February 11, 2012
Market Leader in Strategic Human Capital Management Positioned For Accelerated Growth in 2012 with Global Expansion and New Innovations
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 15 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today reported exceptional 2011 results with 90 percent overall booking growth and significant customer momentum across its global operations. SumTotal consistently accomplished positive expansion in bookings and new customer acquisition, and attributes this success to solid customer loyalty, operational efficiencies, and continued product advancement.
The company achieved 110 percent booking growth in the second half of 2011, compared to same period the previous year, with 207 percent overall SaaS booking growth for the year as more customers joined SumTotal’s Cloud offering. Recurring revenues were up 103 percent in the second half of 2011, and EBITDA grew 171 percent compared to previous year, representing 21 percent above plan. SumTotal has continued to develop a strong track record of operational excellence that has contributed to the company’s impressive growth and profitability.
Numerous new global customers joined SumTotal’s fast-growing customer base including Gerber Life, Physicians Mutual, Young & Rubicam, Highmark, MD Physician Services, and Konica Minolta Business Technologies. In addition, SumTotal continued to innovate with numerous advancements for its flagship products and launched new capabilities in Mobile, Social Learning, Workforce Analytics, and end-to-end Talent Management.
- Mobile: The fully rich media capable Mobile solution provides downloadable content for untethered support, as well as advanced tracking and reporting, and support for all mainstream devices and operating systems.
- Social Learning: Improves knowledge retention across workforces by fostering regular informal learning between peers and experts, both within the organization and in its extended enterprise.
- Workforce Analytics: Provides a single, complete data model spanning talent and learning management data, with hundreds of interlinked business objects and rationalized data and security across all processes for closed loop actionable intelligence.
- End-to-end Talent Management: With a seamless user experience and integrated workflows across learning and talent functions, as well as single-point administration, organizations can manage more efficient and continuous end-to-end business processes.
In 2011, SumTotal also successfully acquired three companies to integrate and bring to market its Strategic Human Capital Management solution, representing the most complete best-in-class offering available. Acquired companies included: GeoLearning, a leader in cloud learning management software for small and medium businesses, government, and extended enterprise market segments, CyberShift, a leader in strategic workforce management and expense management software, and Accero, experts in payroll and benefits software.
Highly focused on customer care and new methodologies for driving customer achievement, the company also hired, trained and deployed an additional 275 new employees across its global operations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, 70 percent of which are exclusively customer facing positions.
Additional achievements in 2011 included:
- SumTotal customers Cabela’s, Orbitz Worldwide, Springs Window Fashions, and the State of Florida, were recognized as “Performance and Learning Leaders” in the Learning! 100
- SumTotal was rated “Hot Vendor” for Total Compensation Management according To Ventana Research
- SumTotal was named on KMWorld’s 2011 “100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management”
- SumTotal expanded regional presence with leadership assignments in Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- SumTotal was recognized as a “Leader” in Talent Management by independent research firm
- SumTotal was recognized as a 2011 “Top Learning Portal Company” by Training Industry Magazine
- Customers voted SumTotal “Best in Talent Management” in Elearning! 2011 Awards
- SumTotal was honored with “Business of the Year Award” in Gainesville Florida
“We are extremely proud and pleased with our exceptional year of growth and customer achievement,” said SumTotal’s CEO John Borgerding. “Our customer focus is directly represented in our high renewal rate and unwavering customer loyalty. We remain committed to our customer’s achievement and will continue to innovate in the marketplace and provide the industry’s most complete and flexible HCM solutions.”
For more information about SumTotal, visit the company’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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January 11, 2012
SumTotal Systems to Provide Flexible, Streamlined Solution for Learning and Development in a Complex, Highly-Regulated Field
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 15 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that MD Physician Services has selected SumTotal to help drive company strategy and strengthen its overall ability to serve physicians across Canada. By leveraging SumTotal’s software platform, MD Physician Services now has the ability to streamline processes associated with learning and development (L&D), increase L&D participation and vastly improve the accuracy of metrics and reporting – all which are critical to the success of the organization.
“We selected the SumTotal Systems because they provide the best platform to handle our complex certification and licensing tracking requirements – straight out of the box,” said Daniel Labonte, VP Strategic Initiatives for MD Physician Services. “We were also impressed by the flexibility and usability of the interface.”
