Soutron Global is majority owned by Bloom Equity Partners with company founder Tony Saadat as a minority owner.

Breeding, Marshall. Soutron Global merges Businesses. February 2022. Library Technology Newsletter. Soutron Global, a company that specializes in technology products and services for corporate, law, and other special libraries, entered into a new business arrangement. This transaction combined two related companies, Soutron Limited, based in the United Kingdom and Soutron Global, based in the United States. Bloom Equity Partners gains majority ownership of the company through a new investment. Soutron Global founder Tony Saadat will hold a minority ownership stake in the combined company which he will lead as Chief Executive Officer.

Breeding, Marshall. Soutron Global: New Competition in Special Library Automation. April 2012. Smart Libraries Newsletter. Industry veteran Tony Saadat has launched a new company Soutron Global that will specialize in providing library automation solutions for special libraries in the United States and Canada. This new company was founded in partnership with Soutron Limited, a UK-based company that has been involved in various aspects of special library automation since 1985. The companies will evolve toward a unified organization with its global headquarters in Encinitas, California.

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May 13, 2025. Soutron Global unveils Guide to Navigating Organizational Information Management and Digital Preservation Strategies. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, announces the availability of a new resource that compares the strengths and weaknesses of CMS, DAM, ILS, CAM, AMS, file sharing, and preservation solutions. This resourceful article is designed to help information professionals make informed choices about how they store, access, and preserve critical digital content.

May 1, 2025. IMLS and LSTA slashing your library funding? SHAREit offers a lifeline: cut costs or cut services, the choice is yours. As federal IMLS and LSTA funding comes under threat, libraries across the country are facing hard choices. Soutron Global, a leader in SaaS-based information, library, archive, museum management and resource-sharing systems, is stepping in with game-changing offers that promise to slash ILL/Resource Sharing costs, ensuring libraries can continue to thrive despite financial constraints.

March 31, 2025. Soutron Global acquires Auto-Graphics Inc., solidifying its commitment to industry growth, innovation and service. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, announce the acquisition of Auto-Graphics, Inc. Auto-Graphics is a pioneer in library management and resource sharing software solutions, whose SaaS products are used in over 6,000 state-wide public, academic, K-12, consortia and special libraries throughout North America. This strategic acquisition, backed by Bloom Equity Partners and Atlasview Equity Partners, marks another significant milestone in Soutron Global's mission to enhance client value and drive industry innovation. The acquisition of Auto-Graphics is a significant step in Soutron Global's ongoing efforts to expand its reach and enhance its offerings.

March 18, 2025. MINISIS Trusted Data Repository for Digital Preservation now available from Soutron Global. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, is proud to announce the availability of MINISIS Trusted Digital Repository. Designed to meet the growing needs of organizations to securely store and manage their digital assets, the MINISIS TDR solution ensures the long-term preservation, management and accessibility of digital assets, addressing this growing need for secure and sustainable digital preservation. As both a product and a service, the MINISIS TDR goes beyond simple storage by providing a robust system that safeguards against file obsolescence and data loss. This comprehensive preservation solution enables organizations to prepare, ingest, securely store, preserve, manage and access their digital collections.

March 17, 2025. Soutron Global adds Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Soutron Discovery v9.0. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, is proud to announce the addition of AI Chat Search, an AI Query Assistant, AI Summary and AI Suggest functionality to Soutron Discovery v9.0.

February 26, 2025. Soutron Global Announces the availability of MINISIS CAMS: a Cultural Asset Management System for Museums, Archives and Libraries. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs announces the immediate availability of CAMS, a cultural asset management system. Developed by Soutron Global's newly acquired MINISIS Inc, CAMS was designed to streamline collection management. CAMS is an all-in-one, cross-cultural, multi-functional solution for archives, libraries and museums.

February 4, 2025. Soutron Global 2024 milestones: Expanded product line, experienced double-digit growth and more. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs announces its accomplishment of a series of milestones in 2024. From strategic acquisitions to software development, the company continued to demonstrate its commitment to empowering organizations with comprehensive solutions for managing knowledge, information, and diverse special collections.

