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KPMG and Microsoft expand strategic relationship, broadening use of Dynamics, cloud, data technology

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

Microsoft and KPMG are expanding their strategic relationship. An agreement announced today will broaden KPMG's use of a range of Microsoft technology for delivering data and analytics, cloud compliance and transformation, and business solutions.

From the announcement:

"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."

KPMG also references its recent acquisition of Microsoft Dynamics VAR Crimsonwing, an approximately $30 million deal that is the basis for building a team of 350 Dynamics ERP and CRM experts in the UK and Netherlands. KPMG Crimsonwing will now be one of the four biggest Dynamics consulting and implementation services providers in Europe, officials said in February.

Bryan Cruickshank, KPMG's Global Head of IT Advisory, said in the statement:

"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 ...

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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