MD Physician Services provides a variety of learning opportunities to employees, including courses for certification and licensing, which had previously been managed with varying processes.
According to Kevin Judge, Learning & Development Leader, before they selected SumTotal’s learning management solution, the administration of training differed depending on who was managing each particular training event or program. “Registrations were managed by email and calendar invites,” he said. This method meant that each event yielded an inordinate amount of email traffic and little consistency. “It became an unwieldy and impractical process,” he added.
In addition, attendance and completions – with the exception of regulatory training – were either tracked in spreadsheets or not formally tracked at all. “This made accurate reporting nearly impossible,” Judge said.
With the implementation of SumTotal’s learning solution, MD Physician Services now has the ability to streamline the administration of organizational learning, increase the visibility and availability of learning opportunities, and significantly enhance tracking and reporting. Judge added, “We believe the SumTotal solution will be a real game changer by helping us to better serve our internal customers, and is a real win for us all.”
“Our customers are on the forefront in how they are better managing their business and delivering results with our strategic HCM solutions,” said Nadeem Syed, Chief Operating Officer at SumTotal Systems. “We are committed to our customers and their success, and continue to innovate, not only the latest strategic HCM technologies, but also the service and support methodologies with proven practices that ensure our customers achieve their business objectives and desired business outcomes.”
For more information about SumTotal, visit the company’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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December 14, 2011
SumTotal Systems to Deliver Integrated Talent Management and Learning Platform to Help Highmark Transform Performance Culture
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that Highmark Inc., an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, has selected SumTotal to help it achieve an enterprise strategic priority to strengthen the organization. With the implementation of SumTotal’s integrated talent management and learning solution, Highmark will be more effective in managing the performance, development and retention of talent in order to sustain exceptional performance within the company.
Highmark provides health care benefits serving 4.8 million members, and is one of the largest Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in the nation. For more than 70 years, and now 19,500 employees, Highmark’s commitment to the community has consistently been among the company’s highest priorities as it strives to positively impact the communities where they do business.
“We are in the middle of a journey to transform our performance culture, and the ability to monitor and measure the entirety of our pay-for-performance process in one platform is critical,” said John Brothers, Director of Talent Management at Highmark. “We need the ability to automate and standardize performance management, and ensure our total rewards and compensation decisions are tied to performance. As well, the integration between performance, succession and learning will allow us to more purposefully manage our talent through the changes our company and industry are experiencing.”
As more and more organizations, across all industries, search for a competitive edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace and tight economy, strategic human capital management is making its place in the arsenal of tools employed by forward-thinking organizations that are planning not only for today’s success, but for continued growth and advancement down the road.
“SumTotal provides organizations like Highmark with an unparalleled solution for streamlining and integrating the functions and processes of strategic human capital management,” said Nadeem Sayed, Chief Operating Officer at SumTotal Systems. “When organizations choose our strategic HCM solution, they gain a visibility over their organization that allows them to make smarter business decision and excel in the marketplace.”
For more information about SumTotal, visit the company’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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December 3, 2011
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, recently announced the appointment of David Osborne to Senior Vice President of Professional Services at SumTotal, overseeing worldwide services of all strategic Human Capital Management solutions for customers.
“SumTotal is on the cutting edge, not only in advanced end-to-end HCM technology, but also in how it services and supports its customers,” Osborne said. “It’s exciting to have a role at a leading organization that truly recognizes the value and importance of genuine customer satisfaction. I’m looking forward to the opportunities ahead as SumTotal continues to innovative and advance the overall customer experience in strategic HCM solutions.”
Osborne brings over 17 years of professional services experience, including managing large worldwide workforces, profit & loss management, account management, and global operations. He joins SumTotal from Lawson Software, where he served in senior global management roles and was responsible for running delivery operations for Lawson’s Enterprise Resource Planning and Human Capital Management products and Application Managed Services (AMS).
“David joins the SumTotal team at a critical juncture in our growth, as we further advance our customer experience and deliver even greater value for our global customers,” said CEO John Borgerding. “We’re thrilled to have David at the helm of Professional Services and helping to ensure our customers know that with SumTotal they’re not just getting a software solution – they’re getting a partner in strategic HCM.”
