After announcing a partnership with Apple back in 2014 to help bring enterprise apps and more to iOS, IBM today announced plans to accelerate the initiative with new ‘Garages’ that will serve as dedicated physical spaces to aid its corporate customers with the development of the MobileFirst iPhone and iPad apps:
The first new dedicated Garages for MobileFirst app development will come to Shanghai and Bucharest, adding to the one it already had in Bangalore.
IBM has developed quite a few apps in the three years since signing the Apple partnership— over 100 in the first year alone– including several iPhone and iPad apps built for retail, education, healthcare, banking, travel and transportation, telecommunications, insurance and many other industries. You can check out the apps for various industries on IBM’s website.
IBM also shared some stats on how the partnership with Apple has been going, noting that it has so far generated “several billion dollars in signings from over 3,800 client engagements.” It also mentioned some upcoming clients that are adopting MobileFirst apps for employees, including: Lufthansa Group, City Furniture, Singapore Airlines, and Japan Airlines.
