SHARE The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated deployment of cloud-based projects worldwide and the IBM Corp. Garage is reaping the benefits. The co-creation and agile development unit within IBM’s Global Business Services organization saw client engagements soar from 300 last January to 1,500 this month even as its workforce pivoted to virtual offices. The unit’s grounding in cloud and virtual collaboration tools help to make the switch with no lost work days and a 40% increase project completion speed, according to Debbie Vavangas, global lead for IBM Garage. Launched in 2014 as a means to onboard customers to the IBM cloud, Garage has caught fire within the historically buttoned-down company, expanding to 16 locations while the diversifying beyond cloud applications to broader business innovation consulting.