Intrepid Selects SumTotal as Technology Partner for Learning Outsourcing Offering

Intrepid LearningSolutions, a leading provider of training solutions, has selected theSumTotal(R) Enterprise Suite(TM) as a partner to support its LearningBusiness Process Outsourcing (LBPO) offering. Intrepid offers itsclients a way to outsource all aspects of their training functions,including the technology for distributing learning, managingclassrooms, handling registrations and tracking instructors.
    SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2007--Intrepid Learning
Solutions, a leading provider of training solutions, has selected the
SumTotal(R) Enterprise Suite(TM) as a partner to support its Learning
Business Process Outsourcing (LBPO) offering. Intrepid offers its
clients a way to outsource all aspects of their training functions,
including the technology for distributing learning, managing
classrooms, handling registrations and tracking instructors. Mountain
View, Calif.-based SumTotal Systems' award-winning Enterprise Suite is
a software platform that delivers e-learning, assesses employees'
skills and aligns a workforce's goals with an employer's business
aims.

    Leading global corporations such as The Boeing Company, Microsoft
Corporation, and Autodesk, Inc. have selected Intrepid as their
training outsourcing partner to provide an array of services,
including strategy and analysis, courseware design and development,
classroom instruction, learning administration and logistics, and
training program evaluation.

    "Combining Intrepid's training outsourcing capabilities with
SumTotal's learning and performance management technology gives
clients access to a solution that ties together the components
necessary for developing workforce skills and talent," said Cushing
Anderson, program director for market-research firm IDC.

    "Our partnership with Intrepid is in keeping with our company's
strategy of accelerating sales by serving the market for business
process outsourcing," said Don Fowler, SumTotal's chief executive. "We
believe the Intrepid-SumTotal partnership, while not exclusive for
either company, represents a compelling combination for buyers of
learning and talent management software.

    "We feel Intrepid is nimble enough to respond quickly to requests
ranging from course development to benchmarking," added Fowler.
"Intrepid also takes a strategic view of learning and development that
looks to align an employer's training with business goals."

    "We are partnering with SumTotal because they provide innovative,
efficient technology solutions," said Intrepid Learning Solution's CEO
Chris Hedrick. "Our clients ask us to provide the full range of
training solutions and now we will be able to offer them access to the
SumTotal platform in a seamless way. SumTotal's technology builds upon
our proven expertise in managing our clients' learning technology
infrastructure."

    About SumTotal Systems, Inc.

    SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUMT) is a global provider of
talent and learning management solutions. SumTotal deploys
mission-critical solutions designed to align goals, develop skills,
assess performance, plan for succession and set compensation.
SumTotal's solutions aim to accelerate performance and profits for
more than 1,500 companies and governments of all sizes, including six
of the world's 10 biggest pharmaceutical makers, six of the 10 largest
automotive companies in the world, four of the five branches of the
U.S. Armed Forces, three of the world's top five airlines, two of the
five largest banks in the world and two of the world's top five
specialty retailers. Mountain View, Calif.-based SumTotal has offices
across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. For more information
about SumTotal's products and services, visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.

    About Intrepid Learning Solutions

    Intrepid Learning Solutions is a leading provider of training
consulting, outsourcing, and research services to global companies.
With industry-leading expertise in training management, business
process outsourcing, learning research and consulting and a focus on
business results, Intrepid delivers optimum value for its clients'
training budgets. For more information about Intrepid, visit
www.IntrepidLS.com.

    SumTotal and the SumTotal logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of SumTotal Systems Inc. and/or its affiliates in the
United States and/or other countries. Other names may be trademarks of
their respective owners.

    Safe Harbor / Forward-Looking Statements

    Information in this press release contains forward-looking
statements, including, but not limited to, the anticipated benefits of
SumTotal's partnership with Intrepid Learning Solutions for SumTotal
and the users of Intrepid's Learning Business Process Outsourcing
offering incorporating SumTotal Enterprise Suite. These statements
represent SumTotal Systems' expectations or beliefs concerning future
performance and events. These statements are not historical facts or
guarantees of future performance or events and are based on current
expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, goals and objectives,
and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause actual results to be materially different from the
results expressed or implied by these statements. Readers of this
press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual
results to differ include, but are not limited to (i) the ability to
successfully manage and increase growth, significant current and
expected additional competition, and the need to continue to expand
product distribution and services offerings; (ii) the acceptance of
SumTotal's software suite and future product offerings, including, but
not limited to, the acceptance of those products of our partners, such
as Intrepid's Learning Business Process Outsourcing offering, which
incorporate SumTotal products and solutions; (iii) the ability to
incorporate SumTotal Enterprise Suite in Intrepid's Learning Business
Process Outsourcing offering; (iv) unknown errors or bugs in
SumTotal's software suite; (v) the inability to fix in a timely
fashion unanticipated bugs, errors or defects that materially impact
the functionality or usability of SumTotal's software; (vi) the
ability to successfully implement SumTotal Systems' solutions; (vii)
the ability to successfully address technological developments and
standards; and (viii) other events and other important factors
disclosed previously and from time to time in SumTotal Systems'
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
company's annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2007, its Form
S-3/As filed on September 28, 2006, and October 2, 2006, and its Form
8-Ks. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are
made as of the date of this release, and SumTotal does not assume any
obligation to update such statements to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date of this release.

CONTACT: SumTotal Systems
             Bill Perry, 614-975-7538
             bperry[at]sumtotalsystems.com
             or
             Intrepid Learning Solutions
             Heather Muir, 206-838-9363
             hmuir[at]intrepidls.com

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