UK-based Oil and Gas Engineering Company Attracts, Develops and Retains Key Talent Across Its Global Business With The Help of Saba

Redwood Shores, Calif. – February 7, 2007 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, announced that Acergy, a seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor for the offshore oil and gas industry worldwide, is implementing the Saba Learning Suite as part of its global learning and development infrastructure. With aggressive growth objectives to meet, Saba also forms part of the overarching strategy to share inherent Acergy ‘know-how’ and attract new talent to the organization from alternative industries.

In December 2006, Acergy rolled out Saba Learning Suite 5.2 to the group’s UK and Norwegian onshore staff, around 1,500 of Acergy’s 7,000 employees, with the technology due to be expanded globally, both on and offshore, over the next twelve months.

With Acergy’s traditional talent pool outgrown through industry expansion - Acergy itself grew by 20% in 2006 with a similar expansion rate expected this year - one of the strategies Acergy adopted to attract and retain key talent was to cultivate a reputation for learning and development. This approach also broadens their appeal to potential employees from alternative industries. Acergy looked at a range of learning management solutions that could be used by all employees at every level and function, before selecting Saba.

“Business growth puts the challenges of attracting and retaining talented people at centre stage,” said Keith Tipson, Vice President Human Resources at Acergy. “While the talent pool we’ve conventionally worked in has remained consistent, our own need for recruitment has continued to grow. We realize that our organization is only as good as our people, and attracting the best talent to Acergy, and then retaining them by acknowledging their potential and developing them, is paramount.”

Acergy selected Saba software because of the company’s prior track record of providing global solutions to large and complex organizations, its proven scalability, and its reputation as a solid software suite to support its HCM strategy. Acergy wanted a trusted learning management solution, that didn’t sit in isolation to allow new areas, such as talent management and performance tools, to be added and fully integrated at a later date.

“We looked at a range of different providers, but we chose Saba because we knew they were people we could work with. We didn’t want just a learning management system or just an e-learning suite, but something we could scale across the business worldwide that was flexible enough to grow or add features to suit us at any given time,” said Mr Tipson.

The decision to implement learning management provided an opportunity to tap into internal expertise which had been developed over many years, and could not be brought in from outside sources. Acergy Learning, the group’s one-stop shop for learning, also helps to track information consistently across the globe.

Moving forward, Acergy will be looking to roll out Saba software, branded as ‘Acergy Learning’, to support its own ‘Acergy Academy’ solutions across the rest of its worldwide operations, including offshore locations that have very different working patterns and needs. Everyone from engineers, project managers, operational and support staff, to the senior executives, will have benefited from Saba’s solutions.

“Acergy has proven that one of the major challenges facing its organization can be tackled through the implementation of a learning management solution,” says Alun Cope-Morgan, president for EMEA at Saba. “Whether it be growing beyond your traditional talent pool, or ensuring knowledge can be tracked and managed on a single global platform for example, an integrated approach to learning and development can help to fulfill successful strategies to achieve business goals.”

An integral component of Saba’s suite of HCM solutions, the Saba Learning Suite is a powerful solution that provides groups like Acergy with the ability to share training, track uptake and manage the competencies of its individuals in a globally consistent fashion.

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 Enterprise™ 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 EMEA customers include Abbey, Acergy, Alcatel, Allianz, Bupa, BMW, Credit Suisse, DaimlerChrysler, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Deutsche Telekom, Ford, HMRC, Kone, Keuhne + Nagel, Legal & General, Novartis, Royal Mail, Schlumberger, Standard Chartered Bank, Swedbank, Vodafone and Wyndham International.

Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has offices across Europe including Paris, Frankfurt and Bracknell. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call (+44) 1344 392777 or email: emeainfo@saba.com

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