For more information about SumTotal, visit the company’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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July 7, 2011
Company Advances Leader Position in Strategic Human Capital Management and Raises the Standard for Complete Talent Management
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced the acquisitions of CyberShift, a leader in strategic workforce management and expense software, and Accero, experts in payroll and benefits software. These acquisitions advance and accelerate SumTotal’s vision and expand Talent Management to link mission critical processes across the broader strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) market. With over 3,400 global customers and 43 Million users, SumTotal represents the most complete strategic HCM solution delivering greater value to customers with cross-functional best-in-class capabilities.
Increasing labor costs have put additional pressures on organizations, driving the need for improved, global visibility of how organizations manage their workforce to reduce operational costs. The workforce is typically the largest expense to an organization (40-70 percent of costs), and how employees are acquired, on-boarded, trained, deployed, assessed, and rewarded directly impacts an organization’s ability to achieve its business goals and maximize profits. At the same time, the shift from simply managing transactional HR functions to enabling integrated HR processes is compelling organizations to simplify and improve their technology deployments to contain costs and eliminate silos of fragmented information. Significant cost reductions are achieved not only through the automation and optimization of related workforce processes, but also with the integration of functions to a single HR solution that leverages the latest cloud-based technologies.
“SumTotal has proven its ability to rapidly integrate multiple acquisitions in a short period of time while delivering real value to customers,” said Josh Bersin, president and chief executive officer, Bersin & Associates. “The acquisition of CyberShift and Accero gives the company a total end-to-end set of solutions for all elements of strategic human capital management.”
CyberShift, an industry leader in strategic workforce management and expense management software, offers innovative visualization and mobile solutions for time and attendance, advanced scheduling, absence management, and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and leave management. CyberShift is the only enterprise solution vendor in Workforce Management with a true Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering. Accero has a long demonstrated history providing payroll and benefits software with advanced workforce intelligence capabilities for mid-size and large enterprises internationally, and specializes in complex corporate environments.
Collectively, these acquisitions add an additional 1,000 new customers with millions of global users making SumTotal one of the largest Talent Management providers in the industry and one of the most complete strategic HCM providers. With customers such as Dell, Google, Sony Electronics, AstraZeneca, HBO, Tommy Bahama, Aer Lingus, US Airways, British Airways, and Rolls-Royce, SumTotal maintains a market leader position with global presence in every market segment and deployed in over 160 countries. Customers gain the value of the most complete solution available, a larger customer community to share best practices, increased vertical domain expertise, and best-in-class functional capabilities. In addition, SumTotal will continue to support and innovate all product lines and ensure existing customer investments remain secure. This proven customer-centric model galvanizes SumTotal’s commitment to customers as the company rapidly integrates and advances its best-in-class capabilities.
SumTotal now offers customers the most complete HR solution that manages strategic HCM functions including Talent Acquisition (acquire to onboard), Talent Management (perform to reward), Talent Development (assess to develop), and Workforce Management (schedule to pay), including integrated core system of record. Customers achieve the benefit of a single comprehensive solution that addresses strategic HCM processes, at a lower total cost of ownership and with best-in-class capabilities and a superior user experience.
“Customers are requiring more end-to-end solutions for enabling strategic, high-value HCM processes across their entire organization, while having ‘one-hand-to-shake’ with their delivery partner,” said John Borgerding, CEO of SumTotal Systems. “We have raised the bar for how organizations manage their workforce by providing complete visibility and strategic planning in a single solution that enables better decision making. Traditional vendors only touch the surface and focus on process automation or record keeping, and point solutions only address process silos and don’t scale to all organizational models. SumTotal is the only vendor that can provide this new level of breadth and depth for customers.”
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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June 14, 2011
Microsoft, Dell, Wells Fargo, Time Warner Cable, Orbitz and Others to Present on Latest Trends in Learning and Talent Management
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete learning and talent management solutions, today announced open registration for TotalConnection 2011, SumTotal’s annual global customer conference to be held at the Orlando World Center Marriot Resort in Orlando, FL USA, Oct. 17-20. Participants in the global event represent a “who’s who” in the industry including presentations from Microsoft, Dell, Wells Fargo, Time Warner Cable, Orbitz and many others.
