K2 Software has announced new capabilities to its cloud service, Appit, and outlined plans for future cloud-first offerings. It includes enhancements to K2 Mobile, introduction of SmartStarters, deeper DocuSign integration and a new REST broker with Swagger compatibility. These updates will become available for on-premises customers this summer. 

K2 Mobile for Android now includes offline functionality that enables users to view and action their tasks from anywhere, increasing productivity by allowing users to delegate, check process status, redirect, accept, reject, or send for revisions in realtime. In addition, a new Universal App for Windows devices is now available, bringing full support for iOS, Android and Windows-based devices.

To help customers reduce the IT backlog, K2 has simplified system connectivity through its patented K2 SmartObjects, allowing better access to data and integration across systems. In addition, K2 has simplified mobile app development significantly by allowing any business process application or form built in K2 to be fully mobile, enabled and optimised with very minimal effort by the app creator.

K2 SmartStarters

K2 has created SmartStarters to help app creators build new apps quickly by providing simple example apps that are fully functional and include template forms, workflows, actions and data integration via K2 SmartObjects. K2 supports reusability of its forms, workflows and SmartObjects so app creators can easily leverage a component many times across their portfolio of business applications.

DocuSign

Electronic signatures now embed directly into K2 SmartForms, which enables editing, uploading and management of documents, creation and management of DocuSign envelopes, definition of signature placeholder tabs, and signing recipient details. By using K2 and DocuSign together, users can easily and quickly capture signatures inside their apps while maintaining visibility into the process at all times, including a full audit trail of the signing steps.

"Although accelerating mobile app deployment is a critical step in our customers' digital transformation, the best way to unlock business value is to allow our customers to quickly complete any type of business contract/transaction that includes a document using electronic signatures," said Adriaan Van Wyk, CEO of K2.

"K2 customers can now create business process apps that have embedded electronic signature integration through DocuSign, which lets their users stay in the app and be more productive."

K2 REST Service

The new K2 REST broker with Swagger support makes it easier to integrate K2 forms and workflows across systems and cloud services built with modern web APIs, streamlining the business application creation process.

K2 Cloud Platform

Looking toward the future, K2 will continue to innovate in low code, automating business process with apps and cloud-first development. Appit has realized over 200 percent growth in net new customers since June of last year, demonstrating that the demand for K2 cloud services is showing positive traction. 

"We believe there is a unique intersection at the convergence of business process applications and low code that will disrupt the classic BPM market," added Van Wyk. "Apps for process automation are most efficient when the best of both low code and BPM come together, and the ability to deliver the K2 platform more broadly in the cloud will help even more of our customers stay ahead of the curve."

The K2 Cloud Platform will bring full functionality to integrate across systems, a new app design experience and new solutions that will become available on top of the K2 Cloud Platform in the future.

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