SOTERIA+ is the latest updated and improved iteration of Max’s fully hosted comprehensive, flexible, and feature-rich digital preservation platform for archival collections. It combines the development innovation of Max with the Archivematica digital preservation system designed for standards-based, long-term access to digital material.
The core benefit of Soteria+ is a lightning-fast and easy-to-use interface, which means that users can be productive right from the start, even if they are inexperienced with digital preservation processes.
For ease of use, Soteria+ is fully compliant with key preservation standards such as ISO 16363, TRAC, DPC RAM, and NDSA. From multi-user institutions to single-user specialist collections, Soteria+ is adaptable and budget-friendly, with no hidden costs. A comprehensive and feature-rich tool, Soteria+ delivers a complete end-to-end digital preservation solution. Easily build SIPs, organize your content, and create detailed taxonomies with automatic virus checking and file characterization in one super-intuitive environment. Soteria+ provides comprehensive, highly customizable preservation functionality at the touch of a button with seamless integration to services such as SharePoint.
Built on trusted technologies, Soteria+ ensures that your organization can attain compliance with key preservation guidelines with minimal training time—even non-Archivists or Information Professionals within your organization can easily submit assets for instant digital preservation. Soteria+ can be deployed in a wide variety of environments both on and off-cloud, and data can easily be migrated to other applications, e.g., SharePoint. Soteria+ comes with one-click protected access links, secure depositor links, and a host
Testimonials
I have worked with Max Communications and the team for some years. In recent work with their Archivematica iteration in the College Archives and Corporate Records Unit, and other digital work required by varying cohorts in Imperial, Max Communications have been responsive, innovative and demonstrated great problem-solving abilities. The Max Communications team, from the top down, is approachable, friendly and keen to help.
An example is in their engagement for some major confidential scanning projects. The projects were discussed, scoped and agreed to a high standard of hand scanning. Benchmarking was agreed to our satisfaction when the project started, with a fast progress time for the work. They provided rapid access to files, including digitising out of sequence, e.g. one such turn around for hand scanning, editing and proofing a large file was within 3 hours. The digital delivery was by secure online transfer, and the hard disks and hard copy delivered securely by courier.
On a lighter note, digitisation of 1960s academic cine film was carried out promptly and to a high standard, such that it can be reshown at a major conference
--Anne Barrett | College Archivist & Corporate Records Manager | Imperial College London