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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SumTotal Closes Stellar Year with Continued Growth, Profitability, and Software Innovation Market Leader in Strategic Human Capital Management Positioned For Accelerated Growth in 2012 with Global Expansion and New Innovations GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 6, 2012 - SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today reported exceptional 2011 results with 90 percent overall booking growth and significant customer momentum across its global operations. SumTotal consistently accomplished positive expansion in bookings and new customer acquisition, and attributes this success to solid customer loyalty, operational efficiencies, and continued product advancement. The company achieved 110 percent booking growth in the second half of 2011, compared to same period the previous year, with 207 percent overall SaaS booking growth for the year as more customers joined SumTotal's Cloud offering. Recurring revenues were up 103 percent in the second half of 2011, and EBITDA grew 171 percent compared to previous year, representing 21 percent above plan. SumTotal has continued to develop a strong track record of operational excellence that has contributed to the company's impressive growth and profitability. Numerous new global customers joined SumTotal's fast-growing customer base including Gerber Life, Physicians Mutual, Young & Rubicam, Highmark, MD Physician Services, and Konica Minolta Business Technologies. In addition, SumTotal continued to innovate with numerous advancements for its flagship products and launched new capabilities in Mobile, Social Learning, Workforce Analytics, and end-to-end Talent Management. * Mobile: The fully rich media capable Mobile solution provides downloadable content for untethered support, as well as advanced tracking and reporting, and support for all mainstream devices and operating systems. * Social Learning: Improves knowledge retention across workfo

About SumTotal Systems, Inc. SumTotal Systems, Inc. is the global leader in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that provide organizations with a new level of visibility to help make more informed business decisions and accelerate growth. Recognized by industry analysts as the most complete solution, SumTotal provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, from a single provider for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. We have increased the performance of the world's largest organizations including Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Amway (KUL:AMWAY), Seagate (NYSE: STX), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG). For more information, or to request a demo, please call +1 (866) 768-6825 (US / Canada), +1 (352) 264-2800 (international) or visit http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/

SumTotal Systems is the global leader in strategic human capital management (HCM) solutions that provide organizations with a new level of visibility to help make more informed business decisions and accelerate growth. Recognized by industry analysts as the most complete solution, SumTotal provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, from a single vendor for improved business intelligence.

SumTotal Solutions Architect David Borkin will host a lecture on "Driving Real Business Value through Fully Integrated Human Capital Management" where he will discuss the key pillars that make up integrated HCM: performance management, talent management, learning management and workforce management. Borkin will focus on the benefits of HCM and achieving maximum value from an integrated approach. By combining these elements, businesses will be able to use HCM as a strategic transformation tool and see ROI from taking an integrated approach. HRM Expo is one of the largest exhibitions for human resources management in Europe. SumTotal is taking part in the programme of lectures and panel discussions with Borkin's session taking place on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 9.30 a.m. in Practical Forum 2, Hall 11.2.

SumTotal will be involved in three key events in Australia. The company is exhibiting at HRIZON, one of Australia's largest HR trade shows, on stand number 107A at the Melbourne Conference & Exhibition Centre. SumTotal will then host industry breakfast briefings in Melbourne and Sydney to discuss the latest HR and talent management trends, best practices, and how to create a successful mobile learning strategy. There will be interactive demonstrations and insight into utilising workforce analytics to create successful business strategies. Michael Guazzarotto from Future Knowledge, one of Australia's leading learning, technology and business transformation consultancies, will be the keynote speaker at these briefings. He is an industry expert with over 15 years of experience.

45 Million Users Leverage SumTotal Strategic HCM Solution with 15 Million Users on SumTotal Cloud

Additional Sales Directors Appointed to Focus on Growing Demand for Strategic Human Capital Management Solutions

SumTotal ready to assist German market overcome 'Fachkräftemangel' or a lack of skilled workers

Healthcare Regulatory Compliance with Bargaining Unit Work, Leave & Pay Rules: SumTotal’s fully integrated healthcare talent management software solution removes the headache of trying to manually comply with complex regulatory compliance requirements, work, leave and pay rules; along with the resultant grievances, fines, and employee relations issues.

"We're thrilled to be honored for the third year in a row by Ventana Research," said John Borgerding, SumTotal Systems CEO. "Our customers recognize the need for unified solutions to improve how they manage their workforce. We remain committed to our customers and delivering the industry's most complete and advanced strategic human capital management solutions." For more information about SumTotal, visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb 27, 2012 - SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced it has surpassed 3,500 global customers on its best-in-class strategic HCM solution helping organizations around the world better manage their workforce business processes. SumTotal has shown rapid growth in all of its deployment models, including Cloud, Private-Cloud, and On-Premise, with 45 million global users. The company also has over 15 million users on its Cloud offering. This flexible deployment model allows the company to meet the growing needs of its customers with great flexibility and rapid deployment. The ability to support large numbers of customers and end users is testament to SumTotal's operational efficiencies and ability to scale on a global basis. With multiple data centers regionally focused around the globe, and 24/7 support infrastructure, the company is well positioned for additional growth and expansion. SumTotal has the largest implementation in China at Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, with over 60,000 employees and is deploying an additional 1 million users to support its third-party installers. SumTotal is one of the only vendors to offer an end-to-end strategic HCM solution that spans the complete employee lifecycle including talent management, learning and development, workforce management, expense management, core HR management, payroll and benefits, and strategic workforce analytics. Providing the deepest multinational domain expertise, including highly successful deployments to over 50% of the Fortune 500, the company offers best-practices for global HCM implementations helping organizations execute end-to-end HR processes more effectively and efficiently. "This is an extraordinary milestone and we are pleased to be the solution of choice for so many customers around the world," said SumTotal's CEO John Bo