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End-to-end acceleration for your journey to a modern enterprise with KPMG Ignite | Blaze

Blaze is our advanced, GenAI-driven approach to transforming legacy platforms and accelerating new builds, revolutionizing the traditional economics of tech modernization. This field-tested solution delivers a suite of AI-powered methodologies, automated conversion tools, and accelerators designed to transform outdated technology into modern, cloud-native solutions. By updating your infrastructure and systems with our holistic approach, you can achieve modernization in half the time, at half the cost ¹.

We're rewriting the rules of how software is built and delivered.

Blaze goes beyond traditional migration approaches. Our solution automates the entire modernization lifecycle. This enables your organization to reduce technical debt, embrace automation, leverage new technologies, and achieve measurable business outcomes with significantly reduced risk and accelerated timelines.

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1 KPMG proprietary data, 2025

Key capabilities

Legacy Application and Code Modernization Data Pipeline & Analytics Modernization Model Modernization Integration Modernization Low-Code, No Code Modernization Mainframe Modernization

Legacy Application and Code Modernization

Legacy Application and Code Modernization

Modernize legacy applications with our GenAI platform for automated, end-to-end transformation. Our solution offers:

  • Up to 50-90% reduction in development time¹
  • Automated code decomposition and business logic extraction
  • Accurate requirements mapping through pattern recognition
  • Generation of modern APIs, data models, and UI components
  • CI/CD pipeline and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) integration
  • An intelligent agent for interactive technical and business Q&A

Data Pipeline & Analytics Modernization

Data Pipeline & Analytics Modernization

Transform legacy data workloads with Blaze's intelligent capabilities:

  • Legacy and/ or proprietary to cloud native, open-source conversion
  • Data lineage traceability for regulatory compliance —especially critical for financial services
  • Automated pipeline generation with improved documentation
  • Report validation and modernization frameworks
  • Field-level data mapping extracted directly from source code

Model Modernization

Model Modernization

Reduce the cost of financial model risk management and improve business capabilities by leveraging modern risk models and newer platforms:

  • Legacy and or proprietary to cloud native, open-source conversion
  • Model documentation and validation

Integration Modernization

Integration Modernization

Enable rapid development and migration of application integration platforms to power business and technology modernization:

  • Support for modern, event driven architectures
  • Conversion from legacy integrations to modern, cloud native microservices

Low-Code, No Code Modernization

Low-Code, No Code Modernization

Accelerate your transition to modern low-code platforms with Blaze's intelligent conversion capabilities:

  • Automated workflow extraction and business process mapping
  • Requirements generation including user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Business rules simulation and validation
  • Platform migration with reduced manual effort
  • Process standardization across diverse legacy systems
  • Direct export to JIRA for streamlined project management

Mainframe Modernization

Mainframe Modernization

Our approach to mainframe transformation leverages Blaze's powerful capabilities to modernize complex mainframe systems with:

  • Accelerated migration up to 10x faster than traditional approaches
  • Automated requirements extraction from legacy COBOL, PL/SQL, and other mainframe languages
  • Testing framework with agent-based execution and remediation
  • Transformation from legacy to cloud-native architectures
  • Auto-generated functional descriptions in plain English for improved understanding

KPMG is a leader in IT strategy and implementation

KPMG was named one of Forbes’ Best Management Consulting Firms of 2025 in the category of IT Strategy & Implementation and #1 for quality of work in improving legacy IT infrastructure and #1 for quality of work in data & analytics, in a survey of US clients by Source.

 

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Chris Panneck
Head of AI, Data and Technology Strategy and U.S. Financial Services Technology Leader, KPMG LLP
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Specialist MD, Data Science, Lighthouse, KPMG US
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Advisory Managing Director, Platforms, KPMG US
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Julie Midgley
Managing Director, Advisory Line of Business, Financial Services, KPMG US
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Chris Panneck
Head of AI, Data and Technology Strategy and U.S. Financial Services Technology Leader, KPMG LLP
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Thilina Gunarathne
Specialist MD, Data Science, Lighthouse, KPMG US
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Michael C Harper
Advisory Managing Director, Platforms, KPMG US
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Julie Midgley
Managing Director, Advisory Line of Business, Financial Services, KPMG US
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