"Saba's positioning as a leader and a major player reflects its strong partnerships, global presence, and depth of capability," says Lisa Rowan, research vice president, HR, Talent, and Learning, IDC. "Saba has also been out ahead of the curve on the integration of social technology. In addition, their clients are well satisfied with their pricing and customer service. Saba moved up into the leaders category in learning since the last IDC Marketscape report in 2012, reflecting their continued market and product momentum."

"It's great to be recognized for our tremendous impact in enabling better employee engagement and productivity in the new world of work," said Saba's Chief Marketing Officer Emily He. "We are very pleased to work with our customers to continue to enhance our product capabilities and advance the innovative use of our intelligent talent management solutions."

In addition Saba Cloud, has been positioned as a 'Strategic Leader' in Elearnity's 9-Grid™ for Learning Management Systems. Elearnity, a leading European analyst firm, released its 2015 market analysis in connection with the Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference.

Over the last twelve months, Saba has moved from a Strategic Challenger to the Strategic Leader position in this report. In addition, Elearnity has rated Saba's "Total Cost of Ownership" at the mid-level, reflecting lower costs for the customer to acquire, implement, and run Saba Cloud.

Shawn Farshchi, Saba's CEO and President said, "Our investment in Saba Cloud, coupled with our fast implementation methodology and new customer-success team is helping our customers realize the benefits of intelligent talent management to support their learning and talent requirements. Their success is our best reward, and the latest Elearnity 9-Grid™ ranking further reflects that a higher level of engagement, development, and productivity is possible with Saba Cloud."

This Elearnity 9-Grid™ focuses on learning-management systems (LMS). An LMS is a core piece of the unified Saba Cloud suite of talent-management modules that also includes recruiting, performance management, workforce planning, succession, and compensation.