Adobe unveils Sign document management apps

Adobe has enhanced enhanced mobile signing with the Adobe Sign app (formerly Adobe eSign Manager DC) for e-signatures now available for iOS and Android. An updated dashboard and improved send for signature workflow have been added along with integration between Adobe Sign and Adobe Experience Manger (AEM) Forms for digital processes.

Adobe also announced new Document Cloud storage integrations with Box and Microsoft OneDrive.

New integration with Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader and Microsoft OneDrive allows organisations to access and work on PDF files stored in OneDrive directly from within the Adobe apps. With a few clicks in Acrobat on the desktop, users can view and work on PDF files stored in OneDrive while ensuring documents always remain synced.

In addition, iOS users can access PDFs in OneDrive from the Acrobat Reader mobile app via the universal document picker, enabling them to work with PDF files anywhere.

The Adobe Document Cloud has received a boost with updated commenting and annotation tools. A highlighter pen can now markup scanned documents without the need for optical character recognition (OCR).

Salesforce integration will be enhanced in a beta release of Adobe Sign due in May 2016, improving the Salesforce Lightning user experience across any device, plus support for customizing the app with the drag-and-drop interface of Salesforce Lightning Components - while also providing new features like signing groups and hybrid signing order. SteelBrick, recently acquired by Salesforce, also has an existing integration with Adobe Sign for helping speed the Configure Price Quote (CPQ) process.

“Every company and organization should be laser-focused on delivering the best customer experience possible, and the best experience does not involve paper,” said Bryan Lamkin, executive vice president and general manager, Digital Media at Adobe.

“Today we further strengthen the value that Adobe Document Cloud and Adobe Sign bring to our global customers as the only complete solution that transforms paper-based transactions into 100 percent digital workflows.”