Saba Learning Suite Lowers Administrative Costs and Stimulates Increase in e-Learning Worldwide

Redwood Shores, Calif., January 9, 2006 Saba, a leading provider of Human Capital Management solutions, today announced that Mitel, a leading global provider of business communications solutions and services, is successfully utilizing Saba Learning Suite to manage its product training program. With constantly evolving technology in the telecommunications industry and rapidly growing sales channels to support new products, training is critical for employees, customers and partners who require current, consistent knowledge regarding Mitel’s products. To support its training program, Mitel has deployed Saba in every country where the company has operations or customers and currently supports 25,000 external users as well as 1,700 employees.

“Saba has saved Mitel significant time and expenses while providing an integrated, global view of training so we can share content with our staff anywhere in the world,” said Lynn McCormick, Manager, HR and Training systems at Mitel. “With Saba, our people have 24x7 access to an improved selection of training courses which has contributed to the successful rate of employee adoption.”

Mitel chose Saba to create a global training infrastructure that would enable the Sales and Technical Product Training departments to save time and resources by replacing two regional-based legacy learning management systems. With the anticipated demand and growth of training for new telecommunications technology, Mitel needed a more versatile, robust and global solution. The Mitel training departments now develop all learning and training content in-house using Saba Publisher. Since Saba Publisher is intuitive to use and seamlessly integrates with Saba Learning, the teams were able to quickly and easily create content that interoperates with Saba Learning.

“Any time an organization can improve learning adoption by relying on technology, they build true competitive advantage for their business,” said Jason Averbook, CEO of Knowledge Infusion. “A centralized learning management system can provide short-term benefits such as automation, but the development of a world-class global workforce is of far greater benefit to companies like Mitel.”

In its first three months of production at Mitel, Saba stimulated a 430 percent increase in the utilization of web-based training. Additionally, the training departments at Mitel have leveraged Saba’s automation features to lower administrative support costs for learning by more than 50 percent and have significantly reduced printing and shipping costs by utilizing learning content for download via the Web.

“Mitel is at the forefront of extending learning beyond the enterprise, to customers and partners,” said Bobby Yazdani, chairman and CEO of Saba. “Saba is pleased to deliver a global learning solution that enables companies like Mitel to develop their people, lower administrative costs and drive competitive advantage.”

For more information on how Mitel is using Saba, please go to: http://www.saba.com/customers/case_studies/index.htm.

About Mitel
Mitel is a market leader for voice, video and data convergence over broadband networks. With a focus on the user experience, the company delivers advanced communications solutions that are easily customized for individual business needs. Mitel solutions extend from intuitive desktop appliances and applications through to Applications and Services Gateways that enable business process integration and enhancement. Customers are provided with innovative ways to leverage their resources and migrate to the benefits of IP communications at their own pace. Mitel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide. For more information please visit www.mitel.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 Corporation, FedEx Kinko’s, Insurance Australia Group, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Scotiabank, Sprint, Standard Chartered Bank, Swedbank and the U.S. Army and U.S. 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.

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