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SumTotal(TM) Systems (Nasdaq:SUMTE), the largest provider of learning and business performance technologies and services, along with its Brazilian partner MicroPower, today extended congratulations to SumTotal customers Datasul, General Motors Brasil and Bradesco Foundation, for winning the prestigious e-Learning Brasil Awards. The awards, which recognize outstanding learning initiatives in the corporate, government and education sectors, were presented at a June 14 ceremony during e-Learning Brasil, Latin America's largest learning conference, held this week in Sao Paolo. Software leader Datasul, GM Brasil and Bradesco Foundation were chosen from among more than 25 organizations nominated for their learning implementations. Datasul walked away with the Gold Award, the top honor in the corporate learning category. The company uses a SumTotal solution to certify implementation partners and to train end-users in the use of its ERP software systems. General Motors Brasil, which won the Silver Award in the corporate learning category, has implemented SumTotal to help drive sales, parts and service training for more than 450 dealerships throughout Brazil. Finally, the Bradesco Foundation was recognized with the Star Award for excellence in the academic learning category. Bradesco Foundation uses SumTotal to help run a series of primary, secondary and technical schools, primarily in low-income areas of Brazil. "We are delighted that our customers are being recognized for their innovative approaches to organizational learning, and for successfully addressing real-world business objectives with strategic learning initiatives and technology implementations," said SumTotal president, Kevin Oakes, who delivered a keynote at the e-Learning Brasil conference and attended the awards ceremony. "The entries from Datasul, GM Brasil and Bradesco Foundation were outstanding and we are proud to have played a role in their achievements. Their programs serve as a strong testimony to the potential of learning to positively impact an organization's business and performance outcomes." About SumTotal Systems SumTotal Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUMTE) is the largest provider of learning and business performance technologies 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 business problems and produce bottom-line results. SumTotal has helped accelerate performance and profit for more than 675 of the world's best-known corporate and government organizations, including Microsoft, United Airlines, the US Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard, Vodafone, Aetna, 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. For more information on SumTotal's products and services, visit www.sumtotalsystems.com. Safe Harbor Statement / Forward-Looking Statements "Information in this press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements represent SumTotal Systems' expectations or beliefs concerning future events and include statements, among others, regarding SumTotal Systems' new product, SumTotal Enterprise Suite 7.1. 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. 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