JDSU Signs Contract for Software from SumTotal
<p><strong>Mountain View, Calif. — June 21 </strong><br />SumTotal Systems Inc., a global provider of talent and learning management solutions, has signed a contract to provide 7,000 employees at Milpitas, Calif.-based JDSU (an enabler of broadband and optical innovation) with TotalPerformance, software that sets and analyzes employee goals, develops succession plans, identifies<br />high-performing workers and automates performance appraisals. </p><p>JDSU carries out its operations around the globe. So earlier this month, SumTotal implemented the performance management software for JDSU in Chinese, English and French.<br /><br />"SumTotal's product aligns well with our new emphasis on performance management tools that enable high-quality feedback between managers and employees and development dialogue versus providing a strictly quantitative rating process," said Jenny Brandemuehl,<br />JDSU director of talent management and organization effectiveness.</p><p>Carlino Cecilio, JDSU HRIS manager, agrees.</p><p>"We feel SumTotal's Visual Profiler drag-and-drop functionality for rating employees is innovative and provides us with flexibility," Cecilio said. "We also<br />chose SumTotal because of its full-service offering and breadth of product suite. They not only provided a BPO model where standard configurations will be done continually but also a learning management system that delivers and tracks workforce education."<br /><br />SumTotal's business process outsourcing (BPO) services include ongoing system administration, as well as help desk support for users.<br /><br />"JDSU's vision for managing talent is a strategic one that taps technology to improve performance and gauge how well employees are carrying out their jobs," said Nick Rusiniak, SumTotal director of sales for Western North America. "With the implementation of TotalPerformance, we feel JDSU has built a foundation for a multiyear plan to deploy goal setting, workforce succession planning, 360-degree feedback and our learning management system in one, integrated talent management solution."<br /><br />The company will host TotalPerformance for JDSU at SumTotal's data center.</p>
