MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25,
2006--SumTotal(R) Systems (Nasdaq: SUMT), the largest provider of
talent, learning and business performance solutions, has launched a
new version of its "ResultsonDemand(TM)" platform. The new
ResultsonDemand is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model that gives
customers access to a hosted version of the software maker's
award-winning talent management suite - SumTotal Enterprise 7.2. The
SumTotal 7.2 suite not only delivers learning over the Internet but
also analyzes employee performance and compensation.
"We believe the new ResultsonDemand gives employers of all sizes a
platform with flexible, usage-based pricing and some of the best
features in the market," said Jon Ciampi, vice president of marketing
for SumTotal. "ResultsonDemand also offers hassle-free upgrades,
support and maintenance."
According to Gartner, "companies can use SaaS as a transition path
to evaluate e-learning functionality as a service before implementing
it as a product." And, says Gartner, the "major advantage of SaaS in
(the) workplace ... is for applications supporting people's ability to
create and share knowledge."
"We see ResultsonDemand as an easy-to-install platform that will
appeal to any customers -- with limited budgets and IT resources - who
are running a Pathlore or DKSystems platform," said Ciampi. "But
ResultsonDemand is also a product that large corporations can use for
a single department, office or manufacturing plant."
For customers purchasing ResultsonDemand, SumTotal will manage the
maintenance, daily technical operation and support for the software.
With the new ResultsonDemand, customers will have, among other
things, their own branded interface, management of online and
classroom learning, detailed training records and the ability to track
training content.
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, Frankfurt, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo,
Hong Kong and Hyderabad, India. For more information about SumTotal's
products and services, visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
Safe Harbor / Forward-Looking Statements
Information in 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) unknown errors
or bugs in ResultsonDemand and SumTotal 7.2; (ii) the inability to fix
in a timely fashion unanticipated bugs, errors or defects that
materially impact the functionality or usability of ResultsonDemand
and SumTotal 7.2; (iii) the acceptance of ResultsonDemand, SumTotal
7.2 and future product offerings; (iv) the ability to successfully
implement ResultsonDemand, SumTotal 7.2 and hassle-free upgrades,
support and maintenance for both; (v) the ability to successfully
address technological developments and standards and changing client
needs; (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 annual report for fiscal year 2005 on Form
10-K filed March 28, 2006, the quarterly report for the quarter ended
June 30, 2006, on Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2006, and Form 8-Ks. The
forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of
September 25, 2006, 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