| SumTotalÂ(R) Systems (NASDAQ:SUMT), the | | | | SumTotal 7.2 lets employers smoothly follow the |
| largest provider of talent, learning and business | | | | performance management process, integrating |
| performance technologies and services, said that | | | | learning activities as part of a worker's development |
| KMWorld magazine has designated SumTotal | | | | plan. The SumTotal platform also gives managers a |
| Enterprise Suite 7.2 as a KMWorld Trend-Setting | | | | way to spend less time writing appraisals and more |
| Product of 2006. KMWorld picked SumTotal's | | | | time pinpointing how to bulk up an employee's skills. |
| software because it "enhances the | | | | And SumTotal 7.2 offers employees instant access |
| performance-management process and integrates | | | | to development plans with recommendations for the |
| learning activities as part of a worker's development | | | | sort of learning that will help them meet their goals |
| plan." | | | | as well as their company's overall aims. |
| The magazine's list of trend-setting products for | | | | About KMWorld |
| 2006 appears in the September issue of KMWorld as | | | | The leading information provider serving the |
| well as at SumTotal 7.2 is the newest version of the | | | | knowledge management systems market, KMWorld |
| company's award-winning software suite. | | | | covers the latest in content, document and |
| "Assembling the list of Trend-Setting Products of | | | | knowledge management and informs more than |
| 2006 is a year-long collaborative effort with editorial | | | | 51,000 subscribers about the components and |
| colleagues, analysts and, especially, users," says Hugh | | | | processes-and subsequent success stories-that |
| McKellar, KMWorld editor in chief. "Roughly 1,500 | | | | together offer solutions for improving business |
| products from some 300 vendors were considered, | | | | performance. |
| and the ones listed here demonstrate exquisite | | | | About SumTotal Systems, Inc. |
| execution designed for, and with input from, the | | | | SumTotal Systems (NASDAQ:SUMT) is the largest |
| most important constituency of them all-customers." | | | | provider of talent, learning and business performance |
| "The name of the game in learning today is managing | | | | technologies and services. SumTotal deploys |
| talent, not just training," said David Crussell, SumTotal | | | | mission-critical solutions that align talent and |
| chief operating officer. "When a magazine like | | | | knowledge with business goals to generate significant |
| KMWorld gives our product's design such a special | | | | bottom-line results. With more than 17 million users |
| recognition, it means we're doing the right thing for | | | | worldwide, SumTotal has helped accelerate |
| our customers." | | | | performance and profits for more than 1,500 of the |
| SumTotal's new platform is at the nexus of what | | | | world's best-known companies and government |
| many industry analysts say is the "hottest segment" | | | | agencies including Accenture, Aetna, Cendant, |
| of the burgeoning market for HR applications: the | | | | DaimlerChrysler, Delta Air Lines, Harley-Davidson, |
| performance and talent management segment. In a | | | | Microsoft, Novartis, PNC Bank, U.S. Army, U.S. Air |
| January 2006 research report, Forrester noted that | | | | Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Bancorp, |
| technologies for managing performance, talent and | | | | United Airlines, Vodafone, Wachovia and Wyeth. |
| learning are among several strategic applications | | | | SumTotal has offices throughout the United States, |
| leading the growth of the $9-billion market for HR | | | | in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, |
| applications. | | | | Tokyo, Hong Kong and Hyderabad, India. |