REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier People Cloud provider, today announced Saba Social Learning was selected as the winner of the prestigious Launch Pad competition. The award, produced by TechWeb (producers of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, the Web 2.0 Expo and publisher of InformationWeek magazine), recognizes the most innovative advances in social business software.
"We are thrilled to be recognized as the Launch Pad People's Choice winner at Enterprise 2.0," said Milind Pansare, Senior Director, Saba People Cloud Applications at Saba. "Saba Social Learning, powered by Saba Social, transforms people processes in the workplace, including; on-boarding, learning and collaboration, giving organizations a competitive advantage. It is a honor to be the first social application focused on people and people networks to be acknowledged as Launch Pad winner."
By combining the best of today’s social networking features, coupled with world-class learning management capabilities, Saba Social Learning provides more collaborative, immediate and context-relevant methods than any other solution. Additionally, it is the only learning solution available that integrates formal learning with an informal social environment to encourage a real-time exchange of organizational knowledge among employees, partners and customers to improve business results.
"I want to thank and congratulate all of this year’s participating Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launch Pad companies for their unique innovation in the industry,” said Steve Wylie, Enterprise 2.0 Conference General Manager. “We applaud Saba for their big win in today’s Launch Pad and for demonstrating how new tools and technologies can improve the way we work and communicate.”
The powerful combination of innovative social learning and mobile delivery, with more traditional learning, enables a transformative workplace that accelerates employee development and engagement, increases performance and reduces content development cost, all while creating a more interactive environment. Saba Social Learning will also enable organizations to more quickly and efficiently develop their direct sales force, resellers and partner channels thereby accelerating sales readiness and increasing revenue productivity.
Launch Pad, part of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference program, is a live public forum created for unveiling new social tools within the enterprise. Launch Pad participants posted videos to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launch Pad site, utilizing Web 2.0 technologies to showcase their new product or service. Details about the Launch Pad Awards can be found at launchpad.e2conf.com.
About Saba
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) enables organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization’s most mission-critical assets – its people. The company provides a set of people-centric enterprise solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. Saba delivers cloud-based learning management, talent management, and social enterprise solutions to transform the way people work.
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. 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, 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.
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