MDEC predicts bright future for data professionals


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 02 Oct 2018

Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Eddin Syazlee Shith (centre) visit the 2018 NextBigTech Asia exhibition Tuesday (Oct 3, 2018). With him is Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation CEO Datuk Yasmin Mahmood (right). - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Job opportunities in the field of big data are expected to exceed the country's target of producing 20,000 data professionals by 2020, said Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) chief executive officer Datuk Yasmin Mahmood.

She said current global competition required each company as well as government agency to apply the technology in their system.

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