Saba's Centra Live for Virtual Classes Enables Stanford University Online High School for Gifted Students; Real-Time, Interactive, Virtual Classroom Format Broadens Educational Opportunities for Gifted Students

Business Wire, May 8, 2006

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced that The Education Program for Gifted Youth Online High School at Stanford University will utilize Saba's Centra Live for Virtual Classes software. Centra Live enables the university to deliver live, instructor-led classes to the desktops of and make instructors more broadly accessible to geographically dispersed students.

Developed by Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY), the online high school is a three-year, fully accredited, diploma-granting high school. The program is currently accepting student applications and is scheduled to begin classes in the fall of 2006. The first-of-its-kind virtual high school specifically for gifted students is the result of a $3.3 million gift from the Malone Family Foundation of Englewood, CO.

EPGY expects that the online school will draw gifted students from across the country and around the world. Among those who are likely to be interested are students in rural areas or overseas, students who are being home schooled, students in Title I schools, students who need advanced instruction in a particular subject area, students interested in academic pursuits not covered by the standard high school curriculum, and students who want a more intensive academic program.

"Centra Live, by making it easy to provide real-time, interactive instruction to students anywhere, adds a new dimension to online learning," said Ray Ravaglia, deputy director, EPGY, Stanford University. "Not only does it make the online experience more compelling for students, it also allows us to easily broaden our curriculum."

Since its inception in 1990, EPGY has offered online courses to over 50,000 students. Presently offering over 50 courses to over 4,500 students, EPGY will be significantly expanding its offerings with the creation of the new online high school. Centra's real-time communication capabilities and collaborative tools provide students the interactivity necessary to make courses successful. Moreover, by eliminating the need to produce large quantities of asynchronous material before offering a course, Centra Live has made it possible for EPGY to accelerate its development cycle for new courses.

"Saba is honored to be a part of this groundbreaking education program," said Rick Cramer, vice president, Education Business Unit, Saba. "By extending its education programs beyond the walls of the university, Stanford is proving an unmatched opportunity for students around the world to take advantage of Stanford's highly respected curriculum."

More information about Stanford's online high school is available at http://epgy.stanford.edu/ohs.

Saba in Academia

Saba's online learning and training solutions allow more than 70 academic organizations to take advantage of new opportunities with innovative programs that reach beyond campus boundaries and provide students with a rich, interactive learning experience that can fit into their busy lives.

Centra 7 enables organizations to bring instructors and students together online in virtual classes that allow for all the interaction of a typical classroom. With Centra's virtual classes and content management capabilities, academic organizations can use the Internet to offer highly interactive, online classes and degree programs that draw new students -- such as doctors, business executives, and remote students -- who aren't able to attend classes on campus due to professional or geographic constraints.

Saba academic customers include: Babson College; Bentley College; California State University; Capitol College; Columbia University; Florida State University; Graduate School, USDA; Harvard Medical School; London Business School; National University of Singapore; New York University; North Virginia Community College; University of South Australia; University of Tennessee; Virginia Polytech and the Wharton School.

More information about Saba's products for academia is available at http://www.saba.com/solutions/industry_solutions/ universities_education.htm. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

About Saba

Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) is the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, using a people-centric approach to increase productivity and performance. As a trusted partner, Saba enables the Aligned Enterprise(TM) for over 1,100 customers in 150 countries by providing an integrated people management system to continuously align goals, develop people, improve collaboration and increase visibility into organizational performance.

Saba customers include ABN AMRO, Alcatel, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BMW, CEMEX, Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Dell, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, EDS, EMC Corporation, FedEx Kinko's, Insurance Australia Group, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Scotiabank, Sprint, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanford University, Swedbank, Wyndham International, Weyerhaeuser, Underwriters Laboratories, and the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.