Oakton and Empired have won a multi-million contract to provide the world’s largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corporation, with cloud services. Oakton and Empired will provide a fully managed Oracle service to the mining company in a two-year contract. Empired will deliver cloud-based managed services for Barrick and provision disaster recovery services using its dual hosting facilities in Australia on the east and west coasts. The mining company will also use Empired’s FlexScale cloud solution for its financial accounting system in the Asia Pacific region. Oakton will take ownership of the technology solution and provide Oracle eBusiness suite services. “Our focus is clearly on delivering an exceptional service to Barrick and we trust through this we will demonstrate the significant value that Empired and Oakton can deliver,” Russell Baskerville, Empired managing director, said in a statement. “This contract vindicates the prudent investment decision by the company to develop its market leading cloud computing platform ‘FlexScale’.” Follow Stephanie McDonald on Twitter: @stephmcdonald0 Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP What goes well with Viña Concha y Toro wines? Meat, fish, poultry, and SAP Viña Concha y Toro, a wine producer that distributes to more than 140 countries worldwide, paired its operation with the SAP Business Technology Platform to enhance its operation and product. By Tom Caldecott, SAP Contributor Dec 04, 2023 4 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by Azul How to maximize ROI by choosing the right Java partner for your organization Choosing the right Java provider is a critical decision that can have a significant impact on your organization’s success. By asking the right questions and considering the total cost of ownership, you can ensure that you choose the best Java p By Scott Sellers Dec 04, 2023 5 mins Application Management brandpost Sponsored by DataStax Ask yourself: How can genAI put your content to work? Generative AI applications can readily be built against the documents, emails, meeting transcripts, and other content that knowledge workers produce as a matter of course. By Bryan Kirschner Dec 04, 2023 5 mins Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence feature The CIO’s new role: Orchestrator-in-chief CIOs have unique insight into everything that happens in a company. Some are using that insight to take on a more strategic role. By Minda Zetlin Dec 04, 2023 12 mins CIO C-Suite Business IT Alignment Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe