A company can't do anything without its employees, and SumTotal Systems offers an answer for managing a company's human resources needs. The company's software encompass every aspect of the employee lifecycle from hiring, training, and career development to performance, compensation, and social collaboration, as well as employee management, workforce planning and analytics, and succession planning. Its software is configured for both small businesses and enterprise organizations. SumTotal Systems serves more than 3,500 customers worldwide, and it claims 45 million users -- including 17 million cloud users -- have tried its software. Educational software company SkillSoft owns SumTotal.