This year’s TotalConnection conference is the largest and most exciting in the company’s history, featuring hundreds of customers from every corner of the world sharing best practices and emerging trends, exploring the latest HR technology innovations, and networking with industry visionaries including fellow SumTotal customers, solution partners, product experts, and senior executives from around the globe.
“Our customers represent an elite group of visionaries that are implementing our technology solutions to drive growth and productivity at their organizations,” said John Borgerding, SumTotal CEO. “With thousands of customers and over 40 Million global users, SumTotal is leading the industry with complete, end-to-end human capital management software that manages the entire employee lifecycle. At this year’s conference, we will also be announcing some exciting news and the latest and most advanced HR solution available in the market.”
The conference will feature keynote presentations from SumTotal executives about the enormous momentum the company is experiencing, as well as keynote presentations from industry luminaries, experts, and featured customers. Multiple concurrent tracks will cover the full spectrum of HR and business best practices, and additional product specific tracks provide comprehensive reviews of the latest product advancements. Pre and post event workshops feature a variety of in-depth strategic and tactical topics featuring hands-on collaborative sessions, some with SPHR credits.
Registration is now open for SumTotal customers only. The deadline for discounted early-bird registration is July 15, 2011. Special discounts are also available from American Airlines and the Orlando World Center Marriot Resort. For more information, visit the TotalConnection 2011 website at http://www.totalconnection2011.com/.
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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February 16, 2011
Latest In-Depth Research Ranks SumTotal as Top Ranked Hot Vendor in Product Capability and Customer Assurance Categories
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete talent management solutions, today announced that the Ventana Research 2011 Value Index for Total Compensation Management identifies SumTotal as the top ranked supplier of total compensation management solutions providing the maximum overall value to the marketplace. Based on the weighted factoring of five product and two customer assurance categories, SumTotal was rated with the highest compliance and designated a “Hot Vendor” for compensation management software.
The Ventana Research 2011 Value Index for Total Compensation Management is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research, the premier benchmark research and advisory services firm. Built on a foundation of 10 years of business and technology research, this unbiased, fact-based index is the first such industry undertaking to assess the value of software designed specifically for enabling total compensation management.
According to Ventana Research, “In the 2011 Value Index for Total Compensation Management, the company delivering the highest value on an overall weighted-evaluation basis is SumTotal Systems, which earned the Hot Vendor rating.”
“The lack of vendor and product reviews offered in the market by IT analysts has misled the business and IT buyers on the importance of this category,” said Mark Smith, CEO & EVP Research, Ventana Research. “Ventana Research believes that an investment in total compensation management software, wisely done, is a strategic step toward improving workforce performance, and our benchmark research confirms this evaluation. SumTotal’s rating as overall ‘Hot Vendor’ places them as a key solution provider that organizations should evaluate for compensation processes.”
“Reducing the complexity of global compensation management should be the number one priority for all organizations,” said Nadeem Syed, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Management & Engineering at SumTotal. “Costs savings can be realized across the entire value chain, from plan definition, to decision support, integration, localization, and approvals. By focusing on a handful of key best practices, HR organizations better position themselves to optimize planning, modeling, budgeting, analysis, and execution of their enterprise-wide compensation plans.”
SumTotal’s compensation solution is comprised of two key elements to support the needs of complex global organizations: Compensation Planning and Incentive Compensation.
SumTotal Compensation automates and manages the planning, modeling, budgeting, analysis, and execution of enterprise- wide compensation plans. This solution enables organizations to develop and apply consistent compensation plans to all employees.
SumTotal Incentive Compensation motivates employees and manages financial rewards within an organization. This solution streamlines incentive policy administration and provides long-term planning for both market- and performance-based plans, as well as variable pay flexibility for individuals, teams, sales, or executives.
“We are extremely pleased to be again recognized for our advanced technology and capabilities in this area,” said John Borgerding, CEO of SumTotal Systems. “Ventana Research is leading the industry with comprehensive analysis in this critical market segment and has a clear perspective of what it takes for customers to succeed. This recognition is further testament to our momentum not only in compensation management, but also in the complete talent management software marketplace.”
