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SumTotal Systems (Nasdaq:SUMTE), the largest provider of
learning and business performance technologies and services, along
with partner International Software Systems Inc. (ISSI), today
announced that it has been awarded two contracts by the US Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) to support its GoLearn program. Through
these two contracts, SumTotal will form the backbone of a
fully-configured solution that will enable government and Department
of Defense agencies to drive personnel readiness, increase operating
efficiencies, provide leadership, professional and career development
and more rapidly achieve organizational goals.
The OPM created GoLearn as part of its e-Training Initiative, one
of the e-government initiatives on the President's Management Agenda.
GoLearn focuses on unifying, simplifying and increasing access to high
quality e-learning products and services to help advance the
accomplishment of federal agency missions. The program offers federal
agency employees a wide range of online learning and career growth
opportunities, including academic, technical, executive and
organizational training.
The first GoLearn contract awarded to SumTotal and ISSI under
Specialized Technical Area 1, LMS/LCMS solutions, is for SumTotal's
Total LMS and Total LCMS. The second is for SumTotal's
TotalInformation, TotalCollaboration and TotalAccess modules under
Specialized Technical Area 3, Collaboration Tools & Human Capital
Performance Applications. SumTotal will team with ISSI, which has
extensive experience developing, customizing and configuring learning
management systems, to deliver the solutions and services.
"With today's constantly changing legislative and regulatory
environment and complex, global political and economic events, it is
more critical than ever for employees of government agencies and
military organizations to be able to respond quickly and competently
to these circumstances," said R. Andrew Eckert, SumTotal CEO. "Our
long track record of expertise in delivering successful, scalable
solutions that meet the specialized needs of this sector -- the
nation's largest workforce -- ideally positions SumTotal to support
the objectives of the GoLearn initiative. The new contracts will allow
us to continue expanding our marketshare in the government space and
to reach an even broader user base with our mission-critical products
and services."
SumTotal's military and local, state and federal government
customers span the globe. In the US, they include the US Air Force,
Army, Navy and Coast Guard, the City of Washington D.C., the State of
California, the EPA, USDA and DSHS. International customers include
the Royal Navy and Ministry of Defence (UK), Stato Maggiore della
Defesa (Italy), Japan Agriculture and the Canadian Air Transportation
Security Authority, among others.
"SumTotal Systems leads the industry with the best platform on the
market today. That leadership, coupled with our experience and
best-of-breed services and technologies, represented a winning
combination to OPM," said Bhaskar Ganti, president and CEO of ISSI.
"We look forward to partnering with SumTotal over the long-term to
provide the federal government with the most innovative and effective
learning, content and information management technologies and services
available."
About the SumTotal Enterprise Suite
Providing unparalleled breadth in application and depth in
functionality, the SumTotal Enterprise Suite is the industry's most
comprehensive, globally scalable learning and business performance
offering, and the only one to combine learning management, learning
content management, in-depth analytics and other mission-critical
applications on a single, integrated platform. The SumTotal Suite
promises more flexible, rapid, strategic delivery and management of
learning activities; unprecedented options for measuring learning
impact on organizational goals and objectives; and unique
interoperability and integration capabilities to dramatically reduce
the cost of ownership.
About GoLearn
OPM's e-Gov Program is dedicated to carrying out the mandate of
the President's Management Agenda, the e-Government Act of 2002, and
the Federal Enterprise Architecture. The mission of OPM's e-Gov
Program is to develop world-class secure, modern, cross-agency, human
resource solutions that transform the management of Federal human
capital. OPM has the vision for Federal agencies to use OPM E-Gov
human resource solutions to improve their ability to build successful,
high performance organizations. The e-Training Initiative of the
President's e-Gov program leverages the Internet, and the
accessibility it provides, to the greatest possible degree as
demonstrated by the Gov Online Learning Center (www.GoLearn.gov) that
was launched July 23, 2002. The Gov Online Learning Center, commonly
known as Go Learn, is a fully integrated learning center of excellence
with e-Training courseware and performance support tools.
About ISSI
ISSI is a software development and IT consulting company formed in
1995 as small business firm 8(a) certified by the Small Business
Association in the State of Maryland. ISSI is headquartered in
Greenbelt, MD, with offices in Sacramento, CA, and Hyderabad, India.
ISSI has a highly skilled and technologically competent workforce.
ISSI has successfully provided software development, project
management and systems design to many federal government contractors
and commercial firms. ISSI has received numerous awards and
recognition for services from its list of clients in both the U.S. and
Europe. For more information, visit www.issi-software.com.
About SumTotal Systems
SumTotal Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUMTE) is the largest provider of
learning and business performance technologies and services. Formed by
the merger of industry pioneers Docent and Click2learn, SumTotal
deploys mission-critical solutions that align learning with
organizational goals to generate significant bottom-line results. With
more than 12 million users in 37 countries, SumTotal has helped
accelerate performance and profit for more than 675 of the world's
best-known companies and government agencies, including the US Army,
Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard, Microsoft, United Airlines, the State
of California, DSHS, Vodafone, Aetna, Accenture, USDA, Cendant,
Harley-Davidson, Wyeth, Wachovia and D & B. Headquartered in Mountain
View, CA, SumTotal has offices throughout the US, as well as in
London, Paris, Heidelberg, Sydney, Tokyo and Hyderabad, India. For
more information on SumTotal's solutions and services, visit
www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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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
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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 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."