American Management Association Delivers Learning With SumTotal’s ‘ResultsOnDemand’

Mountain View, Calif. – November 26, 2007 – SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT), a global provider of talent and learning management solutions, has signed a contract with American Management Association® (AMA) to provide AMA with ResultsOnDemand® -- Learning, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model that will give AMA customers access to a hosted version of SumTotal’s award-winning talent management suite and further expanding its successful Blended Learning initiative.

"This system gives us a substantially enhanced ability to manage and guide customers through an effective learning experience,” said Nicholas Igneri Director of Learning technologies at American Management Association. “This system will provide AMA a mechanism to deliver a wide variety of content to our customers so we are sure new skills and behaviors are applied back on the job.

Business professionals take AMA instructor-led seminars to learn about business issues and topics that range from project management and strategic thinking to marketing and time management. In order to prepare for and continue with their interactive, live learning experience, AMA purchased SumTotal’s software to wrap web-based learning tools around the traditional
instructor-led model AMA has followed. “In essence, we’re blending instructor and online learning to give our customers: choice, feedback and more resources,” said Igneri.

AMA now takes learning beyond the classroom by providing: online prep materials, custom on-line content, assessments, eLearning courses and virtual sessions. According to AMA, their approach allows organizations and individual learners to measure the effectiveness of their training programs — helping to better demonstrate the return on an investment. AMA plans to further expand its web offerings in 2008 by launching: eCoaching, scenario-based video content and simulations.

“We believe AMA offers an excellent example of providing an enriching and consistent learning environment to a company’s customers,” said Don Fowler, chief executive officer of SumTotal. “Having a rich selection of content and knowledge, adds additional value to the solutions already provided, making the AMA as a preferred resource.”

About AMA
American Management Association (AMA) is a world leader in professional development and performance-based learning solutions. AMA provides individuals and organizations worldwide with the knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve performance excellence, adapt to changing realities, and prosper in a complex and competitive world. Each year thousands of customers learn new skills and behaviors, gain more confidence, advance their careers, and contribute to the success of their organizations. AMA offers a range of unique seminars, workshops, conferences, customized corporate programs, online learning, newsletters, journals, and AMA books.

AMA has earned the reputation as a trusted partner in worldwide professional development and management education that improves the immediate performance and long-term results for individuals and organizations. For more information on how you and your organization can gain a competitive advantage, visit www.amanet.org.

About SumTotal Systems, Inc.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT) is a global provider of talent and learning management solutions. SumTotal deploys mission-critical solutions designed to 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 ResultsOnDemand 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.

Safe Harbor Statement/ Forward-Looking Statements
Information in this press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the anticipated benefits, results and performance of SumTotal's products and solutions, such as ResultsOnDemand. These statements represent SumTotal's expectations or beliefs concerning future 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 without limitation ResultsOnDemand; (ii) the acceptance of SumTotal's software suite and future product offerings; (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 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; and (viii) other events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in SumTotal's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's annual report for fiscal year 2006 on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2007, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2007, its Prospectus Supplement filed on Form 424B2 filed on May 21, 2007, Form S-3/As filed on September 28, 2006, and October 2, 2006, and its Form 8-Ks. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as the date of this news release, and SumTotal does not assume any obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release