Global miner Rio Tinto Limited
(ASX:RIO) has awarded a $20 million contract to information technology services provider Empired Limited
(ASX:EPD).
Under the deal Empired will provide application managed services and project services for a total term of five years.
The services are expected to cover more than 170 unique applications and span a number of technologies.
Empired advises transition services under the contract have already commenced.
Rio Tinto reported a net profit of $7.92 billion in the 2014 calendar year.
