CoSign Digital Signatures Automated Business Processes at Marrickville Council

San Francisco, CA April 8, 2008

ARX (Algorithmic Research), a leading provider of digital signature (standard electronic signature) solutions, and its Australian/New Zealand partner TME Digital Signature, have implemented a CoSign® digital signature solution at Marrickville Council, the local government council in the Inner West region of Sydney.

Previous to CoSign's implementation, Marrickville Council relied heavily on paper in its memo approval processes. The Council creates a significant number of memos each week focusing on a range of activities including: land, building, planning, HR and financial issues, each of which requires numerous signatures for authorizations. As it was both a time consuming and costly process, the Council saw significant value in deploying a digital signature solution that would allow them to break the chain of printing, signing, and then scanning the signed documents back into an electronic format.
 
"With its off-the-shelf deployment and intuitive use, CoSign will help us consolidate and advance our business processes," explained Carlos Loureiro, Manager of Information Systems, Marrickville Council. “It is a tremendous benefit that the time and money the Council saves on process implementation can be rededicated to its ratepayers.”
 
By employing CoSign, Marrickville Council will be able to reduce their workflow process from several hours per memo authorization, to a matter of minutes. In addition, their elimination of the need to print documentation for signing purposes will significantly reduce their paper-related expenses.

"Our work with Marrickville Council provides us with an important opportunity to highlight the benefits CoSign’s advanced technology has to offer to local government agencies searching for a way to transform and streamline their business processes," said Ilan Patashnik, COO, ARX.

Marrickville Council's mission is to be a responsive, innovative and efficient Council that exercises leadership and builds community strength. Marrickville Council has developed a long term vision for the area to the year 2025. Marrickville Council will work with the people of Marrickville to ensure that we maintain and build upon those elements of the community that we value, in order to keep Marrickville a great place to live in 2025 and beyond.

For more information, please visit www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/council.htm.

TME provides professional and comprehensive Digital Signature Solutions and delivers a full range of capabilities that combine advanced technology with local support in New Zealand and Australia. TME bases its activities on the extensive knowledge and experience of its team of experts, providing local and national support for comprehensive solutions for Digital Signatures and Authentication.

For more information www.digitalsignature.co.nz