With more than 1,200 staff working in a number of different locations, Townsville City Council has installed a digital signature appliance. CoSign provides Townsville with an integrated solution to improve workflow, enhance document security and enable paperless business processes within Council and with its third party suppliers.
Installed by Algorithmic Research (ARX), a leading worldwide provider of electronic signatures and data security solutions, CoSign has revamped Townsville’s entire approval process. The technology allows users to replace handwritten signatures, sealing documents written in Word, Excel and PDF, with legally binding electronic signatures.
Townsville’s Manager Corporate Information and Support, Jim Cornall, said that prior to the installation of CoSign, management and staff were caught up in the traditional approval process faced by many companies around the world.
“Even though documents were drafted in Word, they still had to be printed for signing purposes,” he said.
“Using CoSign, we can now electronically sign documents within the applications we use daily.”
Jim Cornall said that relying less on paper based processes means Council is saving time and money. Council now aims to use the desktop for all processes, distribution and delivery of correspondence and data.
Jim Cornall said that Council was attracted to the simplicity and ease of use of the appliance.
“CoSign was up and running the same day it was connected to our network,” he said. “This meant our staff could start signing documents right away.”
CoSign’s standard electronic signatures are a mature and proven technology, which ensures signer authenticity, data integrity and non repudiation of documents.
For further information contact Townsville City Council on (07) 4727 9000 or Mike Eyal at CoSign on 1800 305 175.
