iTrain plc has signed an agreement with German pharmaceutical firm Bayer Group to co-operate on the development and marketing of two online training courses.

The companies are developing courses for Lotus Notes 6.5, the popular messaging and scheduling office package, and SAP, a resource planning software used by thousands of businesses.

The courses will be sold internally to Bayer's staff via its Bayer Business Services division, as well as externally to its customers and partners.

Rainer Illing, Managing Director of iTrain, said: "There are over 112,000 employees at the Bayer Group worldwide, so this co-operative partnership represents a big opportunity for iTrain just within Bayer, let alone what we might sell to its and our customers and other partners."