Leading Analyst Firm to Be Featured in Upcoming Saba Webcast—“Web 2.0 in the Learning Ecosystem”
May 6th Event Will Discuss How to Leverage the Collaboration Capabilities of Social Software to Facilitate Learning Across an Organization
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—April 24, 2008—Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) the premier people management software and services provider, has announced that leading analyst firm, Gartner, will be featured in an upcoming Saba webinar titled, “Web 2.0 in the Learning Ecosystem - The Challenges and Benefits of Adoption,” to be held Tuesday, May 6, 2008 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT.
Adding social software to a learning ecosystem can allow users to share their experiences and knowledge with other employees using tools such as wikis, blogs and podcasts. Saba’s Webcast will feature Gartner Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Carol Rozwell, who will discuss how training departments and business managers can begin to incorporate social software today to facilitate learning across an organization. Attendees will learn ways to enhance their learning ecosystem, concrete steps to begin incorporating social software as well as key considerations for implementation. For more detailed information about the Webcast, please visit www.saba.com
“We are pleased to have leading industry analyst firm Gartner join us to discuss Web 2.0 and informal learning, which is a topic of great interest to our customers,” said A.G. Lambert, vice president, product marketing for Saba. “Organizations that begin to incorporate these tools today will be able to capitalize on the collaborative nature of social software to facilitate informal learning and drive increased productivity across an organization.”
Saba is already delivering new Web 2.0 and collaboration innovations as part of Saba’s unified people management platform that are helping its customers create connected communities focused on organizational goals. Saba Enterprise 5.4 SP2 delivers Web 2.0 collaboration, recommendation and power search features that take informal learning to the next level by enabling organizations to broadly capture and access institutional knowledge.
About Saba
Founded in 1997, Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) is the premier global provider of strategic human capital management (HCM) software and services. Saba’s people management solutions are used by more than 1,300 organizations and over 17 million end users worldwide. Saba’s solutions increase organizational performance by aligning workforce goals with organizational strategy; developing, managing and rewarding their people; and improving collaboration.
Saba product offerings address all aspects of strategic HCM and are available both on-premise and OnDemand (www.saba.com/products). To ensure long-term customer success, our global services capabilities and partnerships provide strategic consulting, comprehensive implementation services, and ongoing worldwide support.
Saba customers include ABN AMRO, Alcatel, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BMW, Caterpillar, CEMEX, Cisco Systems, Daimler, Dell, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, EDS, EMC Corporation, FedEx Kinko's, Insurance Australia Group, Kaiser Permanente, Lockheed Martin, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Petrobras, Procter & Gamble, Renault, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotiabank, Singapore Ministry of Finance, Sprint, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanford University, Swedbank, Tata Consultancy Services, 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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