SumTotal Introduces ToolBook 9.5 for Faster Learning Content Creation and Access Anytime, Anywhere

New support for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch and Streamlined Tools Expand Reach of Corporate Learning and Training

Mountain View, CA, September 9, 2008 — SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), the market leader and global provider of talent development solutions, today introduced a new version of ToolBook, the leading solution for rapidly creating effective eLearning content. ToolBook® 9.5 provides everything companies and government agencies need to create engaging content, assessments and simulations that can be deployed anywhere, at anytime.

“Corporate learning is no longer limited to the classroom or even the campus, and for many companies and organizations, the most vital subject matter can change daily,” said Sanjay Dholakia, SVP and GM, Learning and Talent Development for SumTotal systems. “SumTotal’s newest version of ToolBook combines the most efficient tools for content creation with the most innovative and comprehensive delivery options to ensure that our customers can engage employees across geographies, time zones and devices.”

With ToolBook, SumTotal customers only need to learn one product to create all common types of learning formats – interactive content, assessments, quizzes and simulations. While other providers require customers to purchase and learn multiple products to create this same variety of content, SumTotal offers the most comprehensive and efficient creation methods on the market. ToolBook 9.5 is packed with new features to help create engaging content and the ability to reach users anytime, anywhere. Selected new features include:

• Microsoft PowerPoint Import - Rapidly reuse existing PowerPoint content in ToolBook authoring projects or storyboard new learning using PowerPoint. This new feature makes it even easier to involve subject matter experts in content authoring projects, reducing the overall time to create learning and increasing ROI.
• M-Learning with Apple iPhone Support - New support for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch deployment enables corporations to increase user access to learning and accommodate learning anytime, anywhere.
• Expanded Browser Access including Apple Mac - Users can access ToolBook Web content using the Safari Web browser on an Apple Mac. With support for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Firefox and now Safari – never before has a content authoring product allowed so many options for users to access learning content.
• XML File Import - XML file import support speeds up the process of using content from other sources by easily converting content from databases or created by other tools into the ToolBook XML format.  After using the new ToolBook XML feature, content is automatically converted to the ToolBook format it is fully editable with ToolBook. 
• Audio Recording - Voice recording feature makes it easy to record a voiceover that plays when the learner enters the page.

“Using ToolBook from SumTotal, we can create and deploy customized training modules quickly, and allowing our employees to access the training modules online has saved us more than $250K in travel fees alone,” said Ian D. Minderman, M.Ed., Instructional Technologist, National Education and Policy Development, Humana, Inc. “ToolBook version 9.5 offers new features that will enhance our current programs, including the ability to import content directly from Microsoft PowerPoint and opportunities to expand mobile learning, which Humana sees as a key success factor for our leadership development programs.”

Pricing and Availability
ToolBook 9.5 is available now directly from SumTotal, authorized SumTotal partners or online.

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.

SumTotal, the SumTotal logo and ToolBook 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.

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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 ToolBook 9.5. 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 solutions, including ToolBook 9.5; (ii) the acceptance of SumTotal's software suite and future product offerings, including ToolBook 9.5; (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 ToolBook 9.5 or SumTotal's software; (vi) the ability to successfully implement SumTotal's solutions in the future; (vii) the ability to successfully address technological developments and standards; (viii) the compatibility of ToolBook 9.5 with various computer operating systems, internet browsers and mobile platforms; 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 June 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.