Case Studies

Pragmatix Secures KPMG Data in Compliance with Privacy Laws

KPMG is a leading worldwide provider of audit, tax and advisory services. It operates in 148 countries and has over 6,700 partners, 76,000 client service professionals, and 21,000 administration and support staff working in member firms around the world.

Business Issue

• Host secure application
• Eliminate downtime
• Reduce costs

Business Results

• Designed, configured, tested secure environment in 3 weeks
• Reduced IT infrastructure support requirements
• Increased security and standards of efficiency
• Met regulatory requirements

KPMG needed a secure hosting environment with SAS70 and Safe Harbor Certification for one of their proprietary software applications, KPMG/LINK EnterpriseSM. The application is a web-enabled, multi-tiered software application that enables large multi-national organizations to efficiently manage and administer various aspects of their international assignee programs. This product is a comprehensive software application that runs in a client/server environment on local area networks. The added functionalities and the ability to access timely information from anywhere in the world make this software a perfect choice for companies that run their global assignment program from one or more locations. Working with KPMG executives and engineers, Pragmatix provided a hosting solution that ensured a high level of security and worked with IBM to create an environment that met KPMG specific security needs. Pragmatix’s solution included fully managed private networks, continuous IBM online backup services and advanced monitoring for servers hosted at an IBM data center. The installation took 3 weeks from sign-off. KPMG relies on Pragmatix to manage its application and power its growth.