January 28, 2025. Archive software customization cited by Episcopal Virginia Diocese Archive. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized provider of information management solutions for corporate libraries and digital archives announces that The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, organized in 1785, has selected Soutron Archive to house their digitized archive collection.

January 14, 2025. Soutron Archive Supports The Radical Archive of Preservation (t.r.a.p.). Soutron Global, an internationally recognized provider of information management solutions for corporate libraries and archives for over 35+ years, announces the implementation of Soutron Archive at The Radical Archive of Preservation, an innovative archival project founded in 2019 and based in Atlanta, GA, founded by Dr. Shady Radical. This innovative archive, powered by Soutron, provides a dynamic and interactive space to explore the stories, performances, and rituals of Black Women and performance-based artists.

December 11, 2024. Soutron Global acquires MINISIS, a Vancouver-based provider of archive, library and museum management software. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized provider of information management solutions for corporate libraries and digital archives announces the acquisition of MINISIS, a Vancouver-based provider of archive, library and museum management software. This acquisition enhances Soutron's position as a global leader in archive, library and information management solutions while expanding its reach into underserved markets.

Jan 2012 Soutron Global founded by Tony Saadat
Tony Saadat, President and CEO of Soutron Global and Graham Beastall, Founder and Managing Director of Soutron Limited, had first worked together at Sydney Development Corporation in the mid-80s. Each has since become a high-profile, respected player in his own market: Tony in North America, and Graham in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. Soutron Global will become the world headquarters for the partnership, which will deliver innovative Library and Knowledge Management solutions

Feb 1991 Soutron Limited enters into an agreement with Inmagic to sell and support its products in the United Kingdom

Mar 02, 1989 Soutron Limited licenses Sydney Library System from Sydney Development Corporation
Soutron acquires a licence to resell and develop the Sydney Library System within the United Kingdom. Any code developed would be passed back to Sydney Development Corporation.

Jan 1989 Soutron Limited established
Soutron Limited was officially formed in January 1989. Soutron commenced trading on 2nd March 1989

2024 Soutron Global Accomplishments Narrative

Soutron Global acquired MINISIS Inc., a leading global software company for integrated Archive, Museum and Library management systems along with its Trusted Digital Repository. The acquisition is a testimony to Soutron Global’s strong commitment to growth and the archive, museum, library, and digital preservation markets. Soutron Global welcomes MINISIS clients to the Soutron Global family!

2024 saw the latest release of the fully web-based MINISIS CAMS product, a cultural asset management system for libraries, archives and museums. CAMS is based on the MINISIS DBMS and strongly supports customized data capture. CAMS is designed to provide a roadmap for existing MINISIS Windows and web clients to take advantage of the latest technologies. The MINISIS DBMS continues to receive updates to support new features and access techniques.

The MINISIS Trusted Digital Repository (TDR), a digital preservation system, received multiple updates to support preservation of a greater variety of digital assets.

Soutron Global continues initiatives to enhance its products via the use of AI tools. The latest plans include document summarization, natural language search and other similar initiatives.

New Soutron developments for 2024 include user-defined copy level fields that can be configured per record type, inline copy editing and brand-new administrative pages to make configuration more intuitive. Support for displaying book covers was improved in several ways, including additional book cover sources, matching to multiple ISBN values, and other new options. MARC record imports were improved by allowing multiple MARC configurations to support sources with different import rules. The Soutron API was updated to provide additional functionality, and many improvements were made to support Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Finally, support was added for the latest .Net Core technology.

Soutron Global continued strong sales growth, remaining a top contender in the legal, governmental and other market segments for library, archive and museum systems. Soutron Global continues to focus on its client-driven approach via the Client Advisory Group (CAG) and other live webinars and user group meetings. The CAG program, designed to listen to clients’ needs, was further enhanced by the rollout of new features on the helpdesk portal, allowing clients to submit change requests and vote on the priority of roadmap features.

Soutron Global’s Reseller Partner program remains an important channel to introduce our products to new and expanding markets and this has been enhanced by those channels operated by the MINISIS team. Soutron Authorized Business Partners continue to provide Soutron Global solutions in Africa, the Middle East and beyond.