Electrum was founded in 1996 and launched its first product, PowerMapper, in 1997 as a software company specializing in tools for the web and document publishing. The company is a software developer, specializing in database systems, content management systems and data driven visualisation. The company is a Microsoft Gold Partner, having been in the partner program since the 90s.

Electrum revealed the launch of SortSite 3.0, a one-click web site testing and analysis tool. The W3C published the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard on 11th Dec 2008, after 8 years of development. Electrum launched the first commercial WCAG 2.0 accessibility testing tool on December 16th. This allows organizations to find and fix problems preventing people with disabilities from accessing their web sites.

SortSite 3.0 verifies every page on a web site for over 400 quality issues including: broken links, US and EU legal compliance, accessibility and usability problems, browser compatibility and search engine optimization. This enables organizations to enhance web site quality and user experience, lower third-party consultancy costs, and improve their search engine ranking.

Stuart Harper, CEO of Electrum declared "In recessions organizations look to reduce costs. SortSite's built-in accessibility expert eliminates costs, for less money than a day's consulting fees."

The new version of SortSite features:

- Over 100 new checkpoints for the W3C WCAG 2.0 accessibility validation, additionally to the existing checkpoints for US Section 508 and WCAG 1.0

- Content quality checks

- Policy based guideline configuration enabling corporate web site quality standards to be generatedc and shared between users

- Enhanced performance and a reworked user interface