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Learning and Business Performance Leader to Offer Attendees of
Industry's Largest Event an In-Depth Look at Newly Launched
SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1 and ToolBook Service Pack 2
SumTotal Systems (Nasdaq:SUMTE), the largest provider of learning
and business performance technologies and services, today announced
highlights of its annual appearance at the ASTD International
Conference and Expo (ICE), the learning industry's largest event,
being held this year from June 6-8 at the Orange County Convention
Center in Orlando, Florida. SumTotal will host the show's opening
reception and will showcase newly launched versions of its
industry-leading products -- the SumTotal Enterprise Suite and
ToolBook.
On Sunday, June 5, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Convention Center,
SumTotal will officially kick off the expo as the exclusive sponsor of
the show's opening night reception, one of the conference's primary
networking events. During the remainder of the conference, SumTotal's
main focus will be on spotlighting the SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1,
the latest version of its flagship learning and business performance
platform, and ToolBook Service Pack 2, the newest evolution of the
award-winning simulation and content authoring solution, which will
launch in conjunction with the ASTD conference. SumTotal will
demonstrate both products at its booth (#2007) throughout the show.
SUMTOTAL ENTERPRISE SUITE 7.1
The hallmark of the SumTotal Enterprise Suite is its unmatched
flexibility and adaptability, enabling organizations to "mold" the
platform to the specific characteristics of their business models.
Since its introduction in December 2004, the SumTotal Enterprise Suite
7 has generated significant market response. To date, 33 new SumTotal
customers have purchased the platform, 18 existing customers are in
the process of upgrading from previous versions and more than 50
additional customers have expressed plans to upgrade to the SumTotal 7
platform in the coming months.
SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1 is the first update of the platform
and incorporates multiple new and enhanced functionalities, including
enhanced reporting management, new standards support for SCORM 2004,
broader offline access and expanded localization capabilities.
-- Enhanced Reporting Management -- The Report Manager available
out of the box with TotalLMS allows organizations to easily
and securely create a wide variety of reports from any LMS
data, effectively measuring the impact of learning activities
on a wide range of business objectives and facilitating
strategic decision-making. SumTotal 7.1 enhances this unique
capability, making it even easier for individual users to
design custom reports that fit their specific organizational
structures and processes without the need to call in IT
resources. With a simple drag-and-drop functionality, and more
than 50 filter options in each report, users can configure and
generate detailed reports in seconds, with no programming or
specialized knowledge required.
-- New Standards Support -- SCORM 2004 -- SumTotal 7.1 represents
a major milestone in SumTotal's initiative for SCORM 2004
compliance. SCORM 2004 is the latest version of the "Shareable
Content Object Reference Model," and SumTotal 7.1 now enables
organizations to deliver, track and report on SCORM 2004
learning content through TotalLMS.
-- Broader Offline Access -- SumTotal 7.1 fully leverages the
capabilities of the TotalAccess module, which enables offline
delivery, interaction and tracking of Web-based content.
Designed for organizations with dispersed employee
populations, traveling field personnel, or limited
connectivity, TotalAccess provides offline users with a
similar learning environment and experience to that of online
users, with learning progress, scores and certifications
automatically recorded and stored for later synchronization
with the LMS database when users reconnect to the network.
-- Expanded Localization With a Single Click -- Reflecting the
increasing globalization of learning initiatives across
extended enterprises, SumTotal 7.1 has added support for three
new languages -- Canadian French, traditional Chinese and
simplified Chinese -- with support for several additional
languages in development.
TOOLBOOK SERVICE PACK 2
Following beta testing by more than 500 SumTotal clients, ToolBook
Service Pack 2 will launch in conjunction with the ASTD conference.
ToolBook Service Pack 2 represents the most powerful version of the
simulation and authoring solution ever brought to market, delivering
an easier, more flexible user experience to learners and content
authors alike. Responding to customer demand and evolving industry
trends, SumTotal has added significant new features to the product,
including Java-free deployment, support for SCORM 2004 content and
expanded browser support, among others.
-- Java-Free Deployment -- With this release, users can launch
and interact with ToolBook's rich Web content without the need
for Java in their Web browsers. This decreases restrictions on
content, making it much easier to access and use by a broader
range of learners.
-- SCORM 2004 Support -- Mirroring the SCORM 2004 support in
SumTotal 7.1, ToolBook Service Pack 2 also adds support for
the standard, strengthening the integration of ToolBook
content with TotalLMS or other SCORM 2004-compliant learning
management systems. Ensuring the smooth deployment of learning
content through an organization's LMS, this reduces cycle time
for content authors and the total cost of learning initiatives
as a whole.
-- Expanded Browser Support -- Also providing increased
flexibility and options for the ToolBook user community,
ToolBook Service Pack 2 incorporates new support for browsers
Mozilla and Firefox in addition to its continued support for
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape. Now larger audiences
of users can run ToolBook content through a broader variety of
Web browsers without having to install new applications or
worry about incompatibility of the content with their systems.
"ASTD ICE always gives us the valuable opportunity for one-on-one
interaction with customers, partners and colleagues and for dynamic
discussions about how our products can evolve to address changing
business problems and market-driven issues for our clients," said R.
Andrew Eckert, SumTotal CEO. "We are especially glad to be showing
what I believe to be the most exciting and effective product offerings
we have ever delivered -- the result of months of innovative design
and development. We anticipate a very enthusiastic response to
SumTotal 7.1 and ToolBook Service Pack 2 and we look forward to
introducing them in greater detail to the visitors at our booth."
About ASTD
ASTD is a leading association of workplace learning and
performance professionals, forming a world-class community of
practice. ASTD's 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100
countries and thousands of organizations -- multinational
corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia,
consulting firms, and product and service suppliers.
About SumTotal Systems
SumTotal Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUMTE) is the largest provider of
learning and business performance technologies, processes and
services. Formed by the merger of industry pioneers Docent and
Click2learn, the company is uniquely focused on helping organizations
harness and manage mission-critical intellectual power to solve
real-world business problems and produce significant bottom-line
results. SumTotal has helped accelerate performance and profit for
more than 675 of the world's best-known companies and federal and
local government agencies, including Microsoft, United Airlines, US
Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard, Vodafone, Aetna, Accenture,
Cendant, Harley-Davidson, Wyeth, Wachovia and D & B. SumTotal Systems
is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices throughout the US,
as well as in London, Paris, Heidelberg, Sydney, Tokyo and Hyderabad,
India. For more information on SumTotal and its solutions 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) 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) 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 quarterly report filed on Form 10Q on November 15, 2004,
and its Form 8-Ks filed on February 2, March 8, 10 and 17, and April
6, 20 and 28, 2005. SumTotal Systems assumes no obligation to update
the information in this press release."