Developers: | Adobe Systems |
Date of the premiere of the system: | 2015/03/17 |
Technology: | SaaS - Software as service, EDMS |
Adobe Document Cloud consists of a set of the integrated services using a uniform online profile and provide to the user the personal center of documents. The solution helps people to create, review, approve, sign and to control documents from the desktop computer or mobile devices.
As a part of Adobe Document Cloud:
- Acrobat DC
- the Intuitive, adapted for touch devices Acrobat DC interface provides functionality for work from any place. The new Center of Tools (Tool Center) offers the simplified quick access to the most used tools. Besides, Acrobat DC uses technologies of image processing Photoshop for converting of paper documents in the digital, edited version which can be sent to the signature.
Signing of the document, 2015
- Electronic signatures everywhere and for all
- eSign Services (the former Adobe EchoSign) will be included in each subscription to Acrobat DC which in itself is a part and Document Cloud, and Creative Cloud. Transfer and electronic signing on any document, from any device became possible. The Fill and Sign application allows to append signatures, provides functions of autocompletion on all devices.
Signing of the document, 2015
- Mobile Link and new mobile applications
- Mobile Link allows to continue work on the document anywhere on any device, from that place where it was interrupted - files, settings and signatures will remain. It is possible to create, edit, comment and sign documents from mobile phones and tablets with two mobile applications, Acrobat Mobile and Fill and Sign. The camera of the smartphone can be used as the scanner and to transfer any paper documents to the digital, edited form ready to be shipped for the signature.
- Management of documents
- the Additional functionality allows to manage documents, to control them. With smart planning became possible to trace important documents throughout all process of work on them, and using functions of control it is possible to protect important information. In the future additional services, such as analysis of documents and possibility of the signature of digital certificates are expected.
Software on the mobile device, 2015
Integration with Adobe Creative Cloud and Marketing Cloud
Acrobat is an important Adobe Creative Cloud component. It helps to control creative process at the documentary level. Adobe Document Cloud will expand functionality, allowing creative people to work with PDF anywhere and adding function of the electronic signature and synchronization with Creative Cloud. Users of Adobe Creative Cloud will get access to Document Cloud through Acrobat DC which is also a part of Creative Cloud.
For March 16, 2015 services of the electronic signature are integrated into Adobe Document Cloud with Adobe Experience Manager. In the future Adobe integrates also the Adobe Marketing Cloud elements to help business to trace, test, estimate and manage documents, providing the same level of openness which marketing specialists have during the work with assessment of performance of digital aspects of marketing.
2017: Integration with products of Microsoft
The companies Microsoft Adobe announced also on September 11, 2017 expansion of strategic partnership and integration of the products. The solution on work with the electronic signatures Adobe Sign (a component of a line of Adobe Document Cloud) became preferable to use in all services Microsoft, including Microsoft Office 365. Besides Microsoft Teams — the space for communications organized by the principle of a chat for Office 365 — became preferable service for Adobe Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud. In more detail here.
2016: Adobe does Microsoft Azure by a priority cloud platform for Adobe Marketing Cloud
In September, 2016 at the Ignite conference Adobe also Microsoft announced plans for strategic partnership. Together the companies will help business on the way of digital transformation and to provide individual approach and steadily high quality of service at each stage of customer interaction. Thanks to services Microsoft Azure, Adobe Marketing Cloud and Microsoft Dynamics 365 the enterprises will be able to strengthen a position of the brands in the market.
Under the terms of partnership of Adobe does Microsoft Azure by a priority cloud platform for Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Document Cloud. Azure provides to Adobe reliable, global cloud infrastructure and the powerful platform of data processing for intellectual services, including universal remedies of machine learning and cognitive opportunities of Microsoft Cortana Intelligence Suite and SQL Server. Learn more: Adobe Marketing Cloud.