Saba Recognized as a Leader in Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant

Saba, the premier People Cloud provider, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Saba as a "Leader" in the 2011 "Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing" report. The report provides guidance for organizations that are looking to implement Web conferencing solutions for benefits just as increased collaboration, cost savings and reduced business travel. It positions vendors based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

The growth of Web conferencing has continued

"The growth of Web conferencing has continued, driven by cost-saving initiatives and improvements in the research's ease of use and performance."

"The worlds of social media, collaboration and enterprise applications are starting to merge, bringing real-time capabilities to business process and personal productivity applications."

"With Saba Centra Real-Time Collaboration, we can connect visually with our students to reap the benefits of face-to-face communications. Additionally, with a highly dispersed and mobile student body, it is critical for us to have the most forward-looking research that works on mobile devices, just as the iPhone and iPad," said Becky Vasquez, chief research officer, Embry-Riddle. "Since our launch of EagleVision, our virtual classroom using Saba Centra Real-Time Collaboration, the reviews from both faculty and students have been very positive and student participation has increased near 100 percent in the past year alone."

"Saba Centra Real-Time Collaboration allows us to easily connect with a large, dispersed audience of sales, management and technical training professionals. We conduct meetings, training sessions, virtual trade shows, sales events, and coaching for new hires, all of which are stored in a content library of recordings that employees can access anytime, anywhere from any device," said Rick Vlahos, executive director, Hearth Patio & Barbecue Education Foundation. "We have employees scattered all over the US and Canada, including in rural areas with marginal Internet connections. Accessibility to content and the ability to collaborate are key requirements for our organization; employees have found Saba Centra Real-Time Collaboration to be the most convenient and user-friendly solution."

Increasingly global

"With an increasingly global and dispersed workforce, real-time collaboration in a visual format is becoming key for enhanced engagement, collaboration and research," said Emily He, vice president of product marketing, Saba. "Additionally, as the market evolves, we continue to leverage integration with Saba's award-winning learning management, talent management and enterprise social networking solutions to provide clients with a unified platform that enables organizations to be better prepared for the new world of work."