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Research and Educational Network

Nag Chandrashekar, VP Product Management

October 5, 2015


Saba

Saba delivers a cloud-based Intelligent Talent Management solution

used by leading organizations worldwide to hire, develop, engage

and inspire their people. With machine learning at its core,

Intelligent Talent Management offers proactive, personalized

recommendations on candidates, connections and content to help

your employees and organization lead and succeed. Our solution

is powered by Saba Cloud, a highly scalable platform that exceeds

industry security and reliability standards. Saba has more than

31 million users and 2,200 customers across 195 countries and

37 languages. Learn more about Intelligent Talent Management at

www.saba.com.


Global Customer Base

2,200 organizations, 31 million users, 13 million cloud subscribers

Financial

Services

Life

Sciences

High

Tech

Automotive

and Mfg

Retail /

Hospitality

Public

Sector

Aviation

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Trusted by Industry Leaders

15 of the Top 20Global Pharmaceutical

14 of the Top 30Global Bank &

Investment Services

9 of the Top 20Global Oil & Gas

8 of the Top 10Global Automakers

6 of the Top 20Global Food & Beverage

6 of the Top 10Global Aerospace & Defense

5 of the Top 10Global Conglomerates


Vector Capital acquires Saba

• Leading global private equity investor in technology and technology-

enabled businesses

– Raised four Vector private equity funds since 1997

– ~$2.5 billion under management

• Help enterprise software companies achieve rapid, yet sustainable growth

• Blue chip investor base (many of which co-investing in Saba), including:

• Most existing investors have backed Vector for over a decade

Public Employees

Retirement System

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Complete, Organic, Intelligent Talent Management

Organically

built

Real-time

collaboration

Social and

gamification

Native

assessment

Secure

mobile


New Saba Cloud Customers


Learning@Work

Social and

mobile

Virtual

classroom

Evaluations &

assessments

Extended

enterprise

Certification &

compliance

Intelligent

recommendations


Analytics

Dozens of

reports &

dashboards

Ad-hoc query

on 800+

dimensions

Dynamic

Network

Analysis

Actionable insights

for admins,

managers and

employees

Point and click

report writer


Saba Cloud - Excellent Customer Adoption

Customers > 270+

Users > 12+ Million

Page Views > 35+ Million

Performance Customers live on Saba Cloud > 30+

Reviews > 60K+

Goals > 170K+

Analytics Executions > 500%

Goals > 637%

Meetings > 643%

Smart Lists > 927%

Reviews Initiated > 1525%

Content Launches > 2359%

Course Completions > 2450%

Unique Enhancements through FFF > 225+


Trends in

Learning and

Development


The Forces@Work

Source: TheFutureOrganization.com


overwhelmedemployee

Talent Challenges@Work

diversity


Apprentice

Centered

Teaching

Centered

Learner

Centered

Relationship

Centered

One to One

RelationshipsOne to Many Many to Many Community to Many

Focus on Quality

of Craft

Focus on What Needs

Taught

Focus on Learners

Needs/OutcomesFocus on Relationships:

People, Content, Work

Before 1930s 1930-1970s 1970s-2010 2010-Beyond

Evolution of Learning

Source: Brandon Hall


Apprentice

Centered

Teaching

Centered

Learner

Centered

Relationship

Centered

Before 1930s 1930-1970s 1970s-2010 2010-Beyond

Internships, Mentoring, Coaching

Classroom

Performance Support & Job Aids

Video, Computer/Internet Learning

Blended & Experiential

Social

Mobile

Evolution of Learning



Learning Trends

#1- Social Learning

#2 – Personalization

#3 – Mobile Learning

#4 – Content Aggregation

#5 – Compliance

#6 – Performance Management


Social AKA Engagement


Social Learning in 2015

• Jane Hart, an

independent

workplace advisor,

writer and

international speaker

explained recently

that she believes

most organisations

are in an ‘interim

stage 4’ by simply

adding on social

learning to a more

traditional learning

model1.

Courtesy : Nine Lanterns

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/blog/2015/03/30/5-stages-of-workplace-learning-revisited-again/


Social = Informal

70%

20%

10%70/20/10: Lombardo & Eichinger, Center for Creative Leadership

Courses & Reading

Feedback & Examples

On-the-Job Experiences

• Formal Learning/Catalog• Certification & Compliance• Classrooms

• Groups Associated with Classes• Impressions• Expertise Location

• Idea Engine• Real-Time Collaboration• Groups & Workspaces


What are we using?

BHG, Social & Collaborative Learning, 2014

22%

29%

32%

33%

46%

50%

50%

63%

22%

23%

25%

27%

29%

29%

38%

40%

Learner generated blogs

Learner generated videos

Micro-blogs

Expert directory

Wikis

Content rating

Learner comments

Discussion forums

High Usage

HighlyEffective


Case Study: Guitar Center

“90% of our investment was in 10% of learning”

– Chris Salles, Director of eLearning


Case Study: Guitar Center “More Stories to Tell”

“We’re going from 25 SMEs to 12,000!”

