Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market Size By Method (General Electronic Signature, Qualified Electronic Signature, Enhanced Electronic Signature), By End User (Manufacturing, BFSI, Pharmaceuticals), By Geographic Scope And Forecast

Contract Electronic Signature Software Market Size And Forecast

Contract Electronic Signature Software Market size is growing at a moderate pace with substantial growth rates over the last few years and is estimated that the market will grow significantly in the forecasted period i.e. 2021 to 2028.

The incorporation of digital signature in the healthcare sector can ensure the safety and integrity of the personal information of patients, which in turn, is expected to present productive business opportunities for market players over the forecast period. The Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market.

Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market Definition

Electronic signature (e-signature) encompasses a broad category of methods that can be applied to an electronic document to capture intent to sign, consent, and, in varying degrees, provide document authenticity, integrity, and nonrepudiation. An e-signature can have the same legal status as a handwritten, wet-ink signature on a paper document when implemented in compliance with the laws or regulations applicable to the parties involved. An e-signature product is expected to offer, support for ad hoc and human-initiated use cases, flexible workflows, Integration with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) business applications, as well as in-house or custom-built applications via APIs, and document data integration and validation.

The digital signature is a technology that assures the contents of the message have not been altered in transit. In layman’s terms, a digital signature validates the legitimacy and integrity of a message, digital content, or software. It is typically used as an encryption measure or password to ensure the safety and integrity of files, data, confidential information, and documents during an exchange between several entities parties.

Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market Overview

Digital signature has found significant use in legal proceedings since they require a certain level of secrecy. For such procedures, specific software and devices are developed for digital signature, wherein it can ensure data once the document has been digitally signed. In this way, it provides superior security to the party signing a document and the one receiving it as it servers to validate the identity of both parties. Furthermore, the software generates a digital signature that is distinctive to the person linked to the executive document. This means if the signature is changed, it becomes invalid thereby enabling the party to know that the integrity of the said document has been compromised.

Implementation of digital signature is complicated as it requires a digital signature or physical token from the certified authority requiring Government Issue ID and biometric data. A digital signature is majorly helpful for parties to exchange files that contain information or data of sensitive nature. However, for a one-time transaction, a digital signature is not feasible since it requires various processes & prerequisites required to be fulfilled before being granted clearance to secure a digital certificate. Furthermore, certain digital signature processes are computer-intensive thereby resulting in delays of related processes for users. Hence, these factors are expected to restrain the market growth over the forecast period.

The Healthcare sector has been embraced digitalization in the recent past, which has witnessed the adoption of IoT, 3D printing, and other novel technologies. The Healthcare sector is rapidly moving towards paperless work, which includes Medicare billing, patient onboarding, and others. Furthermore, various pharmaceutical companies are adopting digital signatures, and exchanging communications and information on paper are going paperless. Moreover, the incorporation of digital signatures in the healthcare sector can ensure the safety and integrity of the personal information of patients, which in turn, is expected to present productive business opportunities for market players over the forecast period.

Global Contract Electronic Signature Software MarketSegmentation Analysis

The Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market is Segmented on the basis of Method, End User, and Geography.

Contract Electronic Signature Software Market, By Method

• General Electronic Signature• Qualified Electronic Signature• Enhanced Electronic Signature

Based on Method, the market is segmented into General Electronic Signature, Qualified Electronic Signature, and Enhanced Electronic Signature. The Contract Electronic Signature Software Market on the basis of deployment is segmented into on-premise and cloud. The companies adopting electronic signature solutions are focusing on adopting cloud-based solutions to achieve more flexibility, high scalability, and cost optimization. The paradigm shift of businesses embracing digitalization has reaped more significant benefits for the enterprises and resulted in more revenue generation opportunities.

Contract Electronic Signature Software Market, By End User

• Manufacturing• BFSI• Pharmaceuticals• Government Agencies• Legal• Others

Based on End User, the market is segmented into Manufacturing, BFSI, Pharmaceuticals, Government Agencies, Legal, and Others. The banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector dominated the Contract Electronic Signature Software Market during the historical period, as a large number of people are opting for online channels to complete payment-, banking service-, legal agreement-, and insurance policy-related documentation processes. Moreover, governments of numerous countries are stepping up efforts to transform into digital economies, which are creating a high demand for such solutions in the BFSI sector.

Contract Electronic Signature Software Market, By Geography

• North America• Europe• Asia Pacific• Rest of the world

Based on regional analysis, the Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the world. The North American Securities Administrators Association needs that an electronic signature must meet both Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) as well as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act requirements. The statement of policy necessities focuses on electronic presentation and subscription documents to investors.

Key Players

The “Global Contract Electronic Signature Software Market” study report will provide valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market. The major players in the market are Adobe Inc., Docusign, Inc., Esign Geni, HID Global, Legalesign Limited, OneSpan, RPost, Thales S.A., U-SIGN-IT, Zoho Corporation. The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share, and market ranking analysis of the above-mentioned players globally.

Key Developments

Partnerships, Collaborations and Agreements

• Adobe announced a strategic partnership with IBM and Red Hat in July 2020 to assist organizations to accelerate digital transformation and increase real-time data security, with an emphasis on regulated industries.

• Thales and Votiro formed a strategic partnership in July 2020. To defend government organizations from all file-borne risks, the alliance will offer proven solutions from Votiro’s Secure File Gateway product family, including email and web apps.

• On October 2019, Adobe, Inc. announced a partnership with Box Inc., to integrate Acrobat web experience with Box. The partnership aims to offer solutions to collaborate, modify, sign, or organize a PDF File directly through the box.

Product Launches and Product Expansions

• DocuSign will be linked with Workplace by Facebook in August 2020. In the midst of digital transformation activities and remote work, the integration is focused on its Agreement Cloud.

• Adobe Sign, its product, was updated in July 2020. Adobe Sign customers who manage their user entitlement through the Adobe Admin Console can now assign elevated power to individual users in their Adobe Sign product profiles.

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