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SumTotal Systems, Inc. is a software company based in Mountain View, California that provides talent development software solutions.

SumTotal Systems is headquartered in Mount View, California and 12 regional offices across the globe including United States, Australia, Japan, UK, India, France, China and Hong Kong. SumTotal Systems has more than 18 million users worldwide and 1,500 customers.

History
SumTotal Systems was found in March 2004 by the merger of learning management industry pioneers Click2learn and Docent. SumTotal Systems was found in March 2004 by the merger of learning management industry pioneers Click2learn and Docent.

In October 2005, the company acquired Pathlore, increasing its reach of customers, particularly into state and local government and healthcare.

In November 2006, SumTotal acquired MindSolve Technologies, a privately owned company, founded and still guided by the same team that created the original software in 1994.

SumTotal was formerly trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange, but was bought out by Vista Equity Partners and taken private on July 21, 2009.

Products and Services
SumTotal Systems offers talent development software products that include learning management system, performance management, and content authoring tools.

Awards and Recognitions

 * March 2009 - Aberdeen Group, an independent research firm, highlighted SumTotal as the top LMS vendor in its report, The Rise of Learning Management Systems in Talent Management, with 75 percent of its surveyed customers citing satisfaction with their company's learning program.


 * April 2009 - Bersin & Associates called SumTotal a pioneer in the enterprise learning management market in its report, LMS and Learning Platforms 2009.


 * September 2009 - SumTotal has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner, Inc. in the "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems".


 * September 2009 - SumTotal's software as a service talent development solution, ResultsOnDemand, has been placed on KMWorld's Trend-Setting Product List of 2009.


 * September 2009 - Bersin & Associates highlighted SumTotal as one of the top vendors in talent management systems in its report, Talent Management Systems 2010: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Solution Provider Profiles.


 * November 2008 - SumTotal was named to the Deloitte 2008 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America.