Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Mon, December 22, 2008 SumTotal Systems Selected by Poudre Valley Health System to Develop Employees and Educate the Community
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced that Poudre Valley Health System has selected SumTotal Systems TotalLMSTM solution to address the needs of its employees and the communities it services.
Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, Poudre Valley Health System provides a regional network of health care services for the people of northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. With two hospitals, Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins and Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, plus a network of clinics and care facilities, its mission is to provide quality, innovative, and comprehensive world class health care that exceeds expectations. Poudre Valley Health System is a 2008 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.
"The SumTotal solution will allow us to better manage our internal talent by giving us the tools to focus strategically on attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining employees," said Lupe Aragon, Interim Director for Organizational Development for Poudre Valley Health Systems. "TotalLMS will enable us to track and develop our staff's individual talents and to easily access the information."
Poudre Valley Health System will also use TotalLMS to educate the broader community. With this cost-effective platform, the health system will be able to provide individualized information to members of the community based on their interests.
"TotalLMS will provide Poudre Valley with an easy solution to a difficult challenge – effectively managing information," said Jon Ciampi, Vice President of Product Management at SumTotal Systems. "Our solution will put information at the users' fingertips. Whether employee- or community-specific, the Poudre Valley Health System will be able to better serve the needs of everyone involved."
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 TotalLMS are 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.