Why Social Learning?

• Disseminate information quicker

• Share information among stores

• Collaborate, record and share

• Mobile access

About Guitar Center

• Over 250 locations

nationwide

• 12,000 passionate

employees

• Largest retailer of

musical instruments

and related gear


Real-time

collaboration

Gamification: PQ,

Impressions, sentiment

User-

generated

content

Conversations,

groups, workspace

Collaboration


• Groups are communities that

are established by a common

bond – enrolled in the same

course or curriculum, same

career interests, mentoring

program, etc.

• Ensure learning program

continuity with communities of

practice

• Members can collaborate,

participate in discussions,

share documents, etc.

• Groups can be public or

private

• Enrollment can be manual or

automatic

Groups


Video Channels

• Videos can be uploaded and categorized by channel

• When a user drills into a channel he/she sees the featured video, and all other videos

associated with the channel.

• If a user subscribes to a channel they will be notified when new videos are posted.


• Each Academy has its own Workspace

Consolidate relevant content via Workspaces


Workspace Example

• Example of using Workspaces to support Career Development


Personalized


Paradox of Choice


We readily use smart or intelligent systems when choosing movies and

shopping.

Why not for learning?

Intelligent Learning


Why Intelligent Talent Management?

• Proactive - the system does the

work for you

• Dynamic – constantly

crunching user/usage data

• Personalized – no two users

get the same recommendations

• Engaging – the more you

interact, the better the system

works for you

Hi! I’m the machine

learning algorithm

that lives inside

Saba Cloud


Let the Next Gen LMS find relevant people, content and classes based on your

interests, activity and profile utilizing machine learning

• Better job performance

• A light weight career development program

• Better profile data so HR can make better decisions

Personalization


Intelligent Core

Machine

learning

Intelligent

recommendations

Smart

Search


learning algorithm

that lives inside

Saba Cloud

Dynamic

Profile


The Intelligent Mentor (TIM)Personification of Machine Learning


learning algorithm

that lives inside

Saba Cloud


Intelligent Recommendations


Mobile Learning


Mobile usage is skyrocketing

We spend twice as much time online as we did in 2008 and half of that time is on mobile devices


Current Mobile Learning Landscape

39



Mobile

Native apps

for Apple

and Android

Virtual classroom

and collaboration Mobile recruiting

and performance

Enterprise-

grade

security

Best-in-class

mobile

learning

Communities

and experts


Home Page


End User – Search – Bar Code Scan


Message Center – Inbox


Me – Development Plan


Me – Download or Stream Content


Me – Launching Content


Me – Completing Performance Review


Manager – Team View with Alerts


Manager – Completing Checklist


Instructor – View Roster – Swipe to Mark Attendance


Student – QR Code via Notification or Mobile App


Content Aggregation


Content is King

“One of the exciting things about the Internet is that anyone with a PC and a

modem can publish whatever content they can create.”

From “Content is King” by Bill Gates, 1996

Engaging, even immersive!

• User contributed content (Social)

• Virtual classrooms and recordings

• MOOCs

• Simulations

• Device independent (Mobile)

• Gamification

• Recognition, rewards: YES!

• Games, not so sure.

• Experiential Learning (xAPI)


MOOCS

Source: Bersin by Deloitte

Chronicle for Higher Education


Marketplace

Saba

Development

Kit (SDK)

Improve processes

And reporting

Drag-and-drop

recruiting,

learning,

and system

integration

Tested, pre-configured

connectors


Marketplace Integration with OpenSesame


Experiential Content (xAPI)

Tincan Support

• Consume tincan content

on web and mobile app

• LRS (learning record

store) captures learning

experiences

• Display in learner profile

• Capture non-learning

experiences like games,

simulations in centralized

data store

• Opportunity for big data

analysis


A LOOK FORWARD…

Saba Cloud

+


A look forward…

The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It

is intended for informational purposes only and is not to be

incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any

material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in

making purchasing decisions.

The development, release, and timing of any features or

functionality described in this communication remains at the sole

discretion of Saba and may change at any time, with or without

notice.

This information is shared under explicit non-disclosure agreements.


• Measure trends in real-time

to make better decisions

• Benchmark performance vs

peers to know where to

focus

• Take immediate action with

insights from TIM to

improve performance

Saba Benchmark – Compare, Act, Improve

Benchmark talent processes and take action to improve company performance


SDK

Saba Cloud Extensibility – Marketplace & SDK

Saba Cloud

REST APIsBulk Data

Import

Bulk Data

Extract

Content /

VLE APIsMicro Apps


ONGONG INVESTMENT WITH A FOCUS ON:

• Usability

• Mobile

• Intelligence

• Scalability & Extensibility

Saba Cloud – Always Improving


Q&A

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Thank You

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