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PALO ALTO, Calif., Sep 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Revolution Analytics
, the leading commercial provider of R software, services and support, today announced the launch of its
"Applications of R in Business"
contest to demonstrate real-world uses of applying R to business problems. The competition is open to all R users worldwide and submissions will be accepted through October 31. The Grand Prize winner for the best application using R or Revolution R will receive $10,000.
The bonus-prize winner for the best application using features unique to Revolution R Enterprise -- such as its big-data analytics capabilities or its Web Services API for R -- will receive $5,000. A panel of independent judges drawn from the R and business community will select the grand and bonus prize winners. Revolution Analytics will present five honorable mention prize winners each with $1,000.
"We've designed this contest to highlight the most interesting use cases of applying R and Revolution R to solving key business problems, such as Big Data," said Jeff Erhardt, COO of Revolution Analytics. "The ability to process higher-volume datasets will continue to be a critical need and we encourage the submission of applications using large datasets. Our goal is to grow the collection of online materials describing how to use R for business applications so our customers can better leverage Big Analytics to meet their analytical and organizational needs."
To enter Revolution Analytics' "Applications of R in Business" competition, contestants will need to publish a written application of R to real-world data on the R community website inside-R.org. All entries must be published under a Creative Common license and must be publicly available data. For more information and competition rules, visit www.inside-r.org/howto/enter
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