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SumTotal Systems: History, Technology & Companies

SumTotal Systems, Inc. is a software company based in Gainesville, Florida, that provides human resource management software and services to private and public sector organizations. The company uses multiple cloud-based channels, including software as a service (SaaS), hosted subscription, and premises-based licensure.

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SumTotal Systems topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Technology and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around SumTotal Systems. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
34
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
38
Extracted relationships
34
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
38

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 27 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Technology and services · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1985 (as Asymetrix) · 1997 (as Docent Software) · 2003 (as SumTotal Systems)
Industry
Software
Owner
Vista Equity Partners (2009–14) · Skillsoft (2014-22) · Cornerstone OnDemand (2022–present)
Headquarters
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Key people
Ronald Hovsepian (CEO) Jeffrey Laborde (CFO)
Predecessors
Asymetrix · Docent Software

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Technology and services

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How SumTotal Systems connects Entity context

The extracted context around SumTotal Systems shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, SumTotal Systems → Asymetrix, At, CLKS, DCNT, Docent, February, Florida, Gainesville, Hockey Merger Corporation, Hyderabad, In, India, Nasdaq, On March, Shares, SUMT, The Another extracted example is SumTotal Systems → 1985 (as Asymetrix), 1997 (as Docent Software), 2003 (as SumTotal Systems). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

SumTotal Systems

Top relations

related to 2003–2004: SumTotal Systems · 17
SumTotal Systems → Asymetrix, At, CLKS, DCNT, Docent, February, Florida, Gainesville, Hockey Merger Corporation, Hyderabad, In, India, Nasdaq, On March, Shares, SUMT, The
Founded · 3
SumTotal Systems → 1985 (as Asymetrix), 1997 (as Docent Software), 2003 (as SumTotal Systems)
Owner · 3
SumTotal Systems → Cornerstone OnDemand (2022–present), Skillsoft (2014-22), Vista Equity Partners (2009–14)
Predecessors · 2
SumTotal Systems → Asymetrix, Docent Software
Trade name · 2
SumTotal Systems → SumTotal, Sumtotal Systems LLC
Headquarters · 1
SumTotal Systems → Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Industry · 1
SumTotal Systems → Software
Key people · 1
SumTotal Systems → Ronald Hovsepian (CEO) Jeffrey Laborde (CFO)
Website · 1
SumTotal Systems → www.sumtotalsystems.com

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

software company asymetrix systems sumtotal acquired million docent skillsoft citation needed announced 1997 management september inc learning gainesville florida founded

SumTotal Systems relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 34 structured relationships around SumTotal Systems. Examples in this analysis include SumTotal Systems → Founded → 1985 (as Asymetrix) and SumTotal Systems → Founded → 1997 (as Docent Software). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SumTotal SystemsFounded1985 (as Asymetrix)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsFounded1997 (as Docent Software)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsFounded2003 (as SumTotal Systems)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsHeadquartersGainesville, Florida, U.S.1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsIndustrySoftware1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsKey peopleRonald Hovsepian (CEO) Jeffrey Laborde (CFO)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsOwnerVista Equity Partners (2009–14)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsOwnerSkillsoft (2014-22)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsOwnerCornerstone OnDemand (2022–present)1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsPredecessorsAsymetrix1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsPredecessorsDocent Software1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsTrade nameSumTotal1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsTrade nameSumtotal Systems LLC1.00infobox
SumTotal SystemsWebsitewww.sumtotalsystems.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around SumTotal Systems bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sumtotal, Systems and Florida. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • SumTotal Systems
    • Sumtotal
    • Systems
    • Florida
    • Gainesville
    • Inc
    • Announced
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Services
    • Software
    • Acquired
    • Name
  • sumtotal systems
    • Sumtotal
    • Systems
    • Florida
    • Gainesville
    • Inc
    • Software
    • Docent
    • Partners
    • Announced
    • Learning
    • Management
    • Asymetrix
  • software as a service
    • Company
    • Systems
    • Docent
    • Founded
    • Management
    • Asymetrix
    • Saas
    • Sumtotal
    • Acquired
    • Based
    • Services
    • Corporation
  • gainesville, florida
    • Florida
    • Gainesville
    • Systems
    • Name
    • Founded
    • Sumtotal
    • Services
    • Allen
    • Inc
    • Partners
    • Public
    • Asymetrix
  • paul allen
    • Based
    • Approximately
    • Florida
    • Gainesville
    • Ipo
    • Partners
    • Asymetrix
    • Founded
    • Learning
    • Skillsoft
    • September
    • Citation
  • initial public offering
    • Approximately
    • Ipo
    • Million
    • Services
    • Systems
    • New
    • September
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Docent
    • Sumtotal
    • Acquired
  • human resource management
    • Learning
    • Services
    • Systems
    • Software
    • Sumtotal
    • Acquired
    • Saas
    • Public
    • New
    • October
    • Citation
    • Needed
  • visio corporation
    • Inc
    • Name
    • Partners
    • New
    • October
    • Skillsoft
    • Software
    • Sumtotal
    • Systems

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For SumTotal Systems, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects SumTotal Systems with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SumTotal SystemsHistory · splits 11 ⟂ 28
SumTotal SystemsOverview · splits 33 ⟂ 6
SumTotal SystemsTechnology and services · splits 35 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

SumTotal Systems

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples34
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around SumTotal Systems to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Technology & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — SumTotal Systems · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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