MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2006--SumTotal(R)
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUMT), the largest provider of talent, learning
and business performance technologies and services, and Adobe Systems
Incorporated have integrated Adobe's Macromedia(R) Breeze(R) Meeting
software with SumTotal's Enterprise Suite. Adobe also signed an
agreement with SumTotal to make the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm
an official reseller of Breeze, a collaborative web communication
system.
With Breeze, employees can deliver multimedia content via virtual
classrooms, training courses and online presentations. Companies can
deploy Breeze using the ubiquitous Macromedia Flash(R) Player, which
is already installed on more than 98 percent of browsers worldwide.
Because users do not have to download software to launch Breeze, they
can engage instantly with rich multimedia content. The SumTotal
Enterprise Suite -- an award-winning software platform -- is a fulcrum
for launching and managing online learning that aligns employees'
goals with an employer's business aims. Together, the solutions should
give employers large and small a hub for enabling online learning as
well as capturing mission-critical knowledge.
"Adobe(R) Acrobat(R), Flash, Dreamweaver(R) and Captivate(TM) are
integral to the work our global network of clients does each day,"
said Jon Ciampi, vice president of marketing for SumTotal. "With the
addition of Breeze Meeting to our software suite, we can offer our
clients unrivaled support for rich media through virtual classrooms
and on-demand presentations."
SumTotal's suite is among a select few learning management
platforms that can simultaneously manage virtual classroom sessions
from different vendors; this gives SumTotal's clients even greater
choice, flexibility and freedom in picking a solution for online
collaboration.
"The combination of SumTotal's industry-leading technology and
Adobe Macromedia Breeze Meeting will give our customers a powerful new
option for end-to-end learning solutions," said Kevin M. Lynch, vice
president of product marketing, Knowledge Worker Business Unit, Adobe.
"Our partnership with SumTotal will give learning and development
professionals a single, integrated learning-management and virtual
classroom solution that is comprehensive and easy to use, at a low
cost of ownership."
About SumTotal Systems, Inc.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUMT) is the largest provider of
learning and business performance technologies and services. SumTotal
deploys mission-critical solutions that align learning with
organizational and business goals to generate significant bottom-line
results. With more than 17 million users worldwide, SumTotal has
helped accelerate performance and profits for more than 1,500 of the
world's best-known companies and government agencies including
Accenture, Aetna, Cendant, DaimlerChrysler, Delta Air Lines,
Harley-Davidson, Microsoft, Novartis, PNC Bank, U.S. Army, U.S. Air
Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Bancorp, United Airlines,
Vodafone, Wachovia and Wyeth. SumTotal has offices throughout the
United States, in London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong
and Hyderabad, India. For more information about SumTotal's products
and services, visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
Safe Harbor Statement/Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These
statements represent SumTotal Systems' expectations or beliefs
concerning future 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
integrate Breeze into the SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.2; (ii) unknown
errors or bugs in SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.2; (iii) the inability
to fix in a timely fashion unanticipated bugs, errors or defects that
materially impact the functionality or usability of SumTotal
Enterprise Suite 7.2; (iv) the acceptance of SumTotal Enterprise Suite
7.2 and future product offerings; (v) the ability to successfully
address technological developments and standards; (vi) the ability to
successfully manage growth, significant current and expected
additional competition, and the need to continue to expand product
distribution and services offerings; and (vii) 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 quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on August
8, 2006, and its Form 8-Ks. SumTotal Systems assumes no obligation to
update the information in this press release.
CONTACT: SumTotal Systems, Inc., Mountain View
Bill Perry, 614-975-7538
bperry[at]sumtotalsystems.com