New Release of Saba Centra Advances Enterprise Knowledge Sharing and Access to Improve Online Training and Meeting Effectiveness

Leading Web Conferencing and Collaboration Solution Introduces One-Click Knowledge Distribution, Enhanced Session Interactivity and New Client to Drive Increased Adoption

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—June 11, 2009—Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced the latest version of its industry-leading Web conferencing and collaboration solution, Saba Centra 7.6 SP2. Available now, this release advances enterprise knowledge sharing and access with one-click capture and distribution of session materials, increased session interactivity and a new, full-featured Linux client.  As organizations continue to look at ways to reduce training and meeting costs, Saba Centra 7.6 SP2 helps create an optimal online experience—regardless of time, location or platform—to drive increased adoption, connect people with expertise and improve organizational productivity.

“Effective knowledge capture and transfer can help organizations enhance business performance by creating a culture of learning and collaboration,” said A.G. Lambert, vice president of marketing for Saba. “The new features in Saba Centra 7.6 SP2 increase the effectiveness of informal learning and facilitate low-cost, high-impact collaboration that can boost the bottom line.”

Saba Centra is an industry-leading Web conferencing and collaboration solution that enables employees, customers and partners to learn, interact and exchange knowledge online. Saba Centra 7.6 SP2 extends Saba’s strategy to increase the value of Web conferencing by making online interaction more natural. It also enhances the value of session content by making it easy to capture and share across the enterprise. This latest release also provides expanded platform support to meet the needs of large enterprises and new capabilities for presenters and participants that enable richer virtual classroom and meeting interaction.

“Saba Centra provides us with an effective way to bring our clients and renowned analysts together in a highly interactive meeting environment,” said Richard Nantel, CEO for Brandon Hall Research. “We look forward to experiencing the features in this latest release that can facilitate high-impact session interactions and knowledge transfer to expand access to the leading-edge research that supports the ongoing growth of our business.”

Saba Centra 7.6 SP2 Enhancements Include:

Automatic capture and sharing of session interaction and materials—Session attendees now have the ability to download an agenda and associated markups as a PDF for rapid content distribution following a live event. Leaders also have the option to select which content is made available for distribution. In addition to sharing materials, Saba Centra also offers one-click session information capture and publishing to the Saba Knowledge Base, where knowledge assets can be incorporated into a wide variety of online and blended learning programs—providing constant access to subject-matter expert knowledge for course designers and learning content managers.

Enhanced presenter and participant interaction—New features enhance presenter and participant interaction to create an online meeting that is as effective as meeting in person. This latest release includes: enhanced application sharing tool bar and mark-up capabilities, audible alerts to enable instructors to easily manage live and virtual classroom questions, new telephony/VoIP indicators, new participant view and more.

Full-featured Linux client—A new client option drives increased adoption by expanding access to Saba Centra for Linux users, and delivers the same, rich participant scenarios available from Saba Centra on Windows and Apple Macintosh to facilitate a highly effective training and meeting experience. 

Enhanced platform and browser support to meet the needs of the enterprise—Multiple platform and browser updates include: Linux (Redhat 5 & SUSE 9SP4 & 10), Mozilla 3.0, Oracle 10.2 and 11.1, updated support for FireFox and Explorer browsers, and bi-directional VoIP for Citrix users. Saba Centra is built for the enterprise and has an advanced architecture that is secure, scalable and reliable.

Availability
Saba Centra 7.6 SP2 is available now OnDemand or on premise. For more information or to sign up for a free trial, please visit http://www.saba.com/products/centra/trial

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 1,300 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 Alcatel-Lucent; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; BMW; Caterpillar; CEMEX; Cisco Systems; Daimler; Dell; Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; EDS, an HP company; EMC Corporation; FedEx Office; 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, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service, 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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