REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people cloud provider, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Saba as a Leader in the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems. The Magic Quadrant positions vendors based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Gartner Comments (1):
“The corporate learning system (CLS) market continues to mature and consolidate. This evolution coincides with a higher percentage of organizations looking to reduce the number of software providers within the human capital management (HCM) portfolio. [Moreover], buyers should focus on acquiring the most critical functionality now, while ensuring they're able to incrementally purchase additional modules for future initiatives.”
“[W]e are beginning to see more organizations leverage these systems for the extended enterprise to better connect and track nonemployees, such as partners, resellers and customers. We have witnessed a greater number of learning and development (L&D) teams attempt to align their metrics with the metrics of the business (e.g., speed of product launches or level of customer satisfaction).”
“We have seen enterprises looking to leverage their CLSs to reach a broader population and also aid with the discovery and adoption of information. Studies continue to show that people learn more from their peers than from an e-learning system or even an instructor….[W]hen we surveyed the reference customers for this Magic Quadrant, 34% said they planned to implement wikis, blogs and other collaboration tools from their CLS vendor within the next two years, while 11% stated that they have already implemented these tools. In addition, 25% of the respondents stated they plan to invest in social profiles from their CLS vendor before the end of 2012, with 6% already using the functionality.”
Supporting Quotes:
“Saba continues to deliver solutions to customers that enable them to accelerate the pace of productivity and increase performance by extending the capabilities of traditional learning management systems with mobile and social elements that empower employees, partners and resellers around the world,” said Laurent Pacalin, SVP and GM of People Cloud Applications.
Saba People Learning Suite:
Saba People Learning provides an industry-leading social and formal learning environment that enables organizations to drive top-line growth, increase customer retention, cultivate their people’s knowhow, and reduce costs and risks of noncompliance. Built to support the people processes of the most forward-thinking organizations, this easy-to-use system accelerates knowledge transfer across ecosystems of employees, customers, partners, and suppliers. Using innovative technologies and mobile delivery, Saba Learning generates user engagement by making knowledge accessible through the applications that people use every day. The Saba Learning Suite includes Saba Social Learning, Saba Publisher, Saba Anywhere, Saba Content Management and Saba Learning Commerce.
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About the Magic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2011 by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
(1) Gartner, Inc. “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems”, Freyermuth, J., Holincheck, J., and Otter, T. (24 March 2011)
About Saba
Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) provides a new class of people systems that combine enterprise social 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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Saba
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