IBM to develop MobileFirst for iOS apps in Bangalore now

BANGALORE, INDIA: To help clients with mobile-led, digital transformations on the iOS platform, IBM today unveiled a new IBM MobileFirst for iOS Garage in Bangalore.

It will serve as a global development hub for iOS apps and work with existing design locations in Atlanta, Chicago, Cupertino and Toronto. IBM has plans to open satellite centers in Brazil, China, Romania and more.

IBM partnered with Apple in 2014 to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of ‘made for business’ apps - bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to Apple devices in the enterprise. To date, IBM has developed over 100 apps across 15 industries and delivered nearly 2,000 client engagements.

The Garage is a state-of-the-art space, dedicated to enabling clients to complete digital mobility projects as quickly as possible. The Garage will tap into the world’s largest concentration of Swift developers, IBM design and iOS device expertise and consulting services.

There are 22 interdisciplinary teams working in the Garage in Bangalore, using end-to-end DevOps, IBM Design Thinking and agile delivery approaches to deliver iOS solutions in weeks, not months.

IBM also announced Mobile at Scale for iOS, a new offering specifically for clients looking to invest in digital transformation projects that include more than three iOS apps over a multi-year period. Clients opting for this model have full access to IBM’s portfolio of MobileFirst for iOS apps, iOS App Accelerators, and Enterprise Design Services.