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Saba CEO Bobby Yazdani Featured on Upcoming “The Bill Kutik Radio Show”

August 6th Show to Discuss the Latest HR Industry and Technology Trends

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—August 4, 2008—Saba Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SABA), the premier people management software and services provider, today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Bobby Yazdani, will be the featured guest on the “The Bill Kutik Radio Show,” which will air on Wednesday, August 6 at 12:00pm EDT.

The Bill Kutik Radio Show is a bi-weekly online talk show hosted by Bill Kutik, a leading independent analyst in the HR Technology marketplace. Produced by Knowledge Infusion’s Center of Excellence, the show features unedited and unrehearsed conversations with some of the industry’s most influential thought leaders, including executives from leading technology providers.

Mr. Yazdani founded Saba in 1997 and is the driving force behind the Saba vision, products, and market direction. Under his guidance, Saba has grown into a leading provider of people management software and services with more than 1300 customers, including 51 of the Fortune 100. As a thought leader in the industry, Yazdani was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He is also a frequent spokesperson at industry events and has written numerous technical and business papers including: "Human Capital Development and Management: The Next Generation of Virtual Integration Across the Extended Enterprise." Yazdani has a BA in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.

“CEO Bobby Yazdani of Saba is truly a citizen of the world, especially the multi-national world of today’s global enterprises. Hear his thoughts on the challenges of globalizing Talent Management systems and Web 2.0 in the enterprise," said host Bill Kutik, also Co-Chair, Human Resource Executive®’sHR Technology Conference.

Yazdani’s appearance will air at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. More information, including a link to listen is available at www.knowledgeinfusion.com/coe/community/coe/radioshow

About Bill Kutik
Bill Kutik is considered the leading independent analyst of the HR technology marketplace, with specialties in HCM, electronic recruiting, outsourcing and talent management. He was named a Top 25 HR Influencer of 2007 by HR World. He has been technology columnist for Human Resource Executive® since 1990 (at www.HREonline.com since 2006), also serving as co-chairman of the magazine's annual trade show, HR Technology Conference & Exhibition® since its inception in 1998.

For 20 years, he was consulting editor for Esther Dyson's leading computer industry newsletter, Release 1.0. Previously he was the founding editor of the monthly magazine, Computers in HR Management; managing editor of Ziff-Davis' Computer Industry Daily; and a reporter for The New York Times and The New York Daily News. He has also published articles in Newsweek, Washington Post, Institutional Investor, New York Magazine, Business Month, IHRIM Journal, Cruising World and Backpacker (where he was the founding editor). He has a B.A. degree from Harvard University and is president of Kutik Communications, a strategy, marketing and editorial consulting firm in Westport, Conn.

About Knowledge Infusion
Knowledge Infusion is the recognized consulting authority on human resources, talent management, and emerging technology solutions that drive human capital management business value. Formed in 2004, the firm works with over 150 global clients. Services include advising and creating technology strategy and execution plans to tie HR technology to business results and transforming people, process, and technology to align with business objectives. In addition to on-site consulting services, Knowledge Infusion offers clients the Center of Excellence—a community-based platform to sustain an HR competitive advantage through ongoing intelligence, best practices, collaboration, and on-demand consulting. Complementing each other, the on-site consulting and Center of Excellence offer an unparalleled source of services and information for the HCM community with a common goal in mind—maximizing the strategic direction HR has on an organization. Knowledge Infusion was named a Top 25 HR Influencer of 2007 by HR World, and was recognized by IHRIM with the 2007 Partner Award. www.knowledgeinfusion.com

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-Lucent, 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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