New Adapter Streamlines Course Administration; Provides One-click Access to Saba-Centra Virtual Classroom from Blackboard Learning Systems™ Products

Redwood Shores, Calif. – February 14, 2007 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced Saba-Centra Live™ for Blackboard, a new adapter that extends the integration of its Saba-Centra Live virtual classroom and real-time learning software with the Blackboard Learning System products including Enterprise License; Vista Enterprise License; CE Enterprise, CE Basic, and CE Enterprise Ltd. License. The new adapter enables Blackboard® clients to add real-time learning and virtual classroom capabilities to their existing Blackboard functionality. Students can now schedule and launch live, online Saba-Centra virtual classes directly from their Blackboard Learning System, as well as playback recordings of the virtual classes directly from Blackboard applications.

“Saba is a recognized leader in the delivery of online learning and real-time collaboration for academia,” said Jan Day, Director of Building Blocks, Blackboard. “We are always excited about the integration between Blackboard and other technology solutions that will provide enhanced teaching and learning capabilities. We expect the integration with Saba-Centra to provide many benefits to the members of college and university communities.”

“The academic market is an important one for Saba and our alliance with Blackboard will help us provide even more value for the academic enterprise,” said Bobby Yazdani, chairman and CEO, Saba. “Our broad range of tools and services to help academic institutions deliver activities such as distance learning, real-time student collaboration, and one-on-one mentoring programs will be made stronger by our deep and seamless integration with Blackboard technology.”

New Adapter Streamlines Course Administration; Provides One-click Access to Saba-Centra

The adapter enables course designers and instructors to create, edit, schedule and manage online Saba-Centra virtual classes, along with their other Blackboard content types seamlessly from the Blackboard interface.

“Our students and faculty will be thrilled that the Saba-Centra / Blackboard integration will provide them with one point access for easy navigation between the important synchronous and asynchronous components of their classes,” said Ruth Horwitz, Manager of Online Programs at Bentley College. “In addition, we hope to expand the opportunity for collaborative learning by adding the ability to create e-meetings directly from the Blackboard dashboard.”

Course designers and instructors can also add a link to the Saba-Centra virtual class to the Blackboard Calendar and send a link via the Blackboard Mail for all students. Students and any other user in any role can directly attend the Saba-Centra virtual class with a single click directly from Mail, the Calendar or the Content Home. Users can also playback Saba-Centra recordings directly from the Blackboard environment. Whether scheduling, editing or attending a live class or playing back a recording, users will only need to sign-on to the Blackboard system without needing to log into Saba-Centra. Saba-Centra integrated with Blackboard is available for both Windows and Linux server operating systems, as well as Windows and Macintosh client operating systems.

Saba-Centra in Academia
Hundreds of academic organizations use Saba and Saba-Centra solutions to build innovative programs that reach beyond campus boundaries and provide students and faculty with a rich, collaborative, interactive learning experience that can fit into their busy lives. Customers include: Bentley College; California State University; Capitol College; Florida State University; Graduate School, USDA; Fuquoa School of Business at Duke University; Harvard Medical School; London Business School; National University of Singapore; New York University; North Virginia Community College; Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth, University of South Australia; and University of Tennessee. More information about Saba’s products for academia is available at http://www.saba.com/solutions/industry_solutions/universities_education.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 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 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.

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