Software giant Adobe Systems has launched a new web-based
package for enterprise customers to automatically generate and
customise PDF files and forms. Significantly, the new Adobe
Document Server allows customers to add digital signatures to
PDFs.
Adobe's PDF (or Portable Document Format) has become an
unofficial worldwide standard for electronic document distribution
as a result of the company distributing its Acrobat Reader software
free of charge. More than 300 million copies have been
distributed.
Its support of digital signatures could help an industry that
has taken longer than many expected to find a market. Where
previously companies using Adobe software could print out
PDF-formatted documents, sign them and fax or post them to the
recipients, the new package will allow them to fill out and sign
such documents digitally, keeping the whole process on-line.
More information about the package is available from:
www.adobe.com/products/server/documentserver/main.html
