May 31, 2018

KPMG partners with Google for digital transformation

The alliance seeks to provide customers with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and additional services by leveraging Google’s ML technology.

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Consulting firm KPMG have entered into an alliance with tech giant Google to provide customers with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and business advisory solutions. As per the terms of the alliance, KPMG will be leveraging Google’s Machine Learning (ML) technology to help their clients transform digitally.

According to KPMG, organizations from different sectors such as financial services, insurance, healthcare etc. are looking for solutions pertaining cybersecurity, business process management, customer experience as well as compliance and regulation. They say that with the benefits provided by the cloud, migrating to a platform that enables these services will be a great business advantage.

By partnering with Google, KPMG say that they will be creating a portfolio of industry solutions built on the Google Cloud Platform. They say that with this platform, KPMG will be able to leverage the power of machine learning as well.

Speaking about the deal, Tariq Shaukat, President, Partners and Industry Platforms, Google Cloud, commented:

Our alliance with KPMG helps customers across industries benefit from the advantages of Google Cloud, including our advanced security, data analytics and machine learning capabilities, to solve real business challenges.

We’re working alongside KPMG to develop new solutions that help enable customers to actively participate in the ideation and creation of their own solutions.

KPMG say that two of their solutions are available now- KPMG Intelligent Interactions to create a different customer experience and the GDPR (General Data Protection and Regulation) Assessment and Compliance solution to manage customer data and privacy. However, KPMG say that they also need to harness the advantages of the cloud to make their solutions scalable.

Speaking about the alliance, Miriam Hernandez-Kakol, KPMG’s Global Leader for Customer & Operations and Executive Sponsor for the Google Alliance, commented:

Organizations are seeing advanced technologies and natural language experiences as a key to transforming their businesses.

KPMG is creating data-driven solutions that harness Google Cloud technology, including machine learning, to help our member firm clients advance business strategies and deliver unrivaled digital experiences.