This week Saba Software released one of its strongest financial results in many years. Saba, which pioneered the market for enterprise learning management systems, has now turned the corner in its transformation into a SaaS software company. Some of the highlights which I believe are important: Saba's total revenues grew by 14% year over year (the largest growth in several years), and this represents a significant growth in SaaS revenues and a drop in license revenues. The Saba "people systems cloud" is now becoming the company's primary new offering. MORE >>

I happened upon a tweet last week while trolling my Twitter in-box that heralded a product announcement from Saba for their new " Saba Anywhere " offering designed to make training delivery to mobile workers easy, practical and secure. The marketing blurb provides the following background: At first blush, this all sounds great! Much of what the Saba team gleaned in designing and bringing their new Anywhere offer to market can likely serve as foundational knowledge for the next anticipated step in their evolution towards true mobile learning. Thump ! MORE >>

The LMS currently supports use of the Saba Centra Virtual Classroom. Centra Client Quick Reference (pdf) provides information on how to participate in an online course session. Latitude Learning LMS Blog. LMS Blog. Home Free LMS Our LMS Pricing Services Support Blog. How do I attend a Virtual Classroom course? Posted by Latitude Learning Team 3/29/2012 2 Comments. Tweet. Prerequisites. You can test that your computer is able to run the client by opening this link to view requirements and test your browser. You must be set up to launch online courses as mentioned in this FAQ. MORE >>

I must confess it is now four months since I received an in-depth demonstration from the people at Saba of their People Systems Suites. First off, it’s worth noting that Saba does not seem to have been suffering like so many of its competitors through the downturn: It gained 113 new customers in 2010, which was a record year. What interested me was the extent to which Saba has been remodelling its applications to reflect a very different view of what ‘people systems’ could consist of in the years to come. So what are Saba up to with their latest software? MORE >>

If you look at what's going on at Saba, SumTotal or any of the major players, they are adding features and major functional areas at an amazing pace. Scott Bradley Wilson helped by providing a post with more detailed visualization of this. I should be working on content for my presentations at DevLearn in October that look at what's next in eLearning. As a side note: if you are going to DevLearn and are reading this, please drop me a note.) What often happens when systems become very complex is that they begin to get replaced by simpler systems. MORE >>