KPMG Partners with Archer, Thomson, & Guidance

KPMG has created several new partnerships:

* With Kansas-based  Archer Technologies (www.archer.com) which provides governance, risk and compliance software and services. The pairing is designed to help organizations improve risk controls. The alliance leverages KPMG's experience with business processes, and Archer's automated services, the two companies note.

* With Thomson Reuters (www.thomsonreuters.com). KMPS now provides Paisley GRC software to clients, helping them manage internal audit, governance, risk and compliance processes.

* With California's Guidance Software. Under the alliance, KPMG offers Guidance’s EnCase eDiscovery software as part of KPMG's Forensic Technology Services. EnCase helps users with early case assessment, identification, preservation, collection and processing of electronically stored information.