Atlantic Link is delighted to announce that Barclays have selected their unique 'Rapid Authoring' e-learning tools, following an intensive three month evaluation of collaborative e-learning tools from around the world.

When Barclays decided that they wanted to develop their own, in-house, e-learning, they decided to look only at collaborative authoring tools. Desktop tools, that produce content locally, were not considered. Barclays needed software that allowed true concurrent collaborative course development from anywhere in the world.

An intensive 3 month evaluation period followed, where collaborative toolsets from Atlantic Link and major US vendors were put through their paces. Atlantic Link's Content Point software breezed to victory, outscoring the competition on almost every key success criteria.

In particular, the courses produced by Content Point were preferred by 80% of the end users, and the design of the courses was rated as 'good' or 'excellent' by 75% of end users.

The fact that the Atlantic Link courses didn't look like a rolling PowerPoint presentation was also preferred by the course developers.

Commenting on the win, Atlantic Link's Managing Director, Mike Alcock, stated: "This is a hugely significant win for us and the British software industry. We have proven that software invented here can compete and win against established toolsets from some of the largest corporations in the USA. Our software redefines rapid e-learning, and has a feature set that cannot be matched by any other product on the market. The fact that some of the world's largest corporations are now endorsing our rapid e-learning tools can only lead to a greater global adoption of our unique technology".