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Updates from September, 2011

  • Customer Receives Award for Implementation of SumTotal Solution

    on September 28, 2011 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    We’re thrilled to announce that SumTotal customer Cbeyond, a provider of IT and communications services to small business throughout the United States, was recently named a 2011 BEST Award winner by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).

    The ASTD BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee learning and development – organizations that recognize and leverage the learning function as a strategic business tool – showing that “they are BEST at Building talent, Enterprise-wide, Supported by the organization’s leaders, fostering a Thorough learning culture.”

    Susan Mitnick, Senior Director of Training at Cbeyond, said SumTotal played a key role in winning this award by providing a learning management solution that has dramatically increased the availability of learning content and efficiency of the overall learning and development program at Cbeyond.

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  • SumTotal Recognized as a Top 20 Learning Portal Company

    on September 26, 2011 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    SumTotal has been recognized as a 2011 Top Learning Portal Company by Training Industry Inc., a leading resource on organizational learning. The only Top 20 company to deliver a truly mobile learning application for devices such as Blackberries, iPhones and iPads, SumTotal has long been recognized as a top provider of learning management solutions.

    “We continue to be impressed by the rate of innovation in the learning technologies marketplace,” said Ken Taylor, Chief Operating Officer at Training Industry, Inc., in a recent press release. “Our Top 20 Learning Portal Companies are leading the charge on innovation by providing learning leaders with exciting new tools to drive organizational effectiveness.”

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  • SumTotal Presents Solutions to Higher Ed HR Professionals

    on September 23, 2011 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Experts from SumTotal will be at the annual College & University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) Annual Conference & Expo in Orlando Sept. 25-27, to answer questions about our fully-integrated workforce management solutions and full-service expense management automation solutions.

    SumTotal representatives will demonstrate how its workforce management solution reduces costs, increases productivity and improves payroll accuracy through the optimization of time, attendance, scheduling, contingent labor and absence management for both mobile and traditional workers. They will also be available to discuss and demonstrate the company’s automated expense management solution that streamlines the processing of employee expenses from submission through reimbursement, helping employers control spending.

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  • SumTotal Solution Yields 3,478% ROI for NYC Schools

    on September 12, 2011 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Congratulations to the New York City Department of Education, recipient of the 2011 Nucleus Research Technology ROI Award for its implementation of SumTotal’s Workforce Management Time and Attendance solution, resulting in an outstanding 3,478-percent return on investment (ROI).

    “The Department of Education conducted a study using three years worth of data to illustrate the ROI achieved from automating time and attendance recording and our results were amazing,” said William Mardenborough, administrator of Financial Security for New York City Department of Education. “Being recognized further validates our commitment and hard work in delivering an automated time and attendance process with [SumTotal’s] Workforce Management solution and providing business value to the Department of Education.”

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