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MADISON, Wis., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Business continuity management (BCM) has emerged as a key discipline that organizations can use to manage operational risk, according to new research from Continuity Insights and KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. The 2011-2012 Continuity Insights & KPMG LLP Global Business Continuity Management Program Benchmarking Study, which surveyed 685 executives from over 40 countries, revealed varied levels of business...
LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial software provider BlackLine Systems has established an alliance with U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP to bring industry leading software and professional services to clients. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061117/LAF027LOGO) KPMG has been providing advisory services around clients' implementation of BlackLine software in North America and Europe for more than four years, helping numerous Fortune 1,000...
NEW YORK, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, and Apptio, a leading provider of Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions, today announced the formation of a business alliance that can help clients strengthen their Information Technology organizations and processes. Apptio's TBM solutions enable companies to manage the cost, quality and value of IT Services and key technology initiatives. Global enterprises in industries,...
NEW YORK and RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, today announced that it signed a global sponsorship agreement with LPGA champion Stacy Lewis. As part of the agreement with KPMG, Lewis -- who is ranked No. 2 among U.S. women golfers on the 2011 LPGA Money List and No. 4 in the world -- will wear the KPMG logo on her golf shirt and shirt collar during all of her golf-related appearances, beginning this week at the Kraft...
NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimism for higher revenues, profits and new business in the coming 12 months hit record levels among U.S. manufacturing- and service-industry executives polled in KPMG International's latest Global Business Outlook survey. Expectations for increased business activity hit the highest level among U.S. service executives and second highest among their manufacturing counterparts since the tri-annual poll began measuring U.S. business sentiment...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The coming data explosion including the shift to mobile commerce (m-commerce) services and other transformative technologies is expected to have a big impact on revenue leakage among the world's major telecommunications companies, according to a global survey from KPMG International. Ninety-four percent of operators surveyed expect revenue leakage to increase as a result of these rapidly emerging technology trends and nearly half believe...
NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG LLP and golf champion Phil Mickelson have paired to launch 'Blue for Books,' a nationwide charitable initiative designed to put thousands of books into the hands of children in need, through the sale of KPMG blue golf hats, just like the KPMG hat that Mickelson wears on tour. Phil Mickelson will wear the new KPMG blue hat for the first time during the Shell Houston Open held March 27 to April 1 at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas,...
NEW YORK, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The mergers and acquisitions environment for consumer markets companies is primed for a resurgence in the next two to three years, according to Rob Coble, Consumer Markets Line of Business leader for Transactions and Restructuring at KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. "Consumer markets companies are motivated again by their expansion goals after hunkering down for the last two or three years to cut costs, remain profitable, and...
LOS ANGELES, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- What do utility executives often overlook when making a smart grid business case: data. KPMG partner Julie Luecht, an energy consultant in the firm's Los Angeles office, says "leveraging data as a source of value is the key to establishing and realizing a strong smart grid business case." A unique aspect of smart grid is that infrastructure, such as new meters and grid sensor devices, provides an abundance of potentially useful information...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Triggered by rising consumer demand for on-line games and virtual worlds for entertainment, government and tax authorities are eyeing the conversion of "virtual currency" by players to U.S. dollars and other currencies through on-line auction sites or social media companies. International Tax consultants Jim Carr and Jason Hoerner, both in KPMG LLP's Silicon Valley office, authored "Virtual Currency in Virtual Economies: Income...