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com. The executive summary of Ventana Research’s Value Index Research is available at: http://www.ventanaresearch.com/tcmvalueindex
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
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January 17, 2011
Customer Centric Advancements Delivers New Level of Reporting Capabilities for Improved Visibility into Workforce Effectiveness
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete talent management solutions, today announced the latest enhancements to its Talent Management platform. Innovative product advancements to the software system enable organizations of all sizes to more easily develop, deliver and track key talent management initiatives around learning, performance, compensation, succession, and recruiting. SumTotal’s commitment to customers is enabling deeper visibility into workforce information that improves decision making, reduces administration costs, and helps drive business performance.
With the latest enhancements to its Talent Management platform, SumTotal is focused on helping customers gain greater value from their HR technology investments and advancing how organizations better manage their workforce. By offering an integrated and automated approach to managing today’s talent management challenges, SumTotal is providing leaders across the globe with the information necessary to make more strategic workforce decisions. Selected new features include:
- Enhanced Administrative Capabilities – Including numerous advancements that enable organizations to institute comprehensive learning standards enterprise-wide while minimizing the efforts to manage a globally distributed learning operation.
- Performance Management Advancements – Extended career profile and goal management enhancements, empowers individuals to manage their career growth intuitively and effectively.
- Reporting Advancements – This latest release provides additional new value-add reports and options to provide a new level of visibility into workforce effectiveness. SumTotal continues to push the envelope in providing customers enterprise-class reporting capabilities that scale to support the largest global enterprises without the cost of additional infrastructure.
In addition, SumTotal now provides a powerful extensibility framework that enables organizations to further extend the capabilities of the SumTotal platform to meet their business needs. The extensibility framework provides organizations the ability to build customer specific solutions without needing to customize the application, thereby lowering their total cost of ownership.
“SumTotal is committed to providing our customers with the most powerful and easy to use talent management tools to advance their workforce and realize a true competitive advantage,” said Nadeem Syed, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Management & Engineering of SumTotal Systems. “Working in collaboration with our customers, SumTotal continues to evolve our solutions to target the precise needs of the market and ensure that HR professionals can optimize the effectiveness of their workforce.”
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 23, 2010
Latest Industry Report Recognizes Company for its Complete Learning Management Capabilities
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Dave Watkins, Softscape’s CEO and Co-Founder appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 19, 2009.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the global leader in complete talent management solutions, today announced it was positioned as a market leader in latest industry report from Bersin & Associates, “Learning Systems 2011: The Definitive Buyer’s Guide to the Global Market for Learning Management Solutions .” SumTotal continues to lead the market with ongoing growth, expansion, and product innovation delivering real value to customers and helping organizations around the globe better manage their workforce.
The in-depth report from the industry’s leading authority on Learning Systems contains a detailed review of the learning management systems (LMS) and related markets, including an evaluation of market trends, profiles of the top providers, and Bersin’s proprietary Market Maps® to help buyers understand the positioning of providers including SumTotal.
“We believe the market has started to segment itself into several broad categories of LMS companies, and as our study indicates, SumTotal with its acquisition of Softscape continues to strengthen its position among vendors offering integrated Talent Management suites,” said David Mallon, principal analyst, Bersin & Associates. “When you look at our study, which calls out the range of features now offered by SumTotal, it’s easy to see that the company is now also a credible and a major new force in talent management software.”
Per the report, SumTotal offers one of the most complete sets of functionality for core learning management and is designated as the global market share leader. SumTotal is further recognized for being “highly configurable” and for its “experience deploying solutions in large, multinational organizations.” The report concludes: “We believe SumTotal’s product is best-suited to large, global organizations. The company also offers full-featured products targeted to the midmarket and delivered on-demand in the SaaS model.”
“As an industry expert, Bersin & Associates has a clear perspective of the learning management market and customer needs,” said John Borgerding, CEO of SumTotal Systems. “We are honored to have been included in their market report and positioned as a leader. With our long history in learning and talent management, SumTotal has a deep understanding of what it takes to help make customers successful. Our customers trust and rely on our global expertise in deploying long-term talent management strategies that drive tangible business results.”
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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April 19, 2010
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
SumTotal Systems, Inc, a market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced that John Borgerding is joining the company as President and board member, effective immediately. In his role as president, Borgerding will be responsible for leading the company and all of its operations with the mission of advancing SumTotal’s integrated talent development strategy, while continuing to build best-in-class solutions around learning management, performance management and compensation.
