| Saba Extends Learning Services Offering for Compliance, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Manufacturing
Saba Learning Catalog Includes Offerings from Industry-Leading Content Providers
REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF., June 29, 2005 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, today unveiled the Saba Learning Catalog, offering packaged content solutions to enterprises worldwide. To address customers’ compliance needs as well as to serve the unique learning needs of enterprises in financial, healthcare, life sciences and manufacturing industries, the Saba Learning Catalog enables organizations to procure learning content, technology and services from a single, trusted HCM source.
Regulatory compliance, industry certification, continuing education, records management, workplace safety and leadership development are all learning requirements of organizations in the financial, healthcare, life sciences and manufacturing industries. Featured solution partners in the Saba Learning Catalog include some of the foremost content providers to meet these requirements, including Corpedia, GeneEd, Health Care Compliance Strategies, IC Axon, Sage Online Learning, Tooling University, University of Healthcare and Vivid Learning Systems.
The Saba Learning Catalog is the next step in the expansion of Saba’s Learning Services offerings, which already includes custom content development services, content conversion capabilities and the “On Saba” program, supporting its Content Alliance program. Over 200 content partners have successfully tested their content “On Saba” in the Saba Content Lab, ensuring interoperability with the Saba Enterprise Learning system.
“Learning content is one of the most valuable and critical components of an HCM solution,” said Ken Higgins, vice president of learning services for Saba. “Saba Learning Services works with customer organizations to ensure that they get the most out of their learning content – off-the–shelf, custom or repurposed.”
The Saba Learning Catalog offers content from eight partners representing key industries:
General Business and Compliance
Corpedia is the featured partner to provide a wide range of General Business and Corporate Compliance solutions. Corpedia is a private ethics and compliance advisory, risk assessment and workforce e-learning company with top-quality courseware in management development, project management, corporate ethics and compliance.
Financial Industry
Sage Online Learning, a leading provider of nationally certified Web-based content, is the featured content partner for the financial industry. Courses from Sage are certified by the Institute of Certified Bankers and meet the requirements of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. Courseware from Sage covers compliance, general banking, insurance, lending, retirement planning, bank management, sales and service.
Healthcare Industry
Health Care Compliance Strategies (hccs), University of Healthcare (UOHC) and Vivid Learning Systems are the featured content partners for the healthcare industry. Courses from hccs focus on regulatory compliance in healthcare, including JCAHO, HIPAA and OSHA. Courseware from UOHC spans healthcare management and operations as well as medical and nursing education. Vivid Learning Systems also provides comprehensive courses in workplace safety and human resources.
Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industries
GeneEd and IC Axon are the featured learning content providers for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. GeneEd’s CME Category I courses are focused on training and accreditation for the pharmaceutical industry. IC Axon offers courses optimized for pharmaceutical sales training and topics cover clinical pharmacology, physiology, anatomy and sales.
Learning Content for Manufacturing and Safety Industries
Tooling University (Tooling U) is the featured learning partner for the manufacturing and safety industries. Courses from Tooling U focus on shop floor and manufacturing operations.
The Saba Learning Catalog is available today. For more information on any of the Saba Learning Services, or to apply to have your content included in the Saba Learning Catalog, please e-mail learning@saba.com.
About Saba
Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) is a leading provider of integrated Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions. Saba enables The Aligned Enterprise™ by aligning goals, developing and motivating people, and measuring results – driving greater organizational performance.
More than 10 million current users in over 30 countries use Saba today. Customers include ABN AMRO, Alcatel, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BMW, CEMEX, Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Dell, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, EDS, EMC, FedEx Kinko’s, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Scotiabank, Sprint, Standard Charter Bank, Swedbank and the U.S. Army and Navy.
Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has 20 offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call (+ 1) 877-SABA-101 or (+1) 650-779-2791.
Saba, the Saba logo, and the marks relating to other Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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