By Freya Purnell
Global diversified mining company Rio Tinto is moving to a new information systems and technology (IS&T) delivery model, migrating core enterprise IS&T systems to an ‘as a service’ solution based in the cloud.
Rio Tinto is partnering with Accenture to deliver the model, which will incorporate consumption-based pricing to ensure costs are fully flexible and in line with business demand.
The programme will include the modernisation of the company’s existing ERP and Information Management (IM) platforms, consolidating and hosting the applications in the public cloud.
Accenture will also manage the maintenance and upgrade of the application landscape and related infrastructure, via the Accenture Cloud Platform, and transform the global service desk and site support functions.
Rio Tinto expects to directly benefit from significant cost savings through increased business agility and cost flexibility, and from continued lower infrastructure prices due to the cloud economic model.
“Rio Tinto is on an ambitious journey to a world-class IS&T delivery model that is innovative, adaptable and cost-effective, fully supporting our business priorities and group operating model,” said Rio Tinto Group CIO, Simon Benney. “We selected Accenture to help us manage this transformation based on its global delivery capabilities, its vision for the intelligent business cloud and its ability to support our digital transformation programme.”
Pierre Nenterme, chairman and CEO, Accenture, said the project redefines the delivery of application and infrastructure services.
“This solution will allow Rio Tinto to smartly connect its infrastructure, software applications, data and operations capabilities in order to become an agile, intelligent, digital business that can better navigate the commodities cycles.”
Rio Tinto declined to comment on whether the migration would involve SAP solutions.
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