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2009

SortSite Certified for Vista (Jun 2009)

Electrum announce SortSite 3.03, which is "Certified For" Windows Vista. Certified for Vista applications are tested by independent labs to ensure they meet Microsoft compatibility and reliability guidelines.

Certified for Windows Vista “Microsoft is pleased that Electrum has earned the Certified for Windows Vista software logo for SortSite,” said Brad Goldberg, General Manager for Windows Vista Product Management at Microsoft Corp. “By certifying their applications, Electrum is letting their customers know that their product has met explicit standards of reliability and quality, and has been tested and proven to deliver a superior experience with a PC running Windows Vista.”

SortSite 3.01 Released (Feb 2009)

Electrum announce the availability of SortSite 3.01. The latest release contains a slew of new features including:

  • Over 50 new browser compatibility checks for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome
  • Over 450 quality checkpoints
  • Checks for page weight (total size of HTML, graphics, script and CSS)

Dell Partners With Electrum (Jan 2009)

Dell | ASAP Software have become an authorized reseller for Electrum products. Dell | ASAP Software does business with clients around the world, with over 40 regional sales offices throughout North America and Europe.

2008

SortSite 3.0 Released (Dec 2008)

Electrum announce the availability of SortSite 3.0. The latest release contains a slew of new features including:

  • Support for W3C WCAG 2.0 accessibility guidelines
  • Over 400 quality checkpoints
  • Web site quality policy profiles allow you to choose which guidelines to check against
  • Improved performance and reduced memory consumption on large sites

Sales Growth (Oct 2008)

Electrum report good quarterly results for Q3 2008 in spite of the uncertain economic background:

  • Product sales have grown at 10-20% per month for last 4 quarters
  • Steady margin growth
  • New Fortune 100 and Government wins in US and Canada
  • New customer wins in China, India, Kuwait and Bahrain

SortSite Online Demo (Jul 2008)

Electrum announce the release of an online demo of SortSite, allowing customers to try it without installing any software. The demo also collects some interesting statistics:

  • How many pages with the W3C Valid HTML badge are actually valid
  • Which versions of HTML / XHTML are in use
  • What percentage of pages render in quirks mode
  • You can try the online demo and see the stats at http://try.electrumsolutions.com/

SortSite/PowerMapper Retail Boxes (Mar 2008)

SortSite display box

In response to customer requests we're making PowerMapper and SortSite available in retail boxes, with just-in-time manufacturing handled by SwiftCD.

The first boxes are rolling out of production the first week of March, and will be available to buy from our web site a few days later.

SortSite 2.0 Released (Feb 2008)

Electrum announce the availability of SortSite 2.0. The latest release contains a slew of new features including:

  • Issue maps (site maps showing the location of issues)
  • Page inventory
  • Section 508 accessibility guidelines
  • HTML source annotated with issues & fix help
  • An RSS reader
  • Improved installation on Vista