A new free app, Adobe Scan turns your mobile device into an intelligent scanning and text-recognition tool, taking document creation to the next level.

Procuring the right products and services is vital for business success, but for many organisations, purchasing is still mired in administrative overheads and lengthy approvals. Streamlining authorisation processes and improving contract visibility, e-Signature technology creates a user-friendly experience for the procurement team and external vendors.

For the Strategic IT business line, switching to e-signatures could cause a cost-saving cascade throughout your business and improve internal processes.

It’s more than three decades since we first began to imagine a paperless home and office, and more than two since the internet afforded the potential for digital transactions to streamline business interactions – relegating paper forms to a thing of the past.

The Adobe eSignatures Australian Market Study found that by 2020 Australians will perform 100 million eSignature transactions annually.

Document digitization delivers agility, efficiency and cost-savings that are especially beneficial for resource-scarce small and medium businesses looking to do more with less, in the midst of rising business costs and intense global competition.