"We believe our ability to make 17 million users around the globe
successful with their strategic, enterprise learning initiatives is
among the reasons Gartner positioned us in the leader quadrant," said
Kevin Oakes, president of SumTotal. "We are increasingly finding that
our customers are using our platform for mission-critical functions,
and are relying on us in order to be more competitive and
operationally efficient in their marketplace. SumTotal's ability to
scale on the largest, enterprise-levels and provide a global presence
to our customers is what we feel really sets us apart in our
industry."
Gartner's Magic Quadrant positions vendors between vertical and
horizontal axes with the horizontal axis representing completeness of
vision and the vertical axis indicating ability to execute. To be a
leader, vendors must have a clearly defined vision and strategic plan
that allows them to anticipate, direct and initiate market trends.
Ability to execute measures how well a vendor sells and supports its
LMS product and services on a global scale. According to Gartner,
vendors in the Leaders quadrant have the highest combined measures of
ability to execute and completeness of vision.
(1) 2005 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Learning Management Systems,
by W. Arevolo and J. Lundy, October 2005.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is
reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It
depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against
criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not
endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant,
and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors
placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended
solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to
action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with
respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose.
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, D&B, 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 in Hong Kong,
Hyderabad, India, London, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, and the United States.
For more information about SumTotal's products and services, visit
www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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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,
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results to differ include, but are not limited to (i) unknown errors
or bugs in SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1; (ii) inability to fix in a
timely fashion unanticipated bugs, errors or defects that material
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) 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 report for the first and second quarter of fiscal year 2005
on Form 10-Q filed August 1, 2005 and August 9, 2005, respectively.
CONTACT: SumTotal Systems
Bill Perry, 614-975-7538
bperry[at]sumtotalsystems.com