Revolution Analytics Launches Inside-R.org for the Open Source R Statistics Community

Unveils new online resource at ‘useR! 2010’ -- the world’s largest gathering of R users

GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--As R users gather from around the world, Revolution Analytics today formally launched the Inside-R.org community site. First rolled out in May in beta form, Inside-R.org is designed to be a comprehensive online resource aggregating R statistics-related content from across the Web in a single location. The site now includes:

“Starting & Building a Local R User Group”

• All of the documentation of the latest version of the R language
• R users can now contribute tips, tricks and R code to solve common problems with the “Method Reference” feature
• A searchable index of contributed packages for R, in the “Package Reference” feature
• A one-click download of the latest version of R, and a “Download R” badge for your own blog or website
• Find answers to R-related questions asked by users of StackOverflow.com
• R Blogs from Revolution Analytics and links to other leading R-bloggers
• Comprehensive search: find the R information you’ve been looking for amongst blogs, documentation, packages, methods, questions, and user comments.

The launch of this latest version of Inside-R. org will be celebrated at a useR! party sponsored by Revolution Analytics on Wednesday, July 21 at 8:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza in Rockville, MD.

Additionally, several Revolution team members, including CEO Norman Nie, will be leading and participating in discussions around developing with and commercializing R this week at the annual useR! 2010 conference. Talks include:

• Norman Nie on panel discussion: “Challenges Bringing R into a Commercial Environment” (July 21 at 12:00 PM ET)
• Sheri Gilly: “Designing a Flexible GUI for R” (July 21 at 3:55 PM ET)
• David Smith: “Evolving R for Use in Commercial Environments” (July 22 at 1:30 PM ET)
• David Smith on panel discussion: “Starting & Building a Local R User Group” (July 22 at 3:25 PM ET)
• Jeroem Ooms: “Web Development with R” (July 22 at 5:00 PM ET)

“Revolution Analytics is thrilled to be both sponsoring and participating in UseR! 2010,” said CEO Norman Nie. “That we were able to take on such an active role in this year’s conference speaks to our remarkable growth in 2010, all thanks to the extraordinary power of R. We look forward to continuing to participate in the development of R and to fostering broader adoption of R well into the future.”

About Revolution Analytics

Revolution Analytics (www.revolutionanalytics.com) is the leading commercial provider of software and support for the popular open source R statistical language. Its Revolution R products help make predictive analytics accessible to every type of user and budget. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and backed by North Bridge Venture Partners and Intel Capital.