Adobe Systems Inc. announced yesterday its new software-as-a-service Document Cloud, which combines Acrobat functionality with EchoSign electronic signature software. The new service is designed for professionals and organizations to better manage documents and improve document process efficiency, said the company in its public announcement. …
When asked to comment on the Adobe announcement, David Houlihan, an analyst at Blue Hill Research, said two things will “make this attractive for legal environments.” He explained that attorneys “live in documents” and attorneys “work outside of formal document management systems as much as they work within them.”