NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP and
Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM), a global leader in enterprise robotic
process automation (RPA) software, today announced an alliance to
help clients transform mission critical transactions and back
office processes, such as compliance reporting and customer
support, through deployment of an enterprise-grade digital
workforce.
The alliance between KPMG and Blue Prism will see the
development of joint intelligent automation (IA) solutions for
clients who want to use a digital workforce to drive greater
operational efficiencies, reduce costs and develop closer
connections between customers, employees and stakeholders.
"As the shift toward automation of manual business processes
accelerates, it's crucial that organizations integrate RPA tools
that effectively provide governance, intelligence, security and
compliance, while freeing up employees to focus on higher value
tasks," said Todd Lohr, Principal,
Advisory, KPMG LLP. "Blue Prism's software, combined with KPMG's
approach that guides clients from strategy through execution, will
help create innovative RPA solutions for organizations increasingly
focused on digital transformation."
According to the KPMG U.S. CEO Outlook 2017, one-third of CEOs
said they will significantly increase headcount in middle and
senior management, research and development, and human resources to
manage IA technology.
Emerging as an RPA platform of choice for Fortune 500
companies looking to deploy a successful digital workforce, Blue
Prism is the latest addition to KPMG's growing alliance ecosystem
of IA technology companies, which combines the depth of KPMG's
global industry expertise with leading technology providers that
deliver the most advanced automation solutions.
"Our relationship with KPMG has helped companies digitally
transform their organizations with scale and speed.
Organizations are embracing and implementing a digital workforce
that will help them improve operational governance and
transactional integrity, while seamlessly integrating with legacy
applications," said, Alastair
Bathgate, CEO and co-founder of Blue Prism. "Partnering with
KPMG gives our clients best of breed software and services required
to deliver unique intelligent automation solutions."
By learning how humans complete tasks, Blue Prism's scalable
digital workforce can replicate the way human workers interface
with legacy enterprise systems while still meeting the highest
standards for security, compliance and auditability. Because all
the process flow and decisions on Blue Prism's platform are in one
central knowledge base, management can instantly see a snapshot of
how the organization is performing, where improvements might lie
and how new opportunities for revenue, resource allocation and
customer satisfaction can be identified. Described by industry
analysts Horses for Sources as "best-of-breed" Blue Prism's
platform also provides cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and
cognitive technologies execution capabilities.
About KPMG LLP
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firm (www.kpmg.com/us), is the independent U.S. member firm of KPMG
International Cooperative ("KPMG International"). KPMG
International's independent member firms have 189,000
professionals, including more than 9,000 partners, in 152
countries. Some or all of the services described herein may
not be permissible for KPMG audit clients and their
affiliates. Follow us: Twitter: @KPMGUS_News and LinkedIn:
KPMG US.
About Blue Prism
As the pioneer, innovator and market
leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Blue Prism delivers the
world's most successful Digital Workforce. The company's software
robots automate repetitive administrative tasks while meeting the
requirements of the most demanding IT environments, where security,
compliance and scalability are paramount.
Blue Prism provides a scalable and robust execution platform for
best-of-breed AI and cognitive technologies and has emerged as the
trusted and secure RPA platform of choice for the Fortune
500. Billions of transactions and hundreds of millions of hours
of work are executed on Blue Prism robots each year. For more
information about Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM),
visit www.blueprism.com and follow the company
on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Contact:
Derek
Brown
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Andre
Fuochi
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KPMG LLP
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Blue Prism
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+1-603-496-5865
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+1-469-394-7274
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derekbrown@kpmg.com
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andre.fuochi@blueprism.com
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