NEW YORK, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Strategic collaboration to deliver new generation of data
and analytics, cloud and business solutions
KPMG today announced an expansion of its strategic relationship
with Microsoft to include a global collaboration to jointly deliver
new suites of innovative solutions and services in data and
analytics (D&A), cloud compliance and transformation, and
business solutions.
The collaboration signals an important phase in the Microsoft
and KPMG relationship, driven by a shared certainty that clients
are looking for business partners with solutions and services that
combine the best in leading-edge technology, industry insight and
innovative thinking with proven excellence in managing complex
global projects. KPMG has already guided over 100 clients using
Microsoft's Business Intelligence (BI), Analytics and Microsoft
Dynamics products to transform their business operations.
The new strategic collaboration, based on Microsoft's Azure,
Dynamics and data platforms, will allow Microsoft and KPMG member
firms to work together to develop and deploy solutions and services
that will help address the disruptive challenges topping the Board
agenda today. These include realizing the business potential of one
global, scalable platform which can deliver cloud-based solutions
for Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) and Data and Analytics, which will collectively help
transform the business while maintaining regulatory and compliance
requirements.
The global collaboration will facilitate the development and
selling of new, innovative and scalable solutions and services in
three key areas:
- Data and Analytics: Clients will derive increased
performance and productivity with a new, integrated data and
analytics platform and Microsoft's data solutions within the cloud,
and in their existing environment using tools from Microsoft Office
over Power BI, to machine learning and predictive
analytics
- Cloud Compliance and Transformation: Clients will benefit
from new cloud compliance and cloud transformation offerings.
Microsoft will provide hyper-scale, enterprise-grade and hybrid
cloud technologies. KPMG will work with clients to help
ensure compliance requirements, supply expert know-how and change
management expertise. Building on decades of experience with
technology disruption and transformation, KPMG and Microsoft will
help clients make the journey to the cloud safer and more
secure.
- Business Solutions: KPMG will use Microsoft's Dynamics
Enterprise Resource Planning and CRM Solutions to further its
technology-enabled transformation and customer and growth
engines. KPMG will focus on developing industry-specific
solutions and services to serve the needs of companies in key
industries.
"We are excited to bring together KPMG's industry expertise,
global network and business transformation acumen with Microsoft's
enterprise cloud technologies, data, analytic and business
solutions to help customers deal with their most challenging
issues," said Scott Guthrie,
Microsoft Executive Vice President of the Cloud and
Enterprise. "KPMG's deep experience in global business
transformation combined with Microsoft Azure, SQL Server, Power BI
and Dynamics will help our mutual customers compete in today's
mobile first, cloud first world."
Mark Goodburn, KPMG's Global Head
of Advisory, said:
"The CEOs I talk to are increasingly looking for KPMG to
combine our business expertise with the power of new technology to
better help them transform their business. The real point of
difference in this collaboration is our ability to set new
standards for innovative business solutions, enabled by Microsoft's
leading platform and application suite, delivered rapidly to market
to create real business value."
Bryan Cruickshank, KPMG's Global
Head of IT Advisory, added:
"This collaboration will allow us to develop a new generation of
business solutions, underpinned by Microsoft's Dynamics
technology. In conjunction with Microsoft, our clients now
have a global partner they can trust to help them solve their key
challenges such as improvements to productivity, customer
engagement and competitiveness. The recent acquisition of
Crimsonwing is further evidence of KPMG's commitment to invest to
be a leading global provider."
Christian Rast, KPMG's Global
Head of Data & Analytics, concluded:
"We are investing heavily as a global leader in Data and
Analytics, helping customers use the power of D&A to make
better business decisions that drive real competitive advantage.
Jointly, we will help clients turn data into insights into value.
KPMG's and Microsoft's collaboration will help customers derive
greater performance and productivity from these new
industry-standard integrated solutions."
For KPMG, the collaboration with Microsoft will provide new and
existing clients with preferred access to proven technology
solutions including: advanced big data and analytic solutions built
on Power BI and SQL Server, enterprise-grade, hybrid cloud
technology from Windows Server and Microsoft Azure, and business
solutions powered by Microsoft Dynamics.
For Microsoft, KPMG's global reach and deep industry knowledge
gives Microsoft access to new insights through KPMG's role as a
trusted advisor to the C-suite.
Learn more about the KPMG and Microsoft collaboration by
visiting http://www.kpmg.com
About KPMG
KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit,
Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 155 countries and have
more than 162,000 people working in member firms around the world.
The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated
with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss
entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity
and describes itself as such.
For more information about KPMG
visit http://www.kpmg.com
Brian Bannister, KPMG
International, +44-7919-393753,
brian.bannister@kpmg.co.uk; Jennifer Samuel, KPMG
International, +1-416-451-8185, jsamuel@kpmg.ca; Kim
Metcalfe, Zeno Group, kim.metcalfe@zenogroup.com
, +1-312-802-0211