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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

The by-product of a changing economy, increasingly mobile and remote workforces are fueled by the proliferation of high-speed networks. This whitepaper outlines how to best manage a rapid transition to work environments that support a global, mobile and remote workforce, making the best of their skills and maintaining their identification with the organization, its culture and goals.

Lean manufacturing initiatives and strategies can also be effectively applied toward a business's largest controllable expense - its workforce. This paper examines: -- LEAN manufacturing workforce management initiatives -- the opportunities and benefits they provide -- the enterprise applications available to manage and support them

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

SumTotal® Systems, Inc., a leader in Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced the two newest members of its executive leadership team. Bill Shaheen, who recently served as Oracle's Group Vice President of HCM, joins as SumTotal's new Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Holly Rollo joins as SumTotal's newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer, coming from SuccessFactors where she recently served as Vice President of Global Marketing. Both executives report directly to the CEO, John Borgerding, and serve on SumTotal's newly expanded executive leadership team, which includes its new CFO, Jeff Laborde, formerly from Goldman, Sachs & Co. who joined in late August. Shaheen comes to SumTotal with two decades of experience in driving sales growth in the software industry. In addition to his work at Oracle, he led the large-enterprise sales group at Taleo and held senior sales-management positions with Unicru and Requisite Technology. Shaheen said he was attracted to SumTotal, in part, due to the breadth of the company's portfolio of HCM solutions and the depth of its customer base, which make the company well-positioned for growth. "HR buyers want to align with a partner that is focused on human capital management solutions, and SumTotal is the largest independent, dedicated strategic HCM provider in the world," Shaheen said. "With more than 3,500 customers and 45 million users around the globe, SumTotal has a solid customer base and is continuing to expand its global footprint. Moving forward, we will continue to focus on customer success and delivering deeper levels of value across the board." Rollo brings more than 20 years of experience in developing marketing strategies and leading global growth for technology companies. Prior to her executive role at SuccessFactors, she held senior marketing roles at Cisco, SAP, Sybase, Veritas and IBM and has over ten years' experience in cloud-based computing. Rollo

Company Recognized by Leading Analyst Firm for Breadth and Depth of Capabilities GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 26, 2012 - SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that it is positioned as a Major Player in IDC's Integrated Talent Management MarketScape report (IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Talent Management 2012 Vendor Analysis, doc #234365, April 2012). "SumTotal's strengths are in the breadth of its suite and delivery model," said Lisa Rowan, IDC program director, HR and talent management services. SumTotal provides comprehensive employee lifecycle management, including a core HR system of record, in a single end-to-end solution to give organizations a new level of visibility to make informed business decisions and accelerate growth. SumTotal's integrated suite includes performance, compensation, succession, career development, social collaboration, recruiting and hiring, on-boarding, learning management, learning content management, mobile learning, workforce scheduling, time and attendance, absence and leave management, data collection devices, expense management, payroll and benefits administration, and workforce analytics.

Stephan Millard, SumTotal Director of Product Marketing, will present the latest trends in mobile learning, social collaboration, and workforce analytics. In addition, SumTotal experts will be on hand to demonstrate the industry's most advanced end-to-end HCM solution.

Workforce Management Software Leader Named

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.

Announcing New Strategic Workforce Planning, Strategic HCM Portal, Social Recruiting and Other Best-in-Class Enhancements

SumTotal expert, Morne Stewart, will present demonstrations on the latest technology advancements in workforce management, payroll, and benefits administration at the upcoming American Payroll Association (APA) 30th Anniversary Congress

Presentation on the latest technology advancements in learning management, talent management, workforce analytics, social collaboration, and mobile learning at the upcoming HR Summit 2012 & Expo 10th Anniversary Special.

This whitepaper outlines actionable, measurable best practices for going beyond controlling the costs associated with absent employees, to improving workforce schedules and facilitating compliance with government and internal regulations.

"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, FL, Sept. 12, 2011 - SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, congratulates the New York City Department of Education for its selection as a recipient of the Nucleus Research 2011 Technology ROI Award. Recognized for its implementation of the SumTotal Workforce Management Time and Attendance solution, the New York City Department of Education was chosen for skillful deployment of IT solutions that produced a significant financial return on investment (ROI).

SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced the appointment of Ross Bolden as General Manager of its Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) operation, as well as a move to new regional headquarters in North Sydney. These announcements signify further milestones in the company's growth in the ANZ region following exceptional ongoing global performance and momentum. The company is also planning further expansion with office opening in Melbourne, and continues to hire in support of customers regionally.

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.

Company to Leverage Laborde's Extensive Experience to Continue Stellar Growth and Profitability

For Second Year in a Row, SumTotal Recognized for Outstanding Human Capital Management Solutions in Three Categories