| Saba Enhances Customer Implementation Training
Saba University Adds Seven New Courses to Help Customers Streamline Their Saba Deployments
Redwood Shores, Calif., September 11, 2006 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced the addition of seven new courses to be offered by Saba University. Tightly integrated into Saba's Achieve Implementation Methodology, the new courses support the various phases each customer must complete as part of their specific implementation.
"These new courses are designed to support and enable a more streamlined implementation for Saba customers and promote and develop the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities they need to effectively implement, administer and use Saba solutions," said David Marler, vice president, Saba University. "These new courses decrease the time to value so that Saba customers realize more immediate return on investment on their Saba solution."
Additions to Saba University's curriculum include:
- Architecture Fundamentals for Saba Enterprise 5.3 - Includes technical considerations surrounding a typical implementation of Saba Enterprise 5.3, specifically the architecture and configuration of components to achieve business needs.
- Content Deployment Strategy for Saba Learning - Prepares participants to identify and perform the tasks that need to be completed to ensure successful content deployment through Saba Learning.
- Implementing Saba Learning 5.3 - Helps team members become familiar with Saba terminology, functionality, documentation, online help, training, and other resources to help them learn about the product.
- Implementing Security in Saba Enterprise - Prepares customer project teams to plan the security strategy for Saba Enterprise applications.
- Maintaining the Saba System - Help users understand the Saba system components and three-tier services-oriented architecture, identify and troubleshoot system errors, implement a Saba Service Pack management process, and prepare to work effectively with Saba Customer Support.
- Saba Enterprise 5.3 Configuring the Web User Interface - Trains participants on how to configure the "user experience" using desktops, themes, menus, labels and portlets. Participants will also learn to create their own custom menus and themes that can be applied to desktops and how to modify labels and text in the Saba application.
- System Configuration for Saba Enterprise 5.3 - Provides participants with the knowledge to configure notifications, modify components and their attributes, and manage reports.
Saba University offers more than 50 courses in a variety of formats to support the needs of its customers, including:
- Classroom-based, instructor-led training at Saba's San Francisco Bay Area-based headquarters.
- Virtual training led by instructors experienced with delivering training in an online environment and presented over the Web using standard Web and phone conferencing tools. These courses combine a blended approach of instructor demonstrations with structured, hands-on student activities.
- On-site training for customers with a large number of students who require training, or who require customized training.
- Self-paced, web-based training to help employees, managers and training administrators utilize Saba solutions by allowing users to learn at a time and place of their choosing.
More information about Saba University, including the complete course catalog, is available at: http://www.saba.com/services/education/saba_education/index.htm.
About Saba
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) ) is the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, using a people-centric approach to increase productivity and performance. As a trusted partner, Saba enables the Aligned EnterpriseT for over 1,100 customers in 150 countries by providing an integrated people management system to continuously align goals, develop people, improve collaboration and increase visibility into organizational performance.
Saba customers include ABN AMRO, Alcatel, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BMW, CEMEX, Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Dell, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, EDS, EMC Corporation, FedEx Kinko's, Insurance Australia Group, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Scotiabank, Sprint, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanford University, Swedbank, Wyndham International, Weyerhaeuser, Underwriters Laboratories, and the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.
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, 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.
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