New pre-signature offering accelerates contract generation for in-house legal teams LinkSquares, provider of the fastest and most comprehensive AI-powered SaaS contract management and analysis tool, announced LinkSquares Finalize, its new pre-signature contract generation solution. In addition to its existing post-signature AI insights solution, LinkSquares Analyze, in-house legal teams gain new transparency capabilities and tools to standardize and collaborate on the contract creation process. Now, legal, sales, HR,…

AI-enabled Apttus CLM platform is recognized for the strong performance across performance parameters of the technology excellence and customer impact in the SPARK Matrix Analysis Apttus, the leading provider of AI-enabled enterprise contract management, announced it has been named a technology leader in the SPARK Matrix analysis of the global contract lifecycle management (CLM) market by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions. Marketing Technology News: Cohesity Appoints Mike Houghton as Vice President of Americas Channels…

Agiloft’s No-Code CLM Platform Receives Top Ratings by Spend Matters for Fourth Consecutive Quarter, Adding to a Series of Major Industry Distinctions. Agiloft, the global standard in contract and commerce lifecycle management, announced that leading industry analyst firm Spend Matters rated the company a Value Leader and Customer Leader in its Spring 2020 SolutionMap for Contract Lifecycle Management. With rankings based on technical or functional criteria, SolutionMap is the definitive procurement technology…

Inaugural Report Places Company Highest for Its Ability to Execute, and Recognizes the Company for Its Completeness of Vision Following its acquisition of contract lifecycle management (CLM) provider SpringCM in 2018 and the subsequent launch of its flagship DocuSign CLM solution, DocuSign was today named by Gartner, Inc. as a Leader in the 2020 "Magic Quadrant for Contract Lifecycle Management" research report. DocuSign placed highest for its ability to execute and was also recognized for its completeness of vision.…

Independent Report Noted SpringCM's Role as a Part of DocuSign's Comprehensive System of Agreement Platform SpringCM, a DocuSign Company, the leading document and contract lifecycle management platform in the cloud, was named a Leader in Forrester Research's The Forrester Wave: Contract Lifecycle Management For All Contracts, Q1 2019. Forrester Research used 30 criteria to evaluate contract lifecycle management (CLM) software providers, with 13 companies making up the entire CLM Wave. The report provides analysis on…

DocuSign Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire SpringCM and Accelerates Vision to Automate Contract Lifecycle Management As part of its vision to modernize companies’ Systems of Agreement (SofA), DocuSign Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SpringCM, a leading cloud-based document generation and contract lifecycle management software company based in Chicago. DocuSign recently went public to further broaden its vision to automate contract lifecycle management. With the addition of…

Identity Management Leader to Optimize Contracting Organization-wide, Drive Excellence Across Customer Acquisition Icertis, the contract intelligence company that pushes the boundaries of what's possible with contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced  that identity management leader Auth0 will deploy the Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform to optimize the performance and compliance of all its sales and sourcing contracts and contracting processes. Auth0 supports 9,000+ customers in 70+ countries that use…

CobbleStone Software announces the release of Contract Insight Enterprise 17.6.0. This release brings forth numerous new and improved feature offerings to enhance the leading contract management, vendor management, procurement, and sourcing platform! CobbleStone Software, a leader in contract management, sourcing, and eProcurement software, announces the release of Contract Insight Enterprise 17.6.0. This release brings forth numerous new and improved feature offerings to enhance the leading contract management, vendor…

As sales and service efforts recover, dealers need to accelerate their marketing and sales strategies – Outsell’s platform can help Outsell, which offers the only Virtual Customer Engagement platform for the automotive industry, launched new packages, using Artificial Intelligence and automation, to stimulate automotive dealers’ sales and service revenue at reduced contract costs, including promoting online channels. Results for Outsell’s packaged solutions are guaranteed, tied to a dealer’s linked sales and Repair Orders…

Inefficient contract management is expensive. KPMG estimates that up to 40% of a contract’s value is lost during its lifecycle. The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) found that a company puts up to 9% of its bottom line at risk with poorly managed contracts. The challenge many face when it comes to managing their contracts arises from the large volume that exists in multiple places throughout the organization. Most large companies regularly manage between 20,000 and 40,000…

