MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29,
2005--SumTotal(TM) Systems (NASDAQ:SUMT), the largest provider of
learning and business performance technologies and services, and
CollabWorx, a developer of cutting-edge collaboration solutions,
announced a strategic partnership for delivering secure,
mission-critical learning and development programs to U.S. Department
of Defense (DoD) personnel.
The integrated SumTotal and CollabWorx platform links SumTotal's
Enterprise Suite 7.1 for delivering and analyzing learning via the
Internet with CollabWorx's Secure Real-Time Collaboration (SRTC) suite
3.0, which includes enterprise-class audio and video conferencing, a
"presence engine," chat, instant messaging and document-sharing tools.
The combined offering will help not only SumTotal's U.S. military
customers -- which include the Defense Ammunition Center, Defense
Acquisition University, North American Aerospace Defense Command
(NORAD) and United States Northern Command -- but also pique the
interest of prospective buyers who heretofore have not found a
platform for learning management with a military-grade, real-time
collaboration component.
"This partnership marks an important relationship for servicing
DoD clients, and creates a relationship that will improve learning and
collaboration in secure enterprise environments," said Peter
McStravick, Learning Services program analyst for IDC, a leading
provider of global IT research and advice. "It's certainly the
benchmark by which other vendors who work within sensitive
environments should measure themselves."
According to CollabWorx, on August 1, 2005, the U.S. Army Network
Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) issued a certificate of
"networthiness" for the CollabWorx SRTC suite 3.0. Also on that date,
NETCOM and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) gave
CollabWorx "full authority to operate" (ATO) on the TRADOC network.
With anything less than full ATO, a vendor can run on the TRADOC
network for no more than 12 months.
Army personnel can tap the CollabWorx solution via the Internet to
contact anyone within the Army Training Support Center's reach. And
they can do this with the assurance that all associated security meets
NETCOM's rigid testing.
"We can now offer government customers, especially military
schools, our suite and a web services capability to integrate with an
online, secure collaboration tool that reaches deployed personnel and
taps key lessons learned," said Jim Gill, SumTotal Systems' director
of government solutions. "We believe this will shorten the time span
between capturing lessons learned and developing doctrine and
curricula. We feel this capability is critical to preparing our
government customers for current and future operational success."
The SumTotal Enterprise Suite combines the industry's leading
learning management system (LMS), learning content management system
(LCMS), virtual classroom service (VCS) and a unique dashboard
measurement system on a single, integrated platform.
"We see SumTotal as the preferred learning platform among U.S.
Army schools. And, to serve our military customers, we always look to
align ourselves with the leading providers of software to not only the
Army but also the DoD," said Bart Winnowicz, vice president of
business development for CollabWorx, Inc. "We believe our partnership
with SumTotal offers DoD a team that has the premier certification for
collaboration technologies as well as a learning management platform
in use by every branch of the U.S. military."
DoD customers attending the Interservice/Industry Training,
Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC) from Nov. 28 - Dec. 1,
2005, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., can
learn more about the CollabWorx-SumTotal partnership by visiting booth
#1022.
About CollabWorx, Inc.
Founded in 2000, CollabWorx is a developer of cutting-edge
enterprise-class real-time collaboration solutions. With HQ in
Syracuse, N.Y., it sells licenses and professional services under GSA
Schedule Contract GS-35F-0743R. Its products are available as hosted
services, subscriptions, or perpetual licenses. They are also licensed
to OEMs and ASPs, where they either embed into their applications or
are provided as a standalone application. CollabWorx provides
licenses, reseller agreements, consulting services, and software
integration services to independent software vendors, ASPs, and system
integrators. The Company's customers include Computer Associates,
Sprint, SAIC, CSC, GIST, H-P, C2TI, Raytheon, Progressive Expert
Consulting and Metronet, as well as end-users such as NASA, U.S. Army
and universities.
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, Heidelberg,
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