Saba Wraps User Conference with HR Leaders Energized About the Future of Strategic HCM

Saba Names Customer Excellence Award Winners

Saba-Centra Global Summit 2007—San Francisco, Calif.—November 8, 2007— Saba Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today concludes its Saba-Centra Global Summit 2007 user conference. Held November 5-8 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, the conference gathered customers, partners and industry thought leaders who shared strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) insights and learned about new product innovations from Saba that will help them shape the organization of the future.

“My conversations with hundreds of customers this week reinforce that our industry is facing a transformation towards unifying all aspects of people management processes into a single people management platform,” said Bobby Yazdani, CEO and chairman for Saba. “Companies agree that in order to attract the new generation of employees, and engage and retain current talent, they will need to adopt a people management strategy that empowers their employees to contribute to their individual success as well as organizational excellence.”
During Saba-Centra Global Summit, Saba made several announcements, including:

• Saba Centra 7.6—the next generation of its online learning platform, which will include a new recording studio that enables easy Web 2.0 knowledge capture and collaboration for improved business performance. 
• Saba Compensation—a solution that will enable companies to move beyond pay-for-performance practices to drive compensation decisions that are linked to talent and workforce planning strategies.
• A collaboration with IBM to deliver a unified people management blueprint—This blueprint will help organizations to assess their current people management strategy, leverage a roadmap to move to a more integrated approach to talent management and adopt best practice methods and technology to support this model on an ongoing basis.

Industry executives and thought leaders that energized and inspired attendees with keynote presentations included: Nick van Dam Ph.D., global CLO for Deloitte; Tammy Sharpless, global learning officer, Projects and Finance for Deloitte; Patrick F. Goepel, president of HR Services for Fidelity Investments; Jim Holincheck, research vice president for Gartner; Laura Desjardins, vice president, Global Delivery & Operations, Learning & Development for HP; and, Ted Hoff, vice president of learning for IBM Corporation.

Saba Customer Excellence Awards
During the user conference, Saba also presented the 2007 Saba Customer Excellence Awards, recognizing superior achievement in strategic HCM deployments. The 2007 award winners were honored in the following categories:

• HP—BestOverall People Management Deployment
• Union Bank of California—BestOverall People Management Deployment
• IBM—Best Global Deployment
• United States Department of Health and Human Services—Best Government Deployment
• Internal Revenue Service—Best Saba Centra Deployment
• East Carolina University—Best Academic Institution Deployment
• Siemens Medical Solutions—Innovative Use of Saba Solutions
• Westlake Training—Best Mid-Market Deployment

“Year over year we are pleased to see how our customers have expanded their use of the Saba platform and the positive impact these implementations are having on their organizations,” added Yazdani. “We are pleased to recognize our Customer Excellence Award winners who are visionaries in the industry and continue to set new standards for implementing a people management strategy.”

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding future releases of Saba’s products and the development and intended benefits of a unified people management blueprint. Saba's actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties Saba faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with: Saba's dependence on growth of the markets for Saba's products, dependence on acceptance of Saba's products by customers and channel partners, fluctuation in customer spending, length of Saba's sales cycle, competition, rapid technological change, dependence on new product introductions and enhancements and potential software defects. Readers should also refer to the section entitled "Risk Factors” on pages 11 through 21 of Saba's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007 and similar disclosures in subsequent Saba periodic SEC reports. The forward-looking statements and risks stated in this press release are based on information available to Saba today. Saba assumes no obligation to update them.

About Saba
Founded in 1997, Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) is the premier global provider of strategic human capital management (HCM) software and services. Saba’s people management solutions are used by more than 1,200 organizations and over 17 million end users worldwide. Saba’s solutions increase organizational performance by aligning workforce goals with organizational strategy; developing, managing and rewarding their people; and improving collaboration.

Saba product offerings address all aspects of strategic HCM and are available both on-premise and OnDemand (www.saba.com/products). To ensure long-term customer success, our global services capabilities and partnerships provide strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.

Saba customers include ABN AMRO, Alcatel-Lucent, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BMW, Caterpillar, CEMEX, Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Dell, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, EDS, EMC Corporation, FedEx Kinko's, Insurance Australia Group, Kaiser Permanente, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Renault, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotiabank, Singapore Ministry of Finance, Sprint, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanford University, Swedbank, Tata Consultancy Services, 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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