SumTotal Systems to Host Fourth Quarter Financial Results Investor Conference Call On Wednesday, February 2, 2005

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., -- January 5, 2005 -- SumTotal Systems (Nasdaq: SUMT), the industry's largest single provider of business performance and learning technologies, processes and services, will host an investor conference call and webcast to discuss the financial results of the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2004.

The conference call and webcast will take place on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) / 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). R. Andrew Eckert, CEO; Kevin Oakes, President; and Neil Laird, CFO, will host the call. A news release discussing the fourth quarter 2004 financial results will be issued after the close of the market the same day.

A live audio webcast will be available to investors and the public from SumTotal’s website at www.sumtotalsystems.com/company/investors. In addition to the webcast, a telephone replay will be available on Wednesday, February 2, 2005, beginning at approximately 5:00 P.M. (Pacific) through the close of business on Wednesday, February 9. The replay can be accessed by dialing the U.S. toll-free number: 1.800.207.7077, access code: 4060. The international dial-in number is 1.913.383.5767, access code: 4060.

About SumTotal Systems, Inc.
SumTotal Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT) is the business performance and learning technology industry’s largest single provider of technologies, processes and services. Formed by the merger of industry pioneers Docent and Click2learn, the company is uniquely focused on helping organizations harness and manage mission-critical intellectual power to solve real-world business problems and produce significant bottom-line results. SumTotal has helped accelerate performance and profit for more than 600 of the world’s best-known companies and federal and local government agencies, including Microsoft, AT&T, the US Army, US Air Force, US Navy and Coast Guard, Vodafone, Lucent, Accenture, Cendant, Harley-Davidson, Wyeth, Wachovia and D & B. SumTotal Systems is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices throughout the US, as well as in London, Paris, Heidelberg, Sydney, Tokyo and Hyderabad, India.

"You are cautioned that the time and/or manner of the webcast may change for technical and or administrative reasons outside of SumTotal Systems’ control."