Additionally, diverse asset query offers faster and easier information retrieval and eliminates the need to search for the file in a directory. Editing of characteristics means that assets can be given additional characteristics without recapturing and new media assets can be created from existing data. It is highly scaleable, letting any number of development or delivery stations to be added either locally or remotely. This eliminates many of the major bottlenecks found in traditional authoring tools and dramatically reduces production time and cost. Multi-user authoring also provides real time viewing of applications simultaneously with authoring.
Users can validate content and instructional effectiveness throughout the production process.
Also, the same system is used for creation and delivery and on-line applications can be modified without downtime. Other features include reusable application templates and drag and drop authoring. The output subsystem can use either PC or Macintosh playback hardware. It is optimized to CD-ROM and compiles the application automatically. Nereus is based in Edmonton, Alberta.