CIC LAUNCHES SIGN-IT WITH SUPPORT FOR ADOBE LIVECYCLE.Communication Intelligence Corporation ("CIC CIC circulating immune complexes. CIC Circulating immune complexes. See Immune complexes. ") (BULLETIN BOARD: CICI CICI Cochlear Implant Club International ), has launched Sign-it for Adobe Acrobat software, an enterprise class solution that extends the capabilities of Adobe LiveCycle Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) is a suite of J2EE-based J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) server software products from Adobe Systems Incorporated. LiveCycle ES combines its PDF (Portable Document Format) technology and Flex (Flash-based UI technology) to develop "customer software with multi-modal electronic signatures. Adobe LiveCycle helps organizations automate and streamline people-centric business processes. The new release of CIC's Sign-it product further extends the value of LiveCycle by enabling highly configurable and legally binding electronic signatures. Sign-it extends the digital signature architecture within the Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format to enable the use of multi-modal signature technologies including; click-wrap, stamping, seals, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of ) and biometric handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. , voice, and fingerprint signatures -- all through a common electronic signature solution. Sign-it also provides a patented process that delivers a best practice eSignature solution for use across multiple business processes throughout the enterprise. It is estimated that fifty billion original paper documents are generated each year in the US alone, that the expense associated with paper documents is over 15% of annual corporate revenue and that 60% of those paper documents are signature dependent (Coopers & Lybrand, Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. ). Leveraging electronic signature solutions to achieve a truly paperless environment affords organizations major benefits including significant expense reduction, compressed business cycles and enhanced security. "Many of our customers, which include some of the largest financial services companies in the world, are currently using Adobe solutions within their corporate infrastructures," commented Russ Davis, chief product officer for CIC. "The new release of Sign-it is specifically designed to address our enterprise customers' need for greater flexibility in applying business rules to the electronic signature process within LiveCycle. It also enables the enterprise to address technology, line-of-business and platform specific needs regardless of whether the solution is being deployed in brick and mortar See bricks and mortar. locations, over the web or through field sales and service operations." CIC's new Sign-it embeds preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. signature fields, at design and authoring time, leveraging Adobe LiveCycle Designer Adobe LiveCycle Designer is a forms authoring tool published by Adobe Systems. The purpose of Designer is to be a one-stop design tool for XML forms to be rendered as PDF or HTML files. or Adobe Acrobat Professional or dynamically, using various third party PDF tools on the market today. These signatures are designed to meet the requirements of Adobe Document Server Software from Adobe that automates the creation of customized PDF-based manuals, reports and brochures that are assembled from a variety of sources. It follows commands written in XML and also supports programming interfaces for Java, Perl, COM and SOAP. See Acrobat. which, among other things, allows for execution of the electronic signature within Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions The Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions is software that users can use to enable some features, in Acrobat Reader (now Adobe Reader) 5.1 and later on a per file basis. These are features otherwise found in the full licensed product Adobe Acrobat. . Sign-it provides great flexibility for the form author to configure the signing process. It also enables customers to collect data through alternate applications and to customize the signing interface that is presented to their users. This insures increased customer acceptance and adoption through user friendly, process specific interfaces. Additionally, Sign-it supports an array of back office tools from CIC that enable enterprise specific processing, reporting and validation of documents which is critical for large organizations. "Adobe's support of CIC in the development and release of this new eSignature capability represents our commitment to further advancing LiveCycle for use in paperless transactions within the large enterprise," said John Landwehr, director of Security Solutions and Strategy at Adobe. "In concert with our LiveCycle products, CIC's Sign-it allows the flexibility to address abroad range of electronic signature needs for the modern enterprise and enables organizations to complete the final step in automating their document processes." Landwehr further commented, "The rich set of integration and implementation tools CIC provides in combination with Sign-it also provide tremendous value to our Adobe System Integrators and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. partners." "This new capability for LiveCycle allows CIC to more effectively establish, enhance and leverage selling efforts with Adobe Channel partners and reflects our extensive channel development effort over the past twelve months," stated Scott Zieglar, CIC's vice president of Channel Sales. "CIC channel partners have a significant investment in their solutions and development staff, so it is key for them to have all electronic signature needs delivered from a common product." "As the leading Adobe Solution Partner in North America, Four Point Solutions ("4Point") has been involved in many successful customer deployments of LiveCycle," commented Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Parisien, vice president of Sales and Marketing at 4Point. "Working in conjunction with Adobe and CIC, 4Point led the largest implementation of LiveCycle with Sign-it at one of the nation's top five banks." Parisien added, "Key to our success has been to recognize the diverse needs of our customers and work with leading vendors such as CIC to provide the building blocks to an Adobe-based solution required to both meet those needs and deliver a short term return on investment." CIC's Sign-it products are currently available in English and have been designed to meet the specific laws and regulations of the US and European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community . The company is currently undergoing certification with the state Security Bureau for approval of its Chinese versions of the products to allow for sales within mainland China through its joint venture company, CIC China and its regional distributor, eCOM Asia Pty., Ltd., a local reseller and integrator of Adobe products as well. For information on enterprise-wide solutions and volume pricing discounts, contact CIC Enterprise Sales at 650-802-7888, email sales@cic.com or visit our website at http://www.cic.com. About CIC Communication Intelligence Corporation ("CIC") is a supplier of electronic signature solutions for business process automation in the Financial Industry and the recognized leader in biometric signature verification. CIC's products enable companies to achieve truly paperless work flow in their eBusiness processes by enabling them with "The Power to Sign Online "with multiple signature technologies across virtually all applications. Industry leaders such as AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group , Charles Schwab, Prudential, Nationwide (UK) and Wells Fargo chose CIC's products to meet their needs. CIC sells directly to enterprises and through system integrators, channel partners and OEMs. CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. and has a joint venture, CICC CICC Custom Integrated Circuits Conference CICC Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (Studio City, CA) CICC China International Capital Corp. , in Nanjing, China. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.cic.com/. About Four Point Solutions Ltd. Four Point Solutions (4Point) is an Adobe Solution Partner in North America. Drawing from extensive experience planning, implementing and supporting Intelligent Documents Solutions, 4Point helps customers solve business challenges by bridging the paper-to-digital divide. Dedicated to ensuring customers realize the full potential of Adobe's intelligent document vision, 4Point can recommend the right Adobe products for every business need and seamlessly transform them into valuable solutions. 4Point consultants and subject matter experts offer best practices for a range of industries including Financial Services, Government, Education, Telecommunications and Publishing. Four Point Solutions can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.4Point.com. For more information, call 650/802-7740. |
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