Industry Veteran Joins Saba as President of EMEA to Expand Presence in the Region

REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF., Sept 12, 2005 —Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, today announced that it has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Alun Cope-Morgan as president of Saba Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this new position, Cope-Morgan is responsible for business operations in EMEA and will drive the strategy of Saba’s EMEA business to fortify the company’s market presence and further expand global sales.

“As global demand for Saba’s HCM solutions increases, we are strengthening our management team in EMEA to better support our customers and meet the market growth,” said Saba chairman and CEO, Bobby Yazdani. “Alun Cope-Morgan has a phenomenal cadre of experience and leadership abilities that will be an asset to our organization as Saba continues to raise the bar for HCM solutions.”

Described by leading analyst firms as “the HCM provider of choice” for large, multinational global deployments, Saba increased the number of new customers by 42% over the past year. Today, Saba serves more than 90 enterprise customers in EMEA, including industry leaders in the finance, manufacturing, life science and telecommunications industries such as Abbey, ABN AMRO, Air France, Alcatel, Allianz Group, Astra Zeneca, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Montepaschi Siena, Royal Bank of Scotland, Schlumberger, Standard Chartered Bank, Swedbank, Telecom Italia and Telenor.

Saba’s HCM solutions have helped customers reap the benefits of aligning their human capital with business objectives to achieve competitive advantage and operational efficiency. In EMEA, where the language, culture and compliance requirements vary from one country to the next, it’s important for large, multi-national companies to have one HCM solution with the flexibility to serve all constituents. Saba Enterprise 2005 provides support for ten languages today, with plans to support nine additional languages by October 2005.

“Saba is an incredible organization with talented people who are executing on a unique vision of HCM, empowering customers to align their enterprises to drive greater organizational performance,” said Alun Cope-Morgan. “I am thrilled to join Saba’s leadership team and look forward to expanding our presence in EMEA.”

Alun Cope-Morgan is a technology veteran with more than 17 years of experience leading companies in Europe to increased market share and larger revenues. Prior to joining Saba, he was director of EMC Open Software Group in EMEA, where he led the execution of strategies that significantly grew annual revenue. Before joining EMC, he was the managing director and vice president of UK and International Operations with Tridion. Cope-Morgan also has held senior leadership positions with Iona Technologies, Amdahl and Easel Corporation.

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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