SumTotal also announced the appointment of executive team members Gregg Monastiero and Nadeem Syed. Monastiero joins the company in the role of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and will be responsible for managing all of SumTotal’s customer and partner relationships as well as the company’s marketing initiatives. Syed joined the company earlier this year as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Development and is responsible for overseeing the worldwide engineering organization as well as the company’s product strategy.
Prior to joining SumTotal, Borgerding served as Executive Vice President for Global Operations at Ventyx, the leading provider of software and data solutions to the utility industry. In this capacity he was responsible for development, implementation, support and consulting for all Ventyx solutions globally. Additionally, Borgerding was also responsible for the Advisory solutions and consulting practices, and the Intelligence software products at Ventyx. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President of International Sales at Ventyx. Before joining Ventyx, Borgerding held several positions in sales, marketing and product management with Xerox.
Gregg Monastiero joins SumTotal from JDA Software where he was Vice President of Sales for Manufacturing, Wholesale and Distribution. With more than 25 years of proven leadership experience, Monastiero brings a core understanding of enterprise software sales, consulting, and solution development to SumTotal. Prior to JDA, Monastiero was the Senior Vice President of Sales for Torex, one of the world’s leading integrated supply chain providers of retail systems. Monastiero has also held key sales positions at Infor including Senior Vice President & President for Strategic Solutions.
Nadeem Syed comes to SumTotal from Oracle where he spent over 19 years in numerous positions. Most recently, Syed was Group Vice President of Products with the responsibility of leading a large, multicultural, and globally distributed team. While with Oracle, Syed significantly evolved the Supply Chain Management suite to the position of the second largest Supply Chain solutions provider. In addition, Syed has held pivotal positions on the acquisition and integration executive team for several key acquisitions.
“SumTotal has best in class products and services and exceptionally talented employees. I’m excited to join the team and contribute to helping the company reach its full potential as the leader in delivering talent development solutions and helping our customers develop and retain their most important assets, their people.” said Borgerding. “I’m also excited to have the opportunity to work with both Gregg and Nadeem, two seasoned industry leaders with top notch experience.”
“John is a proven executive that I’ve personally had the pleasure of working with over the past several years at Ventyx,” said Martin Taylor, Operating Principal of Vista Equity Partners and SumTotal board member. “We are excited about the opportunity to work with John and the new management team to create a sustainable business that delivers the most value for SumTotal’s customers.”
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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August 19, 2009
HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, announced the return of the wildly popular and groundbreaking webinar series entitled, “Assessing the Talent Management and HR Systems Landscape, an HRchitect Beauty Pageant.”
HRchitect conducted ten successful Beauty Pageants from November 2008 through May of 2009 and took a short hiatus for the summer months. The events will return on August 21, 2009 with Talent Acquisition Systems followed by Talent Management Systems on September 4, 2009. Best of all, these are free to the HR community and any other interested parties.
Each ‘Beauty Pageant’ focuses on a different category of HR technology such as Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and HR/Payroll Systems and will feature up to six contestants. The contestants are all top vendors in each specific category.
The Talent Acquisition Systems Pageant is up first and will feature Hodes IQ, HRsmart, iCIMS (last year’s winner), SilkRoad, and Taleo. Talent Management Systems follows and at press time the confirmed vendor contestants are Jobpartners, Saba, Salary.com, and SumTotal Systems.
“The world of HR technology continues to puzzle many people,” commented Matt Lafata, Vice-President of Sales & Marketing for HRchitect and the host of the Beauty Pageants, “and what better way to try and help solve that than through a fun and informative beauty pageant? Our continuous mission is to educate the public about HR technology options and we feel that these short, 8-10 minute presentations from multiple vendors, is a great way to do it AND keep people’s attention. The feedback we have received from these Beauty Pageants is absolutely tremendous and we are looking forward to producing many more of these events.”
HRchitect developed a format to help guide each vendor with an outline of what should be covered during each portion of the pageant. HRchitect came up with pageant categories and a guideline for vendors to loosely follow but of course leaves it up to each vendor to follow their own format:
Evening gown – To start off each portion, we are asking the vendor to come out in their best ‘outfit’ – corporate overview, history, specific identity, financial viability, marquee clients, leadership team, etc. This will be the grand entrance.
