Saba Powers Social Learning for the Enterprise

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., January 2011 -- Saba, a provider of people systems, announced the availability of Saba Publisher 10.0, the latest version of Saba's content creation and publishing tool. Saba Publisher 10.0 includes new capabilities that let any author create and publish compelling, media-rich content, particularly content focused on video and gaming.

New features in Saba Publisher 10.0 include:

A new "launch pad" starting screen for creating and opening content titles
New video help agents found on the "Video Tour" tab of the new launch pad
Added Flash player support feature for MP4 files
New transition effects
Configurable Flash animation capability
Several new additions to Saba Publisher's current inventory of games

The new features in Saba Publisher 10.0 continue to make it easy for authors to share content and collaborate on development projects. Instructional designers and subject-matter experts alike can reuse templates and learning objects easily through access to a shared resource library. Saba Publisher also fully supports mobile templates.

"How do you fully leverage an organization's knowledge? The key is to capture this knowhow through both formal and informal channels. Saba Publisher helps our customers keep learners engaged through a variety of Web 2.0 and social content, including stimulating games, enhanced video snippets, and flash-based animations," said Laurent Pacalin, senior vice president of people learning, Saba.

"Saba Publisher 10.0 reaffirms Saba's commitment to supporting the full lifecycle of learning for enterprises by providing products to power all aspects of the learning ecosystem, including social and mobile learning."