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Small and medium-sized businesses in Nova Scotia, including one from Yarmouth, could become more competitive and increase the skill of their workforce with support and training from Dalhousie University's new Big Data Analytics Institute.
Big data analytics is the process of collecting, analyzing and understanding complex and large amounts of information to support business decisions. Big data comes from posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, cell phone and GPS signals, texts, blogs, or sensors that gather important climate information.
Continue reading the full article at The Yarmouth County Vanguard.
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