Swimsuit – Here the vendors will show some skin in this portion – usability, configurability, etc.
Talent – This portion will cover functionality, technology/integration, global ability, etc.
Interview – This will be the Q & A section from the audience.
At the end of each Beauty Pageant, the audience votes to determine who walks away with the crown and industry bragging rights.
“These beauty pageants are designed to give the audience a quick overview of the leading vendors and showcase their uniqueness and creativity,” added Tiffany Appleby, Director of Marketing for HRchitect and Production Manager for the Beauty Pageants. “Past participants have gotten extremely creative in their presentations and we thank them for their time and efforts in doing this. We truly believe this is a really great opportunity for anyone who is looking at purchasing any kind of HR technology solution to be able to learn more about several of the top systems in each category in a fun and informative format.”
The upcoming schedule of Beauty Pageants is as follows, and registration is available on the HRchitect web site:
August 21, 2009 – Talent Acquisition Systems
September 4, 2009 – Talent Management Systems
September 25, 2009 – Learning Management Systems
October 9 – Background Screening
October 16 – Mid-Market Talent Acquisition Systems
October 30 – Onboarding
November 6 – Performance Management Systems
November 20 – HR/Payroll Systems
December 4 – Workforce Management
December 11 – Compensation Management
Visit www.HRchitect.com to register for any of these free Beauty Pageants and learn more about some of the exciting educational and innovative events that HRchitect has coming up over the coming months.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 29, 2009
Addition of ResultsOnDemand Talent Development Suite Brings Improved Enterprise Performance Management to APT’s PerformMetrics Platform
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. a market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced a partnership with APT, Inc, in which the company will offer SumTotal’s ResultsOnDemand Talent Development Suite as the foundation for APT’s online performance management solution: PerformMetrics. This integrated talent development suite will help customers employ legally defensible, streamlined HR processes to build and retain high-performing talent.
“SumTotal is thrilled to have a partner like APT that combines best-in-class expertise in organizational psychology with our comprehensive talent development platform to provide APT’s customers with a turnkey solution to manage and develop their workforces,” said Jon Ciampi, vice president, product management at SumTotal.
APT is well known for building job-specific, legally defensible talent management solutions for organizations of all industries. The joint solution will integrate APT competencies and best practices to provide world-class performance management and succession planning services.
“Implementing an online system for managing your workforce will only be successful if the content is tailored to specific job competencies and performance goals for individual employees,” said Dr. John C. Scott, chief operating officer at APT. “Through our partnership with SumTotal, we are now able to extend the value of our performance management offerings so that our customers can better guide and develop their talent effectively.”
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 22, 2009
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
SumTotal Systems, a market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced that Barbara Stinnett will assume the newly created position of President, effective immediately, as well as join the board of directors. In this role, she will be responsible for leading the company and all of its operations with the mission of advancing SumTotal’s integrated talent development strategy, while continuing to build best-in-class solutions around learning management, performance management and compensation.
Stinnett brings more than 25 years of enterprise software, services and solutions expertise to Sum Total, most recently as a co-founder and managing partner with Timmaron Capital Advisors. Prior to Timmaron, Stinnett was Executive Vice President and Chief Customers Officer (CCO) for i2, and previously held executive positions at Sybase and Hewlett-Packard. She has domain expertise across multiple functions, geographies, segments and industries, and is known for her customer-centric approach.
“I welcome the opportunity of building upon SumTotal’s established leadership in the talent development market, and am energized by the company’s stellar customer base, innovative and robust product offerings and strong management team,” said Barbara Stinnett, President of SumTotal. “SumTotal is truly a pioneer in the talent development space, and I look forward to expanding our expertise by further addressing the unique issues faced by each vertical industry to provide the most value to our customers.”
”Barbara is an industry veteran with a strong track record of managing transformations within organizations,” said Robert Smith, managing partner of Vista Equity Partners and SumTotal board member. “We are excited about the opportunity to work with Barbara and the management team to create a sustainable business that delivers the most value for SumTotal’s customers.”
As part of this announcement, SumTotal’s current CEO, Arun Chandra, will be stepping down as CEO, effective immediately.
