TrainingIndustry.com has named the digital learning-content-management business-solutions producer’s authoring tool as one of the Top 20 Authoring Tools in 2017. In addition, learning-management-system (LMS) specialist Craig Weiss, CEO and lead analyst of The Craig Weiss Group LLC, has – once again – selected eXact learning solutions’ learning-content- management system (LCMS) as one of the world’s top 50 LMSs.

TrainingIndustry.com spotlights the latest news, articles, case studies, and best practices within the training industry. Among other things, it continuously monitors the training marketplace looking for the best providers of authoring tools.

The website claims that its recently published sixth annual list of the Top 20 authoring tools is designed to help buyers in their search for the right training partners. TrainingIndustry.com explained that due to the diversity of services included in authoring tools, no attempt was made to rank the top companies.

Selection to this year's Top Authoring Tools Companies List was based on the following criteria:

• leadership and innovation
• features and capabilities of the authoring tools
• company size and growth potential
• company focus on the authoring platforms
• strength and number of clients/users
• geographic reach