September 13, 2005
DocuSign Unveils Electronic Signature Solution
for Appforce at Dreamforce ‘05
DocuSign makes it easy to send any document for signature directly from Salesforce to close deals faster and improve workflow
San Francisco, CA Sept 13, 2005 - DocuSign, Inc., the leading online signing service provider and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), today announced the availability of DocuSign Professional for Appforce. DocuSign is tightly integrated with Salesforce via the Appforce on-demand platform and is immediately available to salesforce.com customers. It enables users to easily send documents out for electronic signature from the Contacts, Opportunities or Contracts tabs in Salesforce. More secure then email and compliant with existing electronic signature laws, DocuSign helps eliminate errors and mail delays in the signing process, simplifies workflow and assists sales teams in closing deals faster.
DocuSign Professional for Appforce was announced today in San Francisco at Dreamforce ‘05, salesforce.com’s third annual user and developer conference, allowing salesforce.com to support integrated electronic signature capability.
“ Sending our contracts for electronic signature from Salesforce using DocuSign has reduced the amount of time it takes to close key contracts. We now get legally binding and tamper proof contracts signed by our customers within minutes for far less than the cost of postage and overnight mail,” said Kevin Kosche, vice president, customer operations for Myrio, a Siemens company.
“ Tightly integrated online signing capabilities can benefit all salesforce.com customers and help them to get even more return on investment from the Appforce on-demand platform,” said Adam Gross, Director of Product Marketing, salesforce.com. “This capability demonstrates how easy it is for partners to extend the Salesforce for the benefit of our mutual customers.”
“ Thanks to the open, standards-based Appforce architecture, we were able to integrate our online signing capability into Appforce in much less time than we anticipated,” said Tom Gonser, vice president of product strategy for DocuSign. “Now any Salesforce user can send any document for signature right from within their Salesforce deployment.”
Appforce is a complete on-demand platform that includes Appforce Builder, Appforce DB, Appforce API and the Appforce OS for development & deployment of multiple on-demand applications. Appforce provides unprecedented ease of customization and integration for Salesforce deployments, as well as enabling a whole new generation of on-demand applications that go beyond CRM.
About DocuSign
DocuSign offers a web-based electronic signature service that provides the simplicity,
speed and security required to deliver, sign and store documents. Designed
from the ground up for business-class usage, this service integrates the technical
infrastructure and legal compliance needed to operate an end-to-end electronic
signing service that replaces the old pen and paper process. DocuSign customers
span a variety of industries and range from the largest corporations to the
smallest branch offices. These customers are enjoying quantifiable benefits
with DocuSign, including removal of costs, increases in revenue, and acceleration
in business velocity. DocuSign also offers a direct positive impact on our
global environment by reducing paper consumption and transportation emissions.
For more information please visit www.docusign.com.
DocuSign and the DocuSign logo are registered trademarks of DocuSign, Inc.
About salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM). The company’s Salesforce family of on-demand applications enables customers to manage and share all of their sales, support, marketing and partner information on demand. Appforce, salesforce.com’s on-demand platform, allows customers to customize and integrate the Salesforce family to meet their unique business needs, and build whole new powerful applications quickly and easily. Appforce applications are available via AppExchange, salesforce.com’s on-demand application sharing service. Customers can also take advantage of salesforce.com’s world-class training, support, consulting and best practices offerings.
As of July 31, 2005, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 16,900 customers and approximately 308,000 paying subscribers including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), America Online (AOL), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Avis/Budget Rent A Car (Cendant Rental Car Group), Dow Jones Newswires, Nokia, Polycom and SunTrust. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com services should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.
Salesforce.com is a registered trademark of, and Appforce and AppExchange are trademarks of, salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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McKenzie Worldwide
robg@mckenzieworldwide.com

