Saba Supports Transportation Industry Learning Portal
14 February 2000
Saba Supports Transportation Industry Learning Portal
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--Feb. 11, 2000--Saba Learning Provider Network Enables Trainingtek.com to Quickly
Offer Online Regulatory Training and Certifications to Aviation,
Shipping, Automotive, and Rail Industries
Saba, the company that connects people to learning, today announced that TrainingTek.com has chosen Saba Learning Provider Network(TM) (Saba LPN(TM)), Hosted Series, to power its business of providing distance-learning to the aviation industry now, with plans to expand to the shipping, automotive and rail industries soon.
The hosted learning network from Saba will allow TrainingTek.com's clients to created personalized learning programs for their employees, so each can successfully meet the critical regulatory-driven certification requirements of their respective industries. In addition, the data-tracking and report-generating capabilities of Saba LPN will enable TrainingTek.com to provide international regulatory agencies with the vital information they require about certifications and competencies for transportation industry employees.
Powering the learning portal, Saba Learning Provider Network opens the way for TrainingTek.com to partner with transportation industry learning providers and to offer its clients a cost-effective, reliable alternative to traditional training and reporting methods. Because Saba LPN Hosted Series is a hosted learning network, TrainingTek.com, which was founded in November 1999, is able to actualize its business goals quickly, without having to make heavy investments in its own hardware and software IT infrastructure.
"By adopting the Saba hosted learning network, we're able to provide major airlines with a better way of managing training, leaving them to concentrate on their core competency -- flying airplanes," said Doug Payne, TrainingTek.com CEO and president. "In the same way, by letting Saba host our learning portal, we're able to concentrate on our area of expertise."
Besides providing the means for personalizing learning curricula, Saba LPN's data-tracking and report-generating capabilities also produce vital information that can be filed by clients directly to the FAA in the United States and the JAA in Europe. TrainingTek.com will also work with its partners to build a library for regulatory agencies "on Saba."
"Together, we're saving airlines time, money, and headaches," Payne said.
"TrainingTek.com is an exciting new business with a great market and the industry know-how to make this learning portal work," said David Martin, Saba vice president of marketing. "Saba LPN, Hosted Series, will enable TrainingTek.com will be able to open its doors for business within a few months of its founding. With Saba managing the infrastructure, TrainingTek.com can concentrate on attracting transportation industry clients and connecting them to learning on Saba. It's a great vision, and we're happy to be able to help this new company hit the ground running."
About Saba Learning, Hosted Series
For emerging businesses, it makes sense to trade capital investments and up-front license fees for fixed start-up fees, predictable monthly expenses, and outsourced professional IT resources. With Saba Learning, Hosted Series, Saba hosts learning network solutions on secure servers for its customers. Saba focuses on technical excellence, so customers can focus on business excellence.
About Saba
Saba, the company that connects people to learning, is a leading provider of Internet-based learning management systems. Our customers rely on their learning management systems to increase business performance by closing knowledge gaps for people throughout their extended enterprises. Today, more than two million people, and tens of thousands of learning offerings, are "on Saba."
Saba learning management systems enable businesses such as Adobe , Anheuser-Busch , Ceridian , Cisco , Continental Airlines , DigitalThink, ExecuTrain, Ford , International Air Transport Association (IATA), Informix , Qwest Communications , SGI , Sun-Netscape Alliance , TXU EuropeTexas Utilities , Veritas VERITAS Software , Whittman-Hart , and York International to continuously assess, plan, distribute, measure, and improve learning for customers, partners, employees, and suppliers.
Founded in 1997, Saba is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, USA, and has offices through the Americas, Europe - Middle East - Africa, and Asia -Pacific. For additional information, please visit http://saba.com or call 1-877-Saba-101 or +1-650-696-1758 in the Americas, +44-0-181-940-1999 in Europe - Middle East - Africa, or +61-2-9293-2538 in Asia - Pacific.