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SumTotal Systems Learning Management Platform Helps Citrix Systems Engage Workforce

^{Published on 2008-12-16 08:16:21 - Market Wire}
 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced that [ Citrix Systems ] relies on SumTotal's market-leading learning management platform, TotalLMS^TM, to more effectively share information across the organization, increase employee productivity, and ultimately derive the most value from its talent base. Citrix will also be featured in an upcoming [ webinar ] addressing how to enhance learning management systems with social networking.

The global leader in application delivery infrastructure chose SumTotal [ TotalLMS ] for its proven ability to scale for global organizations, language support, easy to navigate UI and administration, and support. "Today's employees respond to new types of learning, and companies need to modify how they reach out to them. Citrix is attacking the problem from a different direction by leveraging SumTotal Learning Management, Web 2.0 and social networking environments to not only meet our learning needs, but to make our ‘MyLearning' learning management portal a destination for employee information and fun," said Rich Berger, Director Citrix HRIS. "An example of how we're doing it is our ‘Lighter Side of Learning' section which both educates and entertains our employees."

SumTotal TotalLMS combines comprehensive, best-of-breed functionality with simple configuration to help organizations easily administer a variety of learning activities for both internal and external audiences. Organizations who implement TotalLMS benefit from increased productivity, improved compliance and audit readiness, stronger customer and partner relationships and a more engaged workforce.

"Citrix has moved ahead of the field in terms of learning and will surely reap the benefits of a productive workforce aligned with the organization's business goals," said Jon Ciampi, Vice President of Product Management at SumTotal Systems. "By incorporating new technologies, they are able to grab and keep the attention of their employees. Going forward, you'll see more companies adding these methods to communicate and educate both their internal and external audiences."

The Citrix team will discuss how they are leveraging SumTotal Learning Management, Web 2.0 and social networking environments in a webinar, "How Citrix Optimizes the Power of Learning Management with Social Networking," December 17 at 1 pm ET. To register for the webinar, please visit: [ http://tinyurl.com/6565fa ].

About SumTotal Systems, Inc.

SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT) is the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions. SumTotal deploys mission-critical solutions designed to drive learning, align goals, develop skills, assess performance, plan for succession and set compensation. SumTotal's solutions aim to accelerate performance and profits for more than 1,500 companies and governments of all sizes, including six of the world's 10 biggest pharmaceutical makers, six of the 10 largest automotive companies in the world, four of the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, three of the world's top five airlines, five of the six largest U.S. commercial banks and two of the world's top five specialty retailers. Mountain View, Calif.-based SumTotal has offices across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. For more information about SumTotal's products and services, visit [ www.sumtotalsystems.com ].

SumTotal, the SumTotal logo and TotalLMSare registered trademarks or trademarks of SumTotal Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

Information in this press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the anticipated benefits and performance of SumTotal's products and solutions, such as TotalLMS. These statements represent SumTotal Systems' expectations or beliefs concerning future performance and 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 SumTotal's software products and solutions, including TotalLMS; (ii) the acceptance of SumTotal's software suite and future product offerings; (iii) the ability to successfully manage and increase growth, both within and outside of the United States, significant current and expected additional competition, and the need to continue to expand product distribution and services offerings; (iv) the actual demand and growth of the market for performance management products and services; (v) the inability to fix in a timely fashion unanticipated bugs, errors or defects that materially impact the functionality or usability of SumTotal's software and products; (vi) the ability to successfully implement SumTotal's solutions in the future; (vii) the ability to successfully address technological developments and standards; (viii) worsening of the general economic climate or reduced confidence in the economy and SumTotal's inability to timely respond to such changes and (ix) other events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in SumTotal's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including SumTotal's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, and its Form 8-Ks. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as the date of this release, and SumTotal does not assume any obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release.