Three Customers Recognized for Achieving Positive Business Impact Through Training and Development

Redwood Shores, CA – January 11, 2007 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced that three of its customers have been named winners of the Bersin & Associates 2006 Learning Leaders Program: Alcatel, Caterpillar Inc. and Symantec Corporation.

Bersin & Associates is the only research and advisory firm solely focused on enterprise learning and talent management. The firm determined the winners based on detailed criteria compiled over years of research, the Learning Leaders Program recognizes effective and efficient approaches to employee learning and development resulting in significant business improvement. Saba’s customers won for showing leadership in three different categories.

In the category of Leadership Program Excellence, Alcatel (now Alcatel-Lucent), the global communications provider, won for its company-wide manager training focused on leadership skills for a global environment.

Two customers were recognized in the Operational and Management Excellence category. Caterpillar Inc., a major manufacturer of construction equipment, won for its effectiveness and efficiency of Caterpillar University. Symantec Corporation, a global provider of infrastructure software, also won for its technical support training.

“Alcatel-Lucent, Caterpillar Inc. and Symantec Corporation have proven themselves as visionaries by aligning their enterprise learning programs and initiatives to their business strategies, ” said Bobby Yazdani, chairman and CEO of Saba. “We are pleased to see these accomplishments acknowledged by Bersin & Associates.”

“These winning organizations are outstanding examples of the innovation and business acumen in the learning industry,” said Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates. “They all powerfully demonstrate ways in which learning can create positive and significant changes in business.”

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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