Massive miner Rio Tinto to shift SAP and other applications to public cloud

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£50bn company commits to a public-cloud-first IT strategy in a bid to save money

Rio Tinto, the FTSE-100-listed mining conglomerate valued at £50bn, has committed to a cloud-first strategy as it bids to cut costs following a fall in the price of commodities, particularly iron o...

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