Portland, Oregon, June 12, 2011
ARX Inc., a leading provider of digital signature solutions, has joined forces with ColumbiaSoft Corp., a leading document management software company, to offer businesses a straightforward approach for managing electronic documents with the integrity and authentication of digital signatures.
ColumbiaSoft’s document management software, Document Locator™, helps businesses improve paperless productivity. For example, the system’s document workflow automates processes that would otherwise be paper-based. Files are electronically routed for review and approval. Manual, paper-based transactions are replaced with electronic routing, notifications, approvals, audit-logging, and more. The complement of ARX’s CoSign® digital signature solution increases the level of trust in electronic processes by enabling users to digitally sign with secure, globally verifiable digital signatures that provide proof of signer identity and intent, and content integrity for the rest of the signed document’s lifecycle.
“In paperless transactions, having certainty about the authenticity of documents and approvals is essential to having trust in what is real and legitimate,” commented David Pogue, ColumbiaSoft executive vice president. “We’re pleased to be working with ARX, because the CoSign solution provides the level of trust necessary to be certain of the truth.”
Documents managed within ColumbiaSoft’s system can be easily and securely signed using CoSign digital signatures. The validity of signatures can be clearly observed by any stakeholder or auditor examining documents signed with CoSign. Unlike an image or scanned signature, CoSign embeds a signature record – a package of standard digital verification properties – that travels with the document. The digital signature binds a signer’s identity, intent, and a document-integrity to a document. Any attempt to tamper with a signed record invalidates the digital signature.
“ARX is committed to delivering turn-key digital signature solutions that dovetail with best-in-class workflow and document management products,” said John Marchioni, Vice President Business Development, ARX. “Today, we welcome ColumbiaSoft as a new partner. Their Document Locator is among the most elegant solutions we have seen, and along with CoSign allows our joint customers to realize the benefits of fully electronic processes with digital signature authorization.”
