Adding to its extensive, global partner network, SumTotal Systems, the industry’s largest provider of learning and business performance technologies, services and processes, today announced that it has signed HUMANSOFT FZ LLC, a division of HUMANSOFT Human and IT Investment Company and a specialist in information technology, human resources and training services, as its newest reseller partner covering the Middle East and North Africa.
HUMANSOFT will make the SumTotal Enterprise Suite, ToolBook simulation and content authoring tool and related services the backbone of integrated learning content and technology solutions it provides to corporate and government customers to help them develop and manage their workforces. HUMANSOFT customers are regional and multinational organizations with more than 1000 employees, in the government, financial, technical, aviation, energy and utility sectors. HUMANSOFT also will work with SumTotal to localize the SumTotal Suite for the Arabic language.
“Human capital is the most important asset for any organization in today’s knowledge-based economy,” said Fahad Al-Othman, chairman and managing director for HUMANSOFT. “Organizations that realize the strategic value of ongoing employee development, driven by focused, on-demand training, will excel in the marketplace and stay ahead of the competition. Working with SumTotal, we aim to provide organizations with solutions that allow them to align learning initiatives with organizational goals and objectives and to achieve significant increases in business performance and results.”
“Our goal is to raise the market’s awareness of the vital role learning plays in the success of both individual employees and enterprises as a whole,” said Mohamad Hassoun, general manager for HUMANSOFT Learning Solutions, MENA. “SumTotal’s technology enhances the capability of our solutions to help organizations close skills gaps, facilitate the management of employee development plans, track compliance against required certifications and measure the overall impact training has on each employee’s productivity. As the industry leader, SumTotal will give us a leading edge in our marketplace and enable us to provide the best possible products and services to organizations in our region.”
“SumTotal continues to build strong alliances with partners around the world who lead their regions in a wide range of educational, consulting and technology specialties,” said R. Andrew Eckert. “Working with HUMANSOFT will allow us to bring our solutions to a much broader audience in the fast-growing Middle East and North African learning markets and will enable users throughout the Arab-speaking world to maximize the use of our learning systems in their own native language.”
