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      Drive continuous innovation

      KPMG and IBM solutions drive continuous innovation by empowering organisations to experiment with new business models and processes, ensuring they stay competitive in evolving markets. Our alliance has consistently delivered value through data and AI capabilities, cloud modernisation and governance risk solutions to help organisations embrace agility and unlock new opportunities for growth.



      Let intelligence drive you

      Design a smarter future today with KPMG and IBM.

      • Innovation through acceleration

        Leverage advanced AI to convert data into valuable insights, streamlining workflows and enhancing customer experiences while ensuring security and compliance.

      • Do more with a digital core

        Optimise workloads and harness automation to maximise efficiency while promoting a smooth transition into a modern, scalable ecosystem that drives growth and innovation.

      • Turn risk into opportunity

        Enable a comprehensive, unified view of risks, integrating critical information across all levels of the business to enhance decision-making and resilience.

      • Take your EAM to the next level

        Harness automation technologies to optimise operations, embed sustainability initiatives, and boost overall efficiency, driving cost reductions and increasing net income.



      Awards

      KPMG’s partnership with IBM has earned several awards and certifications, showcasing the exceptional quality of our combined solutions and innovative contributions to the industry. Awards include:



      Our solutions

      Through our collaboration with IBM, we enable businesses to foster innovation, experiment with new business models, swiftly adapt to changing market conditions and unlock fresh opportunities for growth in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

      KPMG Risk Hub is a managed service providing organisations with an easy, reliable and cost-effective governance, risk and compliance system to enhance business performance.

      Watsonx.governance

      Automate and scale end-to-end AI governance with IBM’s Watsonx.governance toolkit that integrates KPMG’s Trusted AI framework. 

      Superior asset management

      Optimise performance, extend asset life cycles and reduce operational downtime and costs with IBM Maximo Enterprise Asset Management.



      KPMG is providing rich feedback from their client engagements from around the world. This supports IBM in enhancing the product to be more fit for purpose and richer in terms of the capabilities it can deliver to end users.

      Nicholas Flood

      Managing Director IBM Australia, Vice President IBM Technology



      Sector solutions

       

      KPMG and IBM are collaboratively empowering government agencies to harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) while ensuring responsible and ethical deployment through robust AI governance frameworks. By leveraging IBM's advanced AI technologies and KPMG's deep expertise in regulatory compliance, risk management, and public sector operations, they deliver innovative solutions that help agencies solve complex challenges, improve decision-making, and enhance public services.

      These include AI-driven tools for fraud detection, predictive analytics for public safety and resource planning, and intelligent automation for streamlining administrative processes. Through comprehensive AI governance practises, including transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation, KPMG and IBM help ensure that AI is implemented ethically, securely, and in alignment with government regulations, fostering public trust and delivering impactful results for communities.

      Helping our armed services win the race to data supremacy and ensuring they are battle-ready with cutting-edge technology systems is a shared mission for KPMG and IBM. By combining KPMG’s deep expertise in military operations, risk management, and compliance with IBM’s advanced technological capabilities, including artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and edge analytics, we deliver tailored solutions designed to meet the unique demands of defence organisations.

      Our efforts focus on enabling faster, data-driven decision-making by equipping armed forces with advanced data platforms, predictive analytics tools, and real-time situational awareness systems. We also modernise legacy infrastructure with secure and scalable architectures to enhance agility on and off the battlefield. Additionally, through robust cybersecurity measures and AI-driven intelligence capabilities, we help ensure sensitive information is protected, threats are neutralised proactively, and organisations benefit from a competitive edge. Together, KPMG and IBM strive to empower armed services to maintain operational superiority in an increasingly complex and digital battlespace.

      IBM, in alliance with KPMG, delivers advanced tools and technologies that empower organisations in the energy, mining, property, and utilities sectors to efficiently manage their assets on an enterprise level. Through IBM’s industry-leading enterprise asset management (EAM) solutions, such as IBM Maximo, and KPMG’s strategic advisory, implementation expertise, and deep industry insight, the partnership helps organisations optimise the lifecycle of critical assets, reduce downtime, and improve operational reliability. Together, they integrate cutting-edge technologies like IoT, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics with tailored industry strategies to provide real-time visibility into asset performance, enabling data-driven decisions that minimise costs and maximise productivity.

      This alliance amplifies the value provided to clients by combining IBM’s technology-driven solutions with KPMG's ability to align enterprise asset management practises with broader business goals, regulatory requirements, and sustainability initiatives.

      Supporting some of the biggest brands in these markets, IBM and KPMG help address unique challenges such as regulatory compliance, risk management, and long-term infrastructure planning, while also embedding environmental and social governance (ESG) principles. Whether it’s streamlining infrastructure operations in utilities, enhancing production efficiency in mining, or overhauling facility management in real estate, this collaboration drives innovation, operational excellence, and resilience, ensuring organisations stay ahead in a rapidly evolving and highly competitive landscape.



      Speak to us about unlocking new opportunities with our data and AI capabilities, cloud modernisation, and governance risk solutions.




      Kevin Smout

      Kevin is the Global Leader for Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management, and a Risk Services Partner with KPMG Australia. His key focus is using technology to support bringing strategic risk, compliance and controls testing together through internal audit to improve organisations governance.

      Kevin Smout



      James Boocock

      As Director Strategic Alliance KPMG Australia, James works with our strategic alliance partners to assist clients in achieving efficiency through digital transformation in areas including AI, sustainability, risk and compliance.



      Automation rids fraud and waste

      Discover how KPMG helped a US state agency leverage IBM Watson intelligent automation to assure compliance for oil and gas lease payments.



      Frequently asked questions

      As one of the key contributors to the development of AI, IBM integrates its watsonx capability into all of its solutions. Open architecture, Integrated and Trusted are the principles that support how they deliver their solutions. IBM champions hybrid cloud for enterprises with highly distributed systems and data. It boasts a large portfolio of solutions, including asset management and identity and access management, plus unique solutions like Quantum Computing. 

      KPMG is a member of IBM’s Quantum Network, which provides engagement opportunities and resources to academic institutions, startups, and organisations around the world. This contributes to KPMG’s leadership in terms of thought leadership in quantum.

      Quantum risks are issues faced by the world tomorrow, but they need to be addressed today. KPMG works with IBM to help ensure our clients are quantum ready. IBM’s watsonx.ai can be embedded into client systems to promote decision optimisation. It integrates into any agnostic argentic platform, delivering next-level orchestration and LLMs that IBM underwrites to promote trust from their clients.

      IBM’s solutions are designed to provide enterprise-grade tools to support business transformation. The combination of IBM’s solution and market penetration, combined with KPMG’s expertise in digital transformation, makes for a formidable alliance to help client resolve some of their most complex business challenges.

      IBM also delivers solutions to support clients’ sustainability reporting requirement.