SumTotal Releases Healthcare Solution Set for Talent Development Suite

SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today released the SumTotal Healthcare Solution Set that leverages the power of SumTotal’s Talent Development Suite, data and software through a partnership with Integrated HR Solutions (IHRS). The Healthcare Solution Set integrates a best-in-class set of healthcare jobs and competencies into the SumTotal Talent Development Suite. The SumTotal Healthcare Solution Set allows healthcare providers to easily provide targeted learning and development to overcome competency gaps, perform regular employee assessments, manage goals, meet audit standards of The Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies, manage compensation, and better track and manage continuing education credits required for regular license renewal.

“In a time the healthcare industry is faced with a shortage of qualified clinical staff, economic strain and increased regulation, these organizations need a solution to save time, develop talent and ultimately increase safety, quality of care, and overall satisfaction of patients,” said Ray Pitts, Vice President of Professional Services at SumTotal. “SumTotal worked in conjunction with its healthcare customers, including the three top-rated hospitals in the nation, to create the Solution Set for Healthcare by optimizing our integrated Talent Development Suite for this industry.”

By integrating healthcare job competencies from IHRS and automating the performance review process, the SumTotal Talent Development Suite gives healthcare organizations the tools and processes needed to comply with industry audits while saving time for valuable employees. Unlike tools that simply automate performance appraisals, SumTotal’s integrated Talent Development Suite provides actionable recommendations to cultivate internal talent, improve quality of care and ultimately achieve higher industry ratings. Additional benefits to healthcare organizations include:

• Compliance – Better manage and meet audits by the Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies
• Efficiency – Automated and intuitive workflows reduce the amount of time needed to complete competency assessments and regular performance reviews of clinical staff
• Bridge training gap – SumTotal’s learning system provides targeted recommendations to achieve next level of proficiency
• Manage continuing education credits – Easily create, assign, track and manage across multiple business units and multiple States for needed licensure. Credit certificates are printable and include all credentials and license numbers
• Goals management – Measure and compensate hospital managers based on quality, safety, patient satisfaction, efficiency and financial performance goals
• Succession planning – Retain and develop top talent in a competitive environment
• Compensation planning- leverage performance assessments and performance against goals to manage yearly compensation

“Healthcare providers have some of the most difficult and complex management and development challenges of any industry,” said Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, a leading industry research firm. “Today one of the best ways to increase the efficiency and quality of care is to rely on integrated talent management solutions which improve alignment, reduce operational costs, and help more rapidly develop people to meet changing healthcare needs.”

To learn more about SumTotal Systems’ talent development offerings for healthcare organizations, please visit: http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/

About SumTotal Systems, Inc.

SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT) is the market leader and 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.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Information in this press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the scope and anticipated benefits of SumTotal’s partnership with IHRS and statements about the anticipated benefits and performance of SumTotal’s solutions and integration with IHRS’ solutions. These statements represent SumTotal’s 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; (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, 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.

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