Saba Learning and Saba Centra Power the U.S. Army Learning Management System, Release 2.0

Business Wire, Jan 23, 2008

System Upgrade Enables Army to Deliver Critical, Cost-Effective Training and e-Learning Programs to Support Two Million U.S. Army Personnel Around the Globe

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced that the U.S. Army has gone live with Saba Learning and Saba Centra as part of an extensive upgrade to the Army Learning Management System (ALMS), Release 2.0. With Saba, The U.S. Army Distributed Learning System (DLS), a program under Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), is able to leverage a common platform to standardize training throughout the U.S. Army as well as offer new functionality to improve organizational productivity and advance e-learning in the field. Saba's solutions will help the DLS serve more than two million Army personnel stationed around the world.

With Saba Learning, the DLS has established a single resource for Army leadership to view the progress of training within units and Soldiers. The ALMS enables commanders to more quickly assess soldier readiness and make decisions needed to correct any deficiencies. Additionally, with new features in ALMS 2.0, training managers have the capability to implement multiple learning and testing paths leading to course completion or certification. With improved functionality from Saba Learning, including powerful course catalog search capabilities and easier record maintenance, as well as a new user interface, the Army is able to realize impressive gains in productivity.

"By standardizing on a single platform, organizations can advance critical learning initiatives within large, global organizations while simultaneously gaining system efficiencies that help impact organizational productivity," says Bobby Yazdani, CEO and Chairman of Saba. "The ALMS, Release 2.0 builds upon a strong, existing learning foundation and is an impressive implementation that takes advantage of significant feature enhancements from Saba. We appreciate the confidence that the U.S. Army has placed on Saba solutions to support its crucial, real-time learning programs around the globe."

The ALMS 2.0 upgrade also integrates Saba Centra to enable online, real-time interaction among Army personnel located anywhere across the globe -- including discussions between subject matter experts and Soldiers in the field. Saba Centra allows the U.S. Army to setup virtual classrooms quickly where Soldiers can attend through Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) or a conference-call. Depending on communications bandwidth and course content, video capabilities will also be made available for sessions. And, by integrating Saba Centra with the ALMS training application, lesson and roster data in the ALMS can be automatically routed into Saba Centra for planned collaboration sessions.

Saba Learning also meets the Army's requirements to conform to the Shared Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) specification for courseware development -- which enables the interoperability and reusability of online training modules across the full spectrum of service, joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational organizations. Saba Learning is certified by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative as SCORM Edition 2. Saba intends to submit for Ed 3 certification this fall.

About Saba

Founded in 1997, Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) is the premier global provider of strategic human capital management (HCM) software and services. Saba's people management solutions are used by more than 1,200 organizations and over 17 million end users worldwide. Saba's solutions increase organizational performance by aligning workforce goals with organizational strategy; developing, managing and rewarding their people; and improving collaboration.

Saba product offerings address all aspects of strategic HCM and are available both on-premise and OnDemand (www.saba.com/products). To ensure long-term customer success, our global services capabilities and partnerships provide strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.

Saba customers include ABN AMRO, Alcatel-Lucent, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BMW, Caterpillar, CEMEX, Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Dell, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, EDS, EMC Corporation, FedEx Kinko's, Insurance Australia Group, Kaiser Permanente, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Renault, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotiabank, Singapore Ministry of Finance, Sprint, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanford University, Swedbank, Tata Consultancy Services, Wyndham International, Weyerhaeuser, Underwriters Laboratories, and the U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Navy.

Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has offices on five continents. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call 1-877-SABA-101 or 1-650-779-2791.