Saba Delivers Advanced Product Capability For Global Compliance Support

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., -- December 19, 2005 — Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, today announced advanced product capability and expertise to help global organizations comply with government and industry regulations. Saba Enterprise Learning Suite enables customers in the financial services, healthcare, airline and other regulated industries to ensure compliance, align employees’ development and certification objectives to overall corporate goals, and help measure the ongoing results of learning initiatives. Customers utilizing Saba for compliance include Kaiser Permanente, Swedbank, Continental Airlines, SAS Braathens, Swedbank, Promina Group, Masimo Corporation, Medtronic and Schlumberger among many others.

As more and larger organizations grapple with continuously changing laws and regulations, they are adopting enterprise-wide learning suites to provide a centralized repository for real-time reporting on training activities associated with critical compliance programs. With robust certification management and reporting functionality; support for more than 15 languages; e-signature and audit trails; as well as easy configuration and personalization, Saba Learning is ideally suited to meet the compliance needs of global enterprises.

Healthcare
Healthcare companies must comply with new patient care regulations; certify plan advisors on new health plans, deductibles and coinsurance; record continuing education unit requirements for practitioners; and meet the requirements of governing bodies such as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Saba enabled Kaiser Permanente to meet the requirements of JCAHO, supporting an annual safety curriculum for employees and physicians.

Financial Services
For financial services organizations, new regulations are a common part of the changing financial landscape, as new products and services are introduced into a dynamic global economy at a time of heightened demand for consumer and corporate protection mandates such as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and Basel II. In Sweden, the banking group Swedbank utilized Saba to certify more than 8,500 financial advisors on the impact of a new law in eight short weeks.

Airlines
Many airlines implemented learning and HCM strategies in the wake of the September 11 tragedy, which increased operating costs and created additional regulatory compliance requirements for global airline carriers. Consequently, learning initiatives have helped industry leaders such as Continental Airlines and SAS Braathens continue to compete successfully while increasing the safety and security of their passengers and employees.

Continental, the world’s sixth largest airline, utilized Saba Learning to deliver regulatory training as well as to report and audit the training to meet compliance requirements. “We deal with many regulatory agencies that impose stringent requirements,” said Sabrina Paprocki, Continental’s manager of training and development. “Real-time reporting that streamlines the process of demonstrating compliance is imperative. The ability to create a report quickly and easily was a priority for us, and Saba Learning provides this capability.”

SAS Braathens, Norway’s largest airline, implemented Saba solutions to deliver security training required by the European Union and to build a competency framework. With Saba Learning, SAS Braathens is able to deliver learning scenarios in an online virtual environment.

“Regulated industries operate in hyper-competitive environments where cost efficiency and meeting complex compliance requirements are critical to optimal performance,” said Bobby Yazdani, Saba chairman and CEO. “We are proud to provide learning solutions that not only meet our customers’ compliance requirements, but also empower their employees to attain business goals.”

To read more about how Kaiser Permanente, Promina Group, Swedbank, Continental Airlines, SAS Braathens and others are using Saba Learning for compliance and similar business-critical issues, please read their case studies at: http://www.saba.com/customers/case_studies/index.htm.

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.comor call (+ 1) 877-SABA-101 or (+1) 650-779-2791.

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