“I’d like to thank Arun for his leadership and service to the company during his tenure, and in his effort to bring the company through the transaction of becoming private. His contributions are appreciated, and we wish him well in his new endeavors,” said Stinnett.
For more information on SumTotal Systems, please visit www.sumtotalsystems.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 8, 2009
Market-Leading Integrated Talent Development Solution Improves Workforce Development, Meets Needs of Joint Commission
HRchitect featured SumTotal Systems in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SumTotal Systems participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. Kimberley Kasper, VP of Marketing, and Jon Ciampi, VP of Product Management with SumTotal Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 1, 2009. SumTotal Systems also competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Employee Performance Management Systems in February 2009, where they were crowned the winner.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced that Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) has selected its newly-launched Healthcare Solution Set for Talent Development.
“SumTotal’s Healthcare Solution Set will have an immediate, positive impact on our business processes,” said Ray Kendrick, chief human resources officer at MHS. “It will make our clinical competency and annual review processes more efficient, provide automated workflows and online availability of documents, and allow us to align our learning programs to target competency gaps.
The Solution Set allows healthcare providers to manage goals, perform clinical competency assessments and year-end reviews, create targeted learning and development programs that correct competency gaps, meet audit requirements of the Joint Commission, manage compensation and better track and manage continuing education credits required for regular license renewal. Through a partnership with Integrated HR Solutions (IHRS), the Solution Set enables customers to create and manage job descriptions and competency data in its DataManager software.
“Our healthcare customers tell us they have an immediate need to get their job descriptions and competencies cleaned up, and streamline the competency assessment process to be better prepared for Joint Commission surveys,” said Ray Pitts, vice president of professional services at SumTotal. “By using our solution, MHS will be able to create actionable recommendations that cultivate internal talent, continue to offer high quality of care for its patients, and continue to achieve high industry ratings.”
To learn more about SumTotal Systems’ Healthcare Solution Set for Talent Development Suite, please visit: http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/hc.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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June 24, 2009
Special Offer for SumTotal Customers Makes it Easy to Migrate to Saba Learning and Implement a Solid Foundation for People Management that Drives Organizational Transformation
HRchitect featured Saba in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Saba participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. A.G. Lambert, the VP of Marketing with Saba will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on August 14, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced a groundbreaking learning management system (LMS) exchange as a limited-time offer for qualified SumTotal customers. Available now, this offer is designed to provide an option for SumTotal customers to take advantage of Saba’s award-winning people management solutions at attractive prices.
“By electing to participate in the exchange program, customers will be gaining a business partner that is dedicated to continued investment in innovation as well as support for both OnDemand and on-premise customers,” said A.G. Lambert, vice president of marketing for Saba. “We are pleased to provide customers facing uncertainty in their vendor’s product investment and direction with a cost-effective alternative that can mitigate risk.”
By selecting Saba, organizations are partnering with the market leader. Saba’s financial strength, product breadth, and worldwide customer depth have positioned Saba at the forefront of the learning technology marketplace. Saba recently received the Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Award for Vendor Innovation, where the Saba Knowledge Center was recognized for its ability to deliver Web 2.0 collaboration, recommendation, and search capabilities that improve learning effectiveness. In addition, Chief Learning Officer Magazine awarded Saba with the top prize, Gold, in the “Excellence in LMS” category for the publication’s Learning in Practice Awards.
About the SumTotal Learning Exchange Offer
The exchange program is available to all current SumTotal learning customers irrespective of their deployment model. The exchange program provides participating customers with the ability to select Saba Learning either on premise or OnDemand, with discounts available for each. For customers electing to take advantage of a more complete approach to organizational learning that includes social learning, virtual classrooms, and enterprise-wide knowledge capture, the exchange program also provides additional incentives for Saba Centra and Saba Collaboration.
In order to streamline the transition to Saba Learning, Saba offers a proven migration methodology and toolset. The Saba migration methodology and toolset was developed and validated in conjunction with converting to Saba Learning more than 100 customers previously using a different LMS.
Qualified SumTotal customers will have until November 30, 2009, to take advantage of the Saba offer. For more information, please visit http://www.saba.com/products/sumtotal-replacement/
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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