum of 8 characters. It can contain both upper and lower case letters. It must contain one or more digits and can contain any of the following special characters !,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,?,_,~ .

Strength of your password is shown when creating your password in SutiSign. The strengths are as follows: Very Weak - for no characters, Weak - for 1-5 characters, Better - for 6-12 characters, Medium - for 13 and more, Strong and Strongest.


SSL:

The entire SutiSign solution has been SSL enabled which means, sensitive data such as your username and password are encrypted and sent to the server for verification.

This SSL connection is also applicable when you try to register yourself as a new user of SutiSign. All the information you enter is encrypted and then sent to the server.

Login Authentication:


Using Password (or)Using Fingerprints:


To authenticate yourself using your fingerprints, you need to provide your username and password first. The username and password you provide is verified with the one already existing in the database. If verification is successful, the fingerprint authentication screen will pop-up next if not you will be asked to re-authenticate yourself. Scan one of your registered fingers. The fingerprint entered is authenticated against the one stored in the database. If verification is successful you will be given access to SutiSign.


Approval Authentication Using Password:

At the time of approving a Request, you need to authenticate yourself by providing your password. The password provided is verified against the one already existing in the database. If verification is successful, approval is performed.


Using Fingerprint:

If you have chosen the Biometrics at Approval option, the authentication process is as follow.
At the time of approving a Request, you need to authenticate yourself by providing your password first. The password provided is verified against the one already existing in the database. If verification is successful, action you selected is performed otherwise, you will be asked to re-authenticate yourself and the selected action will be cancelled.


Encryption:

SutiSign provides 128 bit encryption using the MD5 algorithm.


Document Validation:

The admin of the SutiSign account can verify the signed documents for validity of Digital Signature in the event that a document's validity is challenged.

In addition to the above security methodologies, strong role based security segregates duties and adds an extra layer of security to SutiSign i.e. each admin of SutiSign has separate and clearly defined set of privileges and actions to perform.


SutiSign Enterprise:


The solution has built-in support for biometric authentication approval which adds additional security. This version includes the following features: easy to follow signing instructions, the ability to frequently send out documents using a standard template or flow, "Drag and Drop" functionality to add custom data and signature points to a document; making custom data editable, non-editable, dependent, independent; adding comments for each of the custom data fields, LDAP/AD integration, ability to add notes / comments and web services integration to other solutions.

Through its unique framework and robust design, SutiSign complies with e-Signature legal binding standards including E-sign (Electronic Signature in Global and National Commerce Act), UETA (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) and FFIEC guidelines for financial institutions.

This version of SutiSign can be used by HR, Sales, Legal and any other industry sectors where signing or approval of documents are involved. Sign with confidence and improve your bottom line!


SutiSign Real Estate:

SutiSoft has released a version of SutiSign for the Real Estate Market. Documents used in real-estate sector such as contracts, agreements and lease documents, etc. can be easily signed using SutiSign.

SutiSign is an e Signature solution that allows you to get documents signed electronically in minutes. A signer's signature can be created from a touchpad smart phone, by using a scanned image of your actual signature or by using the system generated signatures. SutiSign provides full visibility of the signing process and facilitates monitoring of signed documents.

SutiSign Finance:

SutiSoft has released a version of SutiSign for the financial sector. Documents used in financial sector such as Purchase Orders, Benefit Forms, and Compensation forms etc. can be easily signed using SutiSign.

SutiSign is an electronic signature solution that allows you to get documents signed electronically in minutes. A signer's signature can be created from a touchpad Smartphone, by using a scanned image of your actual signature or by using the system generated signatures. SutiSign provides full visibility of the signing process and facilitates monitoring of Signed Documents.


SutiSign Education:

SutiSoft has released a version of SutiSign for the Education sector. Documents used in the education sector include student applications, transcripts, consent forms, etc can be easily signed using SutiSign.

SutiSign is an electronic signature solution that allows you to get documents signed electronically in minutes. A signer's signature can be created from a touchpad Smartphone, by using a scanned image of your actual signature or by using the system generated signatures. SutiSign provides full visibility of the signing process and facilitates monitoring of Signed Document.


SutiSign is available in multiple versions: Small Business, Corporate and Enterprise, Finance, Real Estate and Educational Verticles. Pricing starts at $9.95 per user/mo.


Visit http://www.sutisign.com for more info.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

ESignature Approval for Paperless Documents


As environmental and financial pressures are increasing day by day, enterprises are looking out for a long term solution which includes cost-cutting methods and ideas. The best way is to save money and reduce impact on the environment is to use the paperless technology. Nowadays enterprises are being driven to minimize their reliance on paperwork.


Example: If any document has to be signed manually, it will take so much of time to complete the signing process. First we need to take the print out of that particular document and send it to the concerned person for the signature, if in case the concerned person is out of station. Then the document has to be sent to that person by courier or by any other means. After the receiver receives the document, he signs and reverts back by the same means. This process consumes lot of time by the time the document is approved by all the responsible app overs. After signing the document there is always a chance of manipulating the contents of the document which leads to fraudulency. To overcome all these hassles eSignatures have come into existence. They are a more secured means of signing electronic documents online than doing manually.


SutiSign is an On-Demand / Enterprise eSignature solution that allows you to get documents signed electronically in minutes. It reduces operational costs, automates the manual processes, eliminates paper use, improves compliance to regulations and also helps in keeping your enterprise trade secrets safe.


How it Works?

Create Signing Documents:

Signing Documents are the documents which you want the recipients to sign. Upload the signing documents you wish to seek approval. You can upload documents in any popular file formats.

Add Signers & Signature Points:

Signers are approvers of the document and Signature Points are places in the document where approvers need to sign. Add the signers, signature points for your document. You can also ask the signers to fill in additional information before signing.

