Redwood Shores, Calif. - September 16, 2010 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), ), the premier people systems provider, today announced that Saba Impressions, a network-based real-time performance feedback application, has been selected as one of Human Resource Executive®
magazine’s best products of 2010. Selected for product innovation and
value to the human resources function, this Top HR Product of 2010 award
will be presented to Saba at a special awards ceremony held on
September 29th at the 13th Annual HR Technology® Conference and Expo in
Chicago, Illinois.
News Facts
- Introduced by Saba in
April 2010, Saba Impressions is a new application in the Saba
Performance Suite that delivers real-time performance feedback from the
enterprise social network. 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. Real-time feedback and
communication allow employees to dynamically align goals with corporate
objectives, get proper coaching and development to improve performance
on the job and to quickly make course-corrections based on immediate,
contextual feedback. Unlike social conversations from stand-alone
tools, feedback through Saba Impressions can be embedded into the
performance processes, turning informal coaching or “kudos” into part of
the formal review process.
- Saba Impressions and Saba
Performance Suite are delivered as part of Saba's People Systems which
infuse social interactions, feedback, insights and learning into key
people processes to help mobilize people, cultivate knowhow, and
accelerate alignment.
- With Saba Impressions, Saba is redefining
the performance management process by focusing on continuous employee
engagement and feedback instead of HR process automation. With Saba
Impressions the performance review cycle becomes dynamic, real time and
continuous, fostering a culture of high performance and making
performance reviews more relevant and of higher quality.
- According to Human Resource Executive®,
to be considered as a 2010 Top HR Product of 2010, products must have
been released between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Winners were
determined based on several factors: how innovative the product is, how
much value it adds to the HR function, ease of use, and whether the
product delivers on its promises.
Comments
"Human Resource Executive® has been evaluating HR products and conducting this competition for 22 years," explained David Shadovitz, editor of Human Resource Executive®.
"Our goal has always been to identify products and services that
clearly offer value to the HR community while demonstrating
innovation. This solution represents the best of the HR marketplace and
portrays a vision of what HR can achieve by harnessing the enterprise
social network."
“We're pleased to receive this prestigious recognition from Human Resource Executive®
magazine,” said Yvette Cameron, vice president and general manager of
People Performance at Saba. “The way people work is changing and so,
too, must the way we think about performance management processes. When
you replace the concept of ‘management’ with ‘engagement’, this
hierarchical process turns on its head to focus on people, and how their
actions are valued and perceived across the enterprise. With Saba
Impressions, organizations can power up their people – helping them work
better, and work together, with real time performance feedback.”
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.
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650.581.2615
jlee@saba.com
Activa PR for Saba
Emma Rosen
415.385.2843
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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
