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