Microsoft Dynamics News Roundup: Pre-Convergence Edition

With the Microsoft Dynamics community's attention now firmly set on Convergence 2011, partners and add-on solution providers are doing their best to time important (and sometimes not-so-important) announcements with the overall bump in awareness that the Dynamics ecosystem's biggest event brings.  With an estimate 9,000 attendees and many more likely watching via live keynote broadcasts, Twitter blogs, and anywhere else they can form a reasonable idea of the developments, the timing appears to be right if nothing else.

Here's a selection of recent Convergence-related news bits already flowing through the press channels.  You can expect many more to come...

AssureSign LLC and Customer Effective Partner to Provide Accelerated Electronic Signature and Document Execution Process for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Users

AssureSign LLC, a provider of electronic signature technology, has entered into a partnership with Customer Effective, a Microsoft Dynamics CRM consulting and implementation firm. As part of the deal, the two companies will provide a combined offering of customer relationship management and document management systems.

The two firms will present their integrated solution at Convergence 2011 and is intended to help Microsoft Dynamics CRM users to rapidly deploy AssureSign electronic signature solutions and seamlessly integrate with their existing workflows, according to the companies.

The integration between AssureSign and Microsoft Dynamics CRM will let companies generate documents and send them out for signature with just one click, which means shorter revenue cycles and a greatly accelerated sales process, officials said.

"Adding electronic signature capabilities to our CRM portfolio has become an important component for us, especially in the Financial Services market we serve," said Mike Rogers, Vice ...