Saba Unveils Comprehensive Hosted Service for Human Capital Management
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LONDON, April 30 / -- Saba, the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services provider, today announced that its customers will be offered local hosting in Europe for the first time, providing cost, performance and compliance benefits. The hosting services, rolled out in conjunction with USi, an AT&T company, are already up and running.
Saba's decision to use USi as its EMEA hosting partner follows a successful seven year partnership with USi in North America, which is now extended to Europe through the USi Data Centre based in Amsterdam. EMEA customers will benefit from a seamless implementation process, and be able to leverage USi's own information assurance and security practices, reducing the need for Saba customers to perform their own audits and certifications.
Additionally, Saba's hosting services will benefit from USi's custom application monitors, which track availability 24 hours a day, seven days a week and automatically alert trained team members to any unplanned outages. Saba can access these monitors at any time via a secure web portal, while Saba's customers with dedicated environments can also request access to custom monitoring.
"As an existing hosted customer, Legal & General is delighted that its hosting environment is being moved to Europe. Migrating to the hosting service in Europe will ensure faster response times and improved service because we will now be operating in the same time zone. This move demonstrates Saba's commitment to its European customers." Said Andy Wooler, Learning Programme Manager, Legal & General.
The collaboration with USi will be supported by a dedicated global hosting team, led by Cary Fulbright, Vice President & General Manager, OnDemand Business Unit, which also includes a local hosting support team located in the UK. The move follows the company's recent announcement of its expanded line of Saba OnDemand offerings, which provide best-in-class learning management, performance and talent management, and real-time learning and collaboration delivered as a service over the Internet. The new European data centre will serve Saba's OnDemand and Hosting customers across EMEA.
"Our decision to bring a local hosting service to EMEA is in response to significant customer demand, Saba is now in the position to present true local hosting for our European customers for the first time, with all of the positives that brings with it", says Alun Cope-Morgan, President of EMEA, Saba. "Through this deal, our customers will feel the benefit of higher levels of up-time from Saba's data centres -- giving them peace of mind and security - while it will also allow us to focus on improving our already industry- leading products."
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(TM) 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 EMEA customers include Abbey, Acergy, Alcatel, Allianz, Bupa, BMW, Credit Suisse, DaimlerChrysler, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Deutsche Telekom, Ford, HMRC, Kone, Keuhne + Nagel, Legal & General, Novartis, Royal Mail, Schlumberger, Standard Chartered Bank, Swedbank and Vodafone.
Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Saba has offices across Europe including UK France and Germany. For more information, please visit www.saba.com/ or call (+44) 1344 392777 or email: emeainfo@saba.com
About USi
USi is an AT&T company and a leading Application Service Provider (ASP). USi delivers enterprise application management, managed hosting, remote management, eCommerce development and hosting, enterprise messaging and collaboration, professional services and software-as-a-service enablement. USi's clients have access to a broad, diversified portfolio of service offerings, including: Ariba®, IBM®, WebSphere®, MarketLive®, Microsoft®, Oracle®, PeopleSoft®, and Siebel®, as well as eCommerce solutions developed and delivered by USi. Additional information about USi and USi's services is available at www.USi.com.
SABA, the Saba logo, Centra and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Source: Saba
CONTACT: Paul Thompson, +020-8834-3481, saba@bitepr.com, Sara Vincent,
+1-410-897-4467, both for Saba
Web site: http://www.usi.com/
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