ASTD 2003: buyer's guide

T+D, April, 2003

Saba

2400 Bridge Parkway

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

650.581.2500

650.696.1773 Fax

www.saba.com

Saba (Nasdaq: SABA) is the leading provider of Human Capital Development and Management (HCDM) solutions. Saba offers customer-focused applications to manage learning, content, performance, collaboration, and related professional services.

Over 230 customers worldwide use standards-based enterprise solutions from Saba to improve enterprise performance by: decreasing time-to-market of new products, increasing sales and channel productivity and accelerating time-to-competency of people across the extended enterprise and reducing regulatory compliance risk.

Organizations around the world rely on the Saba platform to ensure that their customers, partners, and employees have the knowledge and skills required to successfully execute business initiatives. Among the Global 2000, Saba customers include Alcatel, Telecom Italia, DaimlerChrysler, EDS, Procter & Gamble, Medtronic, Anheuser-Busch, Ford Motor Company, Continental Airlines, General Electric, Cisco Systems, EMC Corp., Medtronic, Proctor & Gamble, Telecom Italia and VERITAS Software.

The Saba ecosystem of partners includes Allos, Buck Consultants and Mellon HR Solutions, Cisco, Braxton (formerly Deloitte Consulting), IBM Business Consulting Services, Bearingpoint (formerly KPMG Consulting), and SchlumbergerSema.

Founded in 1997, Saba is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call (877) SABA-101 or (650) 779-2791.

SAE, International

Corporate Learning Solutions

400 Commonwealth Drive

Warrendale, PA 15096

724.772.8529

724.776.5321 Fax

www.sae.org

SAE International was formed more than 90 years ago to address the information and professional development needs of mobility engineers. As a technical society, our mission is to increase the technical knowledge base for engineering professionals. Providing high quality technical training is a core component in this effort. Engineers from the automotive, heavy-duty, and aerospace industries rake SALE courses to enhance their technical knowledge. Courses are designed and developed by the industry's most renowned experts. This vast experience with technical training led to the development of SAE Corporate Learning Solutions, whereby SALE delivers training in-house for companies.

Now, SALE uses its established network of subject matter experts to help corporations maintain their competitive advantage by providing customized technical training for employees. Corporate Learning Solutions allows organizations to rap into SAE's body of knowledge in a very customized and cost effective way. SALE can adapt or design a training course to address your specific and critical business needs that incorporates high quality technical content. Choose from a wide variety of technical and management related topics. These courses are excellent for an engineering audience since the content is created and developed by engineers for engineers.

Today's workforce requires highly skilled employees. Many companies find it hard to address the specific training needs of engineers and technical employees. Let SAE's Corporate Learning Solutions help you with your technical and management training needs.

SH3 Translations

5338 E. 115th St.

Kansas City, MO 64137

816-767-1117

816.767.1727 Fax

www.sh3.com

If you have global audiences to train, we can help. We can translate your training programs into the languages you need, helping you communicate effectively with international employees and customers. We will translate your training programs accurately and thoroughly, assuring that your message reaches all of the people you need to train. We've translated sophisticated training programs for John Deere, Domino's Pizza, Gerrag Gears, and other Fortune 500 corporations. Our experienced translators work in every major language from Spanish to Swedish, Polish to Portuguese, Chinese to Czech. We translate e-learning software, training manuals, support documents, promotional brochures, Power Point programs and computer-based training programs. We can provide foreign voiceovers for your videos and DVD programs. Our professional graphics staff will supply beautifully formatted, print-ready electronic files of your translated documents. SH3 has 22 years of experience providing highest quality translation and seamless s ervice. Call us, or fill out our easy online form, for a fast, free quote.

SJE Partners, LLC

11509 Bridgetender Drive

Richmond, VA 23233

804.967.9048

804.762.4734 Fax

www.SJEPartners.com

UPGRADE THE 'PEOPLE' SIDE OF YOUR BUSINESS

SJE Partners and Sandbox Management can help you be successful in managing and upgrading the people side of your business. We help you be successful in three key areas:

* Finding the best talent

* Training them to continue being the best.

* Giving them a great place to work

By excelling in these areas, and knowing your business, you can be successful. Our mission is to be the 'trusted advisor' you turn to, providing the services, products and skills for your business to grow and be profitable, while you continue to enjoy the ride. This means more fun, less distraction and greater success!