Send for Approval: Define the order in which your document needs to be signed by the approvers and send for approval.


Document will be signed as per the order defined and will be saved in the senders / signers account for future reference. The sender will be notified automatically by email after the approval is complete.



Key features of SutiSign are:


Template: Template is a framework for defining the signature points and adding the custom data fields for documents. Each time a similar document(s) is to be sent for approval, you can use the template to automatically place the signature points.

Multiple Documents Support: You can instantly send multiple signing documents for approval. Reference documents can also be attached with the signing documents while sending for approval.

Automatic Indicator for Signing: This automatic indicator will guide the signers in the process of signing and completing all the custom data fields.

Biometric Authentication: The Biometric Authentication feature adds additional layer of security during logging and approval times to protect the identity of a user.


Approval with Smart Phone: You can also approve documents while you are travelling by using your smart phone.

Hassle Free Archive: All the signed documents will be automatically stored in the senders & signers account in an encrypted form for further references.

Role-based Authorization: SutiSign provides role-based access to various user groups and individual users in the enterprise.


The SutiSign Electronic Signature approval process is simple and easy to use. You can timely approve documents from anywhere and anytime. It speeds up the business processes and increases customer satisfaction levels. SutiSign saves time; reduce costs, increases response for your business.

SutiSign is available in multiple versions: Small Business, Corporate and Enterprise. For more info, visit www.sutisign.com.


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Electronic signature | Digital Signature


The Electronic Signature or digital signature describes the purpose and the benefits of automating the document approval process. It is used to validate the identity of the correspondent or sender of any document. The use of e-signatures have made a document processing a lot easier for many businesses around the world, providing a means for many enterprises to operate more productively and use their time more efficiently. This is an easy to use e-signature application that allows you to gain legally binding approvals for your documents or requests from your smart phone. According to ESIGN, authentication can be defined as evidence that a given record, contract, or form is a genuine unaltered written representation of an agreement approved by two or more parties, whether in paper or electronic form.

An ESIGN expedite the users to clearly and instantly authenticate the relevance of the content received and its sender. Nowadays this technology has been exploited by various enterprises like banks, help desks, e government organizations, galleries and many more companies. Only the digital signatures ensure the non-repudiation of documents.

For example, any changes made to an electronically signed document are clearly indicated and will be immediately invalid, thereby protecting against forgery.

For the electronic signature, SutiSign is a good choose. The key solutions are as follows:

SutiSign is an Electronic Signature solution which allows you to sign the documents electronically and it is a trusted provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) and enterprise solutions. A signer signature can be captured electronically from an electronic device like touch pad or a scanned image of an actual signature or by using system generated signature. This solution has been built with the support of biometric authentication which adds-on additional security. SutiSign eliminates time delays, paperwork, and the costs associated with the manual approval process. The solution allows users to get documents signed electronically by one or more signers. SutiSign is not only a green solution; it saves time and over 80% of the costs associated with the manual signing process.

Benefits of SutiSign:

Create Signing documents
Add Custom data fields
Define the approval order
Add Signer’s email addresses and Drag & Drop Signature Points/Fields
Submit for Approval

Once the document is sent, your signers will be notified by email that they have a pending document/s to sign/approval. They will just simply click on the link in the email, review the documents, and sign where required with the help of an indicators tab and what data fields are required to complete. This signing can happen from any PC, Laptop, Tablet or Smart phone device. Once signed, you will get notifications by email that the signing process has been completed. Documents are encrypted and stored to prevent any modification of the document and signatures. These documents are stored and useful for future references and are available at any point of time.

Documents are stored in an encrypted form with 128bit SSL encryption to prevent any modification of the document and signatures. Users can authenticate themselves using their fingerprint at the time of login and approval. LDAP/ AD integration allows you searching and collection of user credentials from the existing databases in an enterprise to avoid re-registration of user credentials with SutiSign. SutiSign seamlessly integrates with other solutions through web services.


The new release introduces new features to the solution including the ability to send documents to large groups, enhanced signer profiles with auto fills and UI changes enabling more functionality with fewer clicks. The solution extends support to accommodate touchpad signatures from supported Blackberry, iphone and Android devices.

The advantages of the SutiSign are creating a template. A template is a framework for defining the signature points and custom data for documents that are sent out on regular intervals. Each time a similar document(s) is sent for approval, you can use the template to automatically place the signature points. SutiSign also supports the multiple documents. You can simply drag-n-drop any signature points, initials, required fields to the document as needed. These can include fields, checkboxes etc. You can customize Email notifications. You can sign the documents using your smart phone touch pad and your signature will be captured in the document and even you can have a detailed audit trail for your documents.

SutiSign is having multiple versions: Professional, Corporate, Enterprise and Unlimited.

Some of the Unique features are:

Setup Wizards
Share Template & Request
Group Sending/Signing
Enhanced Profiles with AutoFill
Drag and Drop Profile Fields
Group/Request Group and Department Sharing
Flexible Approval Flow
Signing Process Indicators
Add to Repository
KeyStroke Encryption
Biometric Authentication Options
Automatic Indicator for signing
Touchpad Signing Options
Webcam Photo Authentication


According to HP study, the costs involved with the document approval and retrieval processes are described below.

Filing and Organizing Documents - $10,201
Manage Document Approval - $6,451
Manage Document Routing - $6,009
Acquring Archived Records - $3,450
Based on average salary of $60,000 USD per year plus benefits. Source:HP

According to Benchmark International Consulting, a misplaced document costs $120 in expenses and lost productivity.

So it completely caters to the needs of enterprises looking for a solution to automate the document approval process.

Visit http://www.sutisign.com/ For More info