Aurigo Software, a leading public sector software provider, today announced it had entered into a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract with the City of Seattle to automate the entire city's contract management process including over 5000 individual construction and non-construction contracts annually. Aurigo was selected via formal procurement and was the highest ranked and most responsive vendor. The company's flagship software product, Aurigo Masterworks, will provide the City of Seattle with a secure, cloud-based…

DocuSign is paying $188 million in cash to take next 'bold steps' in digitally transforming the current Contract Automation realm. The world's leading Agreement Cloud maker is acquiring Seal Software. Seal Software is a pioneer in Contract Analytics and Discovery. Seal Software had announced an AI-Based Contract Negotiation Product – Seal Now™ in October 2019. DocuSign customers would benefit from the new combined forces of AI and Cloud in Contract Automation. Seal-DocuSign: Tapping into the AI Market for Contract…

Newest product release features out-of-the-box AI Capabilities and custom AI functionality that empower Agiloft customers to drive contract value across adjacent commercial business processes Agiloft, the global standard in contract and commerce lifecycle management, announced the addition of its new Agiloft AI Engine, complete with prebuilt AI Capabilities for contract management and an open AI integration that allows customers to incorporate custom-built AI tools into the no-code platform. "Our new AI Engine provides…

Together, Xeeva's AI-Powered Procurement Technology Integrated with Agiloft's Contract and Commerce Lifecycle Management Software Will Drive Significant Efficiency and Compliance Agiloft, the global standard in contract and commerce lifecycle management (CCLM), and Xeeva, a global provider of AI-powered specialized procurement software,  announced they have forged a strategic partnership to provide a fully integrated source-to-contract experience for enterprise customers. Industry analysts have endorsed the significant…

Survey of >800 Companies Shows Manual Processes Block Contract Management Success--As Do Approval, Clause Management and Workflow Issues To offer companies insight into the latest trends and best practices for handling contracts in the modern workplace—and to help them optimize their processes as a result—DocuSign released the fifth annual "State of Contract Management" report. The report—previously published by SpringCM (the company acquired by DocuSign in September 2018)—analyzes the benefits and pain points of…

The complexity of today’s global market means there are more risks inherent in running a business. Between a shifting regulatory landscape and cyber breaches, many companies are focused on risks external to the company. There is, however, a significant hidden risk, and opportunity for revenue gain, that lies internally within a company’s contracts. Why Contract Management is important Vallen is an industry-leading provider of indirect industrial supplies. Like most companies, we are very focused on customer satisfaction…

Unified Communications Leader Calls on Icertis to Speed Time to Revenue Icertis, the leading provider of enterprise contract management in the cloud, announced that RingCentral, a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications and collaboration solutions, selected the Icertis Contract Management (ICM) platform to digitally transform its contract management processes. Through the ICM platform, RingCentral will enable their sales and procurement teams to scale more effectively in the fast-growing unified…

Product management and legal technology veteran Andy Wishart joins Agiloft's leadership team to advance development of AI-enabled CLM platform Agiloft, the global standard in contract and commerce lifecycle management, announced the appointment of Andy Wishart as chief product officer (CPO). Wishart will provide leadership and direction to further accelerate innovation in Agiloft's no-code contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform. Wishart brings over 20 years of experience building innovative legal technology…

Silicon Valley-based Flipdeck — a platform built to deliver sales content more efficiently and effectively — announced their certification in Vendor Neutral’s Sales Enablement/Content Management category. Moving from the Mobile Selling Content & Engagement category, enhancements to the solution’s functionality earned them this new certification. “Flipdeck, with its transition to the Sales Enablement/Content Management category, is a good example of a vendor making the right investments in order to evolve functions and…

Names Accomplished Legal Tech Executive Eric Laughlin as CEO to Accelerate Growth in No-Code Contract and Commerce Lifecycle Management Software Company Agiloft, the global standard in no-code contract and commerce lifecycle management, announced a $45 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused investor in innovative companies in enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing. Bootstrapped since its inception and profitable, Agiloft's investment from…