DocuSign, vendor of on-demand electronic signature tools, has reportedly announced its participation and sponsorship of the Salesforce.com (News - Alert) Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Nov. 17. 

The company is presenting three conference sessions, including "DocuSign for Salesforce." 

 

Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 is expected to host more than 12,000 attendees for four days of best practices, training, networking and "an entire community of Salesforce.com experts."

 

DocuSign is also launching products, including electronically signed quotes, automated proposal creation with routing and electronic signature functionality, smart electronic signatures for Salesforce CRM and integration with contract management products on the Force.com platform.

In collaboration with Apttus, the DocuSign Large Enterprise Track Session, "Electronic Contract Execution with Apttus and DocuSign for Salesforce," will demonstrate "the benefits of deploying an end-to-end electronic contract management and eSignature," company officials said.

"At DocuSign, we see Dreamforce as an opportunity to deepen our partnership with Salesforce.com, engage existing and new partners and come up close and personal with our DocuSign for Salesforce customers,” said Ken Cavallon, market director at DocuSign.

 

Last month, DocuSign announced DocuSign Lite, which allows anyone to send a document to be signed electronically with an e-signature completely free. 

 

Available directly from the DocuSign home page, DocuSign Lite doesn't require a user to register for an account, provide credentials or enter credit card information. "Anyone who needs a document signed can simply come to the DocuSign Web site and send a document for e-signature absolutely free no paper, no account and no cost," company officials said.

"DocuSign Lite gives everyone an opportunity to try a simple, basic electronic signature experience without having to register for an account or pay anything. If you try it, we're convinced you are going like it and come back to us for more," said Tom Gonser, founder and vice president of product strategy at DocuSign, at the time. 

 

Gonser said that once people are "educated" through the free use of DocuSign Lite, "experience tells us they subscribe to one of our paid service plans that include such features as tracking document status, sending to multiple recipients, sending multiple documents, secure long term storage and instant retrieval of documents."