Saba Sharpens Focus on Web-Based Content; Saba Appoints Ken Higgins as

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    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2005--Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, today announced that Ken Higgins has joined the company in the newly-created position of Vice President of Learning Services.
    In his new role, Higgins will drive Saba's education and expand market opportunities for Saba's learning content programs through strategic partnerships with key content providers. Higgins will focus on custom content development, content best practices consulting, third-party packaged content certification programs, and Saba's customer education development and delivery.
    "Saba understands that blended learning plays an increasingly important role within the knowledge economy," commented Higgins. "We provide the expertise and best practices necessary to allow an organization's employees, partners and customers to access this knowledge resource whenever and wherever they need it."
    A 20-year industry veteran, Higgins comes to Saba with a strong history of building education businesses for software companies such as Mercury Interactive, Siebel and Oracle. Originally from Arlington, VA, Higgins holds an MBA from the University of Santa Clara and a B.Sc. in Information Systems from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
    "I welcome Ken Higgins as a key member of our management team. With his extensive experience, he is the right person to grow our content offering as we launch Saba's newest blended learning enterprise solution worldwide," said Bobby Yazdani, Saba Chairman and CEO.

    About Saba

    Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) is the world's leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, enabling global organizations to increase the productivity and competency of people across their extended enterprise. Today commercial and government organizations have licensed Saba for use by more than 8.1 million users. Customers include Alcatel, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, BMW, Cisco Systems, DaimlerChrysler, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, FedEx Kinkos, Medtronic, National Australia Bank, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Scotiabank, Sprint, and Swedbank. Saba has received industry as well as customer recognition and was again named a leader in the Gartner 2004 e-Learning Suite "Magic Quadrant."
    Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has 13 offices in five regions worldwide.
    For more information, please visit www.saba.com or call 877-SABA-101 or 650-779-2791.

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