The role of collaboration in contracts is an interesting one. There are those who see it as a key business enabler and one that further unlocks the power in contracting and signing on the web. There are others who see "collaboration" as a bit of a Web 2.0 distraction, with the vast majority of contracts being relatively formulaic, with no need to chat, interact, review or even redline.
We think they both views are right -- and so we work the way you work. On that note, two interesting developments over the past week. First, our friends and partner at Zoho launched Zoho Chat inside of Zoho Writer. What does this mean for you? Well, EchoSign has been natively integrated inside of Zoho Writer, the web's leading standalone word processor, since early 2007. With EchoSign-for-Zoho Writer, you can collaborate on a contract together with your internal team (edits, revisions, etc) or with a customer, and then get it signed in seconds with the "DigiSign" link which directly links to your EchoSign account. Last week, they added Zoho Chat to the mix, so you can now do instant-messaging with your collaborators as well as you draft, iterate, and e-sign a contract. Very cool.
Even slicker -- at least visually -- is our integration inside of Cisco WebEx Connect, enhanced via some Hollywood special effects. EchoSign is the only electronic signature solution integrated by Cisco WebEx and a visualization of it was dramatically featured in the last episode of Fox's hit show "24". The President discussed an "Executive Pardon Order" with several members of her team over a WebEx video chat, and then digitally signed it in seconds.
Whether you work it in WebEx, or create it in Zoho Writer, you can close it with EchoSign. Thanks to our friends at WebEx for the tip-off.
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