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Hyundai Motors Licenses Saba Learning Solution for 15,000 People

14 April 2000

Hyundai Motors Licenses Saba Learning Solution for 15,000 People; Internet-based learning management system will connect Hyundai dealers and employees to mission-critical learning

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--April 14, 2000--Saba (Nasdaq:SABA), the company that connects people to learning, today announced that Hyundai Motor America has selected the Saba Learning(TM) solution in the third quarter ending February 29, 2000. Soon, 15,000 Hyundai employees and dealership personnel will be able to access personalized learning on Saba to improve their skills, advance their careers and provide the best in customer service.
    "Our decision to create a learning network on Saba was made by Hyundai's managers responsible for the real world performance of their departments and dealerships. We're always looking for solutions that will increase our competitive advantage and help us increase the level of support to our customers," said Chuck Halper, Vice President of Service. "With Saba, we will have the ability to uniformly share mission-critical learning about product, sales, parts and service with Hyundai employees and dealers."
    "Hyundai is a perfect example of a company that recognizes that skill-driven learning improves business performance. Hyundai has clearly demonstrated its commitment to continuous learning. The need to integrate all of their training initiatives ultimately led to the selection of the Saba Learning(TM) solution," said David Martin, Saba Vice President of Marketing. "By providing extended enterprise access to personalized learning that helps employees and dealers improve their competencies, Hyundai is creating real value for its customers, dealers and employees."

    About Saba

    Saba (Nasdaq:SABA), the company that connects people to learning, is a provider of global Internet-based learning networks that consist of learning management software, business-to-business learning exchanges, and related services. As of December 31, 1999, more than 2,000,000 people around the world and 20,000 learning offerings were "on Saba."
    Saba extended enterprise customers rely on Saba learning networks - and offerings from Saba-affiliated learning providers - to increase their competitive advantage by building mission-critical skills throughout their customers, partners, employees, and suppliers. A partial list of these extended enterprises include 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS), Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL), Ford (NYSE: F), General Electric (NYSE: GE), i2 Technologies (Nasdaq: ITWO), Informix (Nasdaq: IFMX), iPlanet, a Sun-Netscape Alliance (Nasdaq: SUNW and NYSE: AOL), Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), MarchFirst (Nasdaq: WHIT), SGI (NYSE: SGI), Texas Utilities - Europe (NYSE: TXU), VERITAS Software (Nasdaq: VRTS), and York International (NYSE: YRK).
    Saba learning provider customers and alliance members rely on Saba learning networks to extend their global reach. A partial list of these learning providers include Achieve Global (NYSE: TMC), Allen Communication (NYSE: TMC), Bell Canada Enterprises Media (NYSE: BCE), Centra (Nasdaq: CTRA), Corporate University Xchange, DigitalThink, Eloquent (Nasdaq: ELOQ), ExecuTrain, IBM Catapult (NYSE: IBM), International Air Transport Association (IATA), LearningByte, LearnLinc, Interwise, NETg (NYSE: H), ONE TOUCH Systems, PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning (NYSE: PRM), PROVANT (Nasdaq: POVT), SkillSoft (Nasdaq: SKIL), Thomson Learning Course Technology, TrainingNet, and Xebec McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP). For a more complete list of Saba learning providers, please visit http://saba.com/exchange.
    Founded in 1997, Saba is a global company headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, USA. For additional information, please visit http://saba.com or call 1-877-Saba-101 or +1-650-696-1758 in the Americas, +44-0-208-334-8043 in Europe - Middle East - Africa, or +61-2-9293-2538 in Asia - Pacific.
    Saba, the Saba logo, saba.com, the phrase "Connecting People to Learning" and its variants, Saba Learning, Saba Learning Network, Saba Learning Provider Network, Saba Learning e-Store, Saba Learning Exchange, and the marks relating to other Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.