CHICAGO — HR Technology Conference 2010, Booth #916,
September 30, 2010 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people systems
provider, today announced that Saba customers are using Saba People Systems
to manage the performance, strategic objectives, career and individual
development of more than 1.25 million employees worldwide. In the past
year, Saba has seen both the addition of new Performance Management Suite
customers, including Baker Hughes, Cisco, Liverpool Direct, and
Media-Saturn, as well as expansion into existing Saba Learning Suite and
Saba Collaboration Suite customers, demonstrating the broad appeal that
these solutions have to cultivate an environment where pivotal talent
can deliver exceptional results.
News Facts
- Saba Performance Suite
includes Saba Performance Reviews, Saba Goals & Objectives, Saba
Succession, Saba Workforce Planning, Saba Compensation, and Saba
Impressions, a new addition to the suite which recently received honors
as a Top HR Product of 2010 from Human Resource Executive®
magazine. These are critical elements of Saba People Systems, which
also include Saba Learning Suite and Saba Collaboration Suite.
- Employees
managed by Saba Performance Suite products now surpass 1.25 million —
including more than 500,000 employees of customers that selected Saba
Performance Suite products within the past 12 months.
- Saba has
extensive global reach; more than 40% of customers who have chosen Saba
Performance Suite products are based outside of North America.
- Saba was recognized in Bersin & Associates' Talent Management Systems 2010: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Solution Provider Profiles
as the market leader for enterprises with over 10,000 employees. The
study touted Saba People Systems' extensive configurability, embedded
collaboration for faster adoption of talent management solutions, and
integrated, sophisticated workforce-planning application.
- Over 50% of customers who have selected Saba Performance Suite products are deploying multiple Saba applications.
- Introduced
by Saba in April 2010, Saba Impressions is a new application in the
Saba Performance Suite that delivers real-time performance feedback via a
social networking platform. As quick and simple to use as Twitter, Saba
Impressions enables people across the organization to submit quick
feedback on colleagues in an easy-to-use fashion. Unlike social feedback
from stand-alone tools, feedback from Saba Impressions is embedded into
performance processes, to help organizations respond to needs to change
development plans, goals, and succession plans.
Comments
"The
momentum Saba has seen over the past year clearly validates the value
Saba is delivering by embedding enterprise business networking across
people processes. With Saba, businesses can seamlessly execute workflows
across multiple application and functional silos and close competency
gaps via formal and informal development," said Yvette Cameron, vice
president and general manager of People Performance at Saba.
Graham
Group Ltd., a longtime customer of Saba Performance Suite products,
cites the following key benefits: "[Prior to adopting the Saba
Performance Suite] I would say our [performance review] completion rate
was less than 50%. It was challenging to get managers to do the
write-ups. We are now completing well in excess of 90% of our reviews.
The process still requires work — but because of its relevance to the
company's success and an improved framework, our managers execute more
consistently," said Kim Johnson, executive vice president for corporate
development and CIO, Graham Group Ltd.
About Saba Performance Suite
Saba
Performance Suite is a unique solution that enables organizations to
cultivate an environment where their talent can deliver exceptional
results.
Saba Performance Suite includes capabilities to support:
- Proactive
performance management that streamlines goal and objective setting and
alignment, as well as performance and development planning
- Performance reviews that are more relevant due to performance feedback from managers or multiple raters
- Real-time performance feedback harnessing the power of the social network to gather feedback throughout the year
- Competency management capabilities to assess key skills and capabilities, and identify and close critical gaps
- Succession
management, including talent pool management, high-potential program
management, organizational charting, career management, and internal
recruiting
- Workforce planning, including workforce modeling and position management
- Compensation management that enables smarter decision-making based on multiple measures of success
In addition, Saba makes these processes more engaging and relevant by:
- Providing
embedded enterprise business networking within performance processes
for ongoing user engagement, feedback, and dynamic alignment
- Enabling
access via applications people use every day such as enterprise
portals, mobile devices, and email to increase user adoption and
engagement
- Directly facilitating actionable development to close skill gaps and improve organizational performance
About Saba
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) provides a new class of people systemsthat combine enterprise learning, people management, and collaboration technologies. Today’s people-driven enterprises are using Saba's solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives, align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business, and cultivate, capture, and share individual and collective knowhow to effectively compete and succeed.
Saba's premier customer base includes major global organizations and industry leaders in financial services, life sciences and healthcare, high tech, automotive and manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, packaged goods, and public sector organizations. Saba’s solutions are available both on-premise and in the cloud, and are underpinned by global services capabilities and partnerships encompassing strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.
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.
SABA, the Saba logo, Saba Centra, and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts:
Saba
Jenny Lee
650.581.2615
jlee@saba.com
Activa PR for Saba
Emma Rosen
415.385.2843
emma@activapr.com
SABA, the Saba logo, Saba Centra and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
