Apperian, an enterprise mobile app management provider, announced “tight integration” with IBM Worklight, the mobile application platform of IBM MobileFirst.

The upshot of the integration work, said Apperian, is that mobile application developers on the IBM Worklight platform – using a simple plugin – can quickly and easily publish their apps with a single click.

They can also gain access to “rich mobile app management capabilities” that enable enterprises to manage and track app updates, apply security policies, manage testing and drive user adoption.

David Patrick, Apperian’s CEO, added that – in collaboration with IBM – it is offering a pre-integrated software-as-a-service solution “capable of supporting the full mobile application life cycle in a process that satisfies IT security requirements”.

IBM and Apperian are now authorised resellers of each other’s technology, which, argued Patrick, makes it easier for customers to acquire the mobility solutions they need from either company.