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Pleasant Hill, California, 7 February, 2007
ARX (Algorithmic Research), a leading worldwide provider of standards-based electronic signatures (digital signatures) and data security solutions, has released the latest version of its simple-to-use, highly-scaleable electronic-signature appliance, CoSign.
CoSign v4 includes the following new features:
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For global customers: Worldwide Verifiable Signatures–CoSign v4 allows users to choose between using CoSign’s built-in Certification Authority (CA) to automatically produce users' signing certificates, or ARX’s online (WebTrust) CA to produce Worldwide Verifiable signing certificates. |
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For EU customers: CoSign SSCD (Secure Signature Creation Device) is built to meet stringent European Union legislation - The EU Directive 1999/93/EC on Electronic Signatures - by securely storing the users’ signing key inside the appliance on an array of smartcard chips certified under Common Criteria SSCD protection profile: CWA 14169. |
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For engineers: CoSign v4 offers support for registering multiple graphical signature images per user, allowing engineers to select the appropriate image (such as a professional seal or a personal signature) to be used when signing drawings and other documents. |
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For ASPs: Counters for number of signatures per user, allowing ASPs (Application Service Providers) to track and bill customers according to actual signature usage. |
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For OEM partners/integrators/developers: CoSign Web Services allows rapid integration into Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based applications. This technology is seen as a key enabler of standards-based electronic signatures for organizations that need to integrate the signature and verification process into complex workflows (such as those based on the BPEL standard), web applications and other custom or OEM solutions.
The CoSign Web Services protocol is based on the latest standard drafts from the OASIS Digital Signature Services (DSS) Technical Committee of which ARX is a member. |
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For Oracle® customers: CoSign v4 supports additional user directories, including Oracle Internet Directory (OID) as well as other LDAP directories, such as the iPlanet / Sun® ONE Directory Server. Pre-release features, these add-on modules allow CoSign to seamlessly support Oracle customers (such as customers of Oracle Content DB) who use OID to provision their users. |
"Our customers have voiced a broad range of requirements that focus on the need for worldwide verifiable signatures, Web Applications Services and compliance with new legislations,” says Gadi Aharoni, CEO at ARX. "We are pleased to be able to extend our product line to deliver a standards-based electronic signature solution offering these tremendous technical and economic benefits to our existing and future enterprise customers, OEM partners, developers and integrators." |
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About CoSign Digital Signatures
ARX (Algorithmic Research) is a global provider of cost-efficient digital signature solutions for industries such as AEC, life sciences, healthcare, government, energy, and manufacturing. ARX CoSign® is the market leading digital signature solution. CoSign digital signatures fully automate signature-dependent processes affordably and compliantly, allowing organizations to go paperless and save time and money. Compatible with major document types including Word, Excel®, PDF, PDF/A, and IBM Forms, CoSign signatures are globally verifiable without requiring proprietary validation software. CoSign is also centrally managed by your organization for reliable control over signature privileges. Learn more about the CoSign digital signature solution.
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About ARX - The Digital Signature Company
ARX (Algorithmic Research) is a global provider of cost-efficient digital signature solutions for industries such as life sciences, healthcare, government, engineering, and energy. ARX engineers and scientists have more than 20 years of experience in security and standard digital signature applications. ARX helps businesses secure, streamline, and scale their processes and transactions with the proper controls required by legislation, regulation, and industry best practices. Learn more about us.
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CoSign is a registered trademark of Algorithmic Research, Ltd. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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