MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2005--SumTotal(TM)
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUMT), the largest provider of learning and
business performance technologies and services, announced that
Military Training Technology magazine and Kerrigan Media International
placed the software maker among its list of the Top 100 companies that
have made a significant contribution to the military training industry
this year.
Selection criteria for this year's list included customer
feedback, innovation and volume of military sales. Military Training
Technology magazine also awarded SumTotal a blue ribbon for
innovation. According to the magazine, "In 2005, SumTotal released
updates to both its award-winning products. In May, the SumTotal
Enterprise Suite 7.1 shipped, with enhanced standards support, offline
access, expanded localization and enriched embedded reporting
capabilities. In June, ToolBook 2004 Service Pack 2 shipped with
significant new capabilities, including Java-free deployment, support
for SCORM 2004 content, browser support for Firefox and Mozilla,
tighter integration with the SumTotal platform and enhanced online
tutorials."
"Our military clients, who include every branch of the U.S. Armed
Forces as well as the U.K. Ministry of Defence, see us and our
solution as key to helping them with operational and mission
readiness," said Jim Gill, SumTotal Systems' director of government
solutions. "We believe this is among the reasons SumTotal has earned a
place on this prestigious list."
The SumTotal Enterprise Suite combines the industry's leading
learning management system (LMS), learning content management system
(LCMS), virtual classroom service (VCS), dashboard measurement system
and performance management solution on a single, integrated platform.
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
Information in this press release contains forward-looking
statements. These statements represent SumTotal Systems' expectations
or beliefs concerning future events and include statements, among
others, regarding SumTotal Systems' new product, SumTotal Enterprise
Suite 7.1. 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) unknown errors
or bugs in SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1; (ii) the inability to fix in
a timely fashion unanticipated bugs, errors or defects that materially
impact the functionality or usability of SumTotal Enterprise Suite
7.1, or unanticipated problems in customer upgrades to SumTotal
Enterprise Suite 7.1 from prior SumTotal products (iii) unexpected
shipment problems or delays of SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1; (iv)
customers or partners delaying purchasing or upgrade decisions until
there is widespread market acceptance of SumTotal Enterprise Suite
7.1; (v) the acceptance of SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1 and future
product offerings; (vi) the ability to successfully implement SumTotal
Systems' solutions; (vii) the ability to successfully address
technological developments and standards; (viii) 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 (ix) 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 annual report for fiscal year 2004 on Form 10-K and its
quarterly reports for the first, second and third quarter of fiscal
year 2005 on Form 10-Q filed August 1, 2005, August 9, 2005, and
November 9, 2005, respectively.
CONTACT: SumTotal Systems, Inc.
Bill Perry, 614-975-7538
bperry[at]sumtotalsystems.com