1. Creating Value That
Scales
with Revolution Analytics & Alteryx
January 29, 2014

2. Agenda & Intros
 David Smith (@revodavid), VP Marketing, Revolution Analytics
– About R and Revolution R Enterprise
 Matt Madden (@alteryx), Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Alteryx
– About Alteryx
– Demonstration: Sales Forecasting
 Dan Putler (@AskDrDan), Data Artisan in Residence, Alteryx
– Demonstration: Direct Mail Response Analysis
 Conclusion
 Q&A

3. Revolution Analytics
The only provider of commercial big data big analytics platform
based on open source R statistical computing language
Our Software Delivers
Scalable Performance: Distributed & parallelized analytics
Cross Platform: Write once, deploy anywhere
Productivity: Easily build & deploy with latest modern analytics
Our Services Deliver
Knowledge: Our experts enable you to be experts
Time-to-Value: Our Quickstart program gives you a jumpstart
Guidance: Our customer support team is here to help you
www.revolutionanalytics.com

4. Innovate with R
 Most widely used data analysis software
• Used by 2M+ data scientists, statisticians and analysts
 Most powerful statistical programming language
• Flexible, extensible and comprehensive for productivity
 Create beautiful and unique data visualizations
• As seen in New York Times, Twitter and Flowing Data
 Thriving open-source community
• Leading edge of analytics research
 Fills the talent gap
• New graduates prefer R
R is Hot
bit.ly/r-is-hot
WHITE PAPER

5. Poll: How do you use R today?
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No-one at my company uses R
I don’t use R, but others at my company do
I’m just getting started with R
I use R, but struggle with data size and/or performance problems
I use R, and it meets all my needs
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6. Revolution R Enterprise
is….
the only big data big analytics platform
based on open source R
the defacto statistical computing language for
modern analytics
 High Performance, Scalable Analytics
 Portable Across Enterprise Platforms
 Easier to Build & Deploy Analytics
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7. Revolution R Enterprise ScaleR
High-Performance, Scalable R Analytics
 High-performance, scalable
replacements for R analytic
functions
 Parallel/distributed
processing eliminates CPU
bottleneck
 Out-of-memory XDF file
format
 Data streaming eliminates
memory size limitations
 Works with in-memory and
disk-based architectures
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8. Write Once.
Deploy Anywhere.
Hadoop
Hortonworks
Cloudera
EDW
IBM Netezza
Teradata
Clustered Systems
IBM Platform LSF
Microsoft HPC
Workstations & Servers
Desktop
Server
Alteryx
In the Cloud
Amazon AWS
DeployR
ConnectR
ScaleR
DistributedR
DESIGNED FOR SCALE, PORTABILITY & PERFORMANCE
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9. ALTERYX AND
REVOLUTION R
ENTERPRISE

10. Poll: How do you use Alteryx today?
 I’m not familiar with Alteryx
 I’ve heard of Alteryx, but haven’t tried it yet
 I use it mostly for blending data from multiple sources
 I use it for data blending and spatial analysis
 I use it for data blending and predictive analysis
 I used it for data blending, spatial and predictive analysis
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |
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11. Corporate Info.
Customer Success
Strong Foundation
165+
300+
95%+
Associates across
North America & Europe
Customers across the world
Renewal rate with funds
to support innovation
Leader in Data Blending and
Advanced Analytics
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |
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12. Analytics Solution Must Deliver
Business Insight Through Those Who Know the Business
Data Analyst
Business
Decision Maker
• Line of business focused
• Drives business change
• Understands business
requirements
• Consumes reports, analytic
apps, and
analyst insight
• Analytic thinker
• Accesses data, blends
and analyzes
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |
• Shares insights with colleagues,
management, etc.
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13. Deeper Business Insight
Intuitive workflow
for data blending
and advanced
analytics leading to
deeper insights in
hours, not weeks
In Hours Not Weeks
Through Intuitive Workflow
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |
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14. The Alteryx Solution For Analyst Enablement
All Relevant Data
Packaged Market &
Customer Data
Enrich
Report
Analyze
Blend
Te
xt
Access, cleanse, and blend
data with unique packaged
data options
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |
Rapid design of predictive
analytics with unique
spatial understanding
Consumerize the use of
sophisticated analytics
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15. Bridging Predictive Analytics From the Data
Scientist to the Data Analysts and Decision
Maker
30+ prepackaged R tools to make predictive
analytics accessible in any analytic workflow
Programmers can write their own script or
incorporate other R script into the workflow
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |

16. Alteryx Analytics and Revolution Analytics
Scaling to Enterprise Requirements
Alteryx and Revolution Analytics Partnership in October
• Alteryx makes R accessible to business users by providing R analytics as
drag and drop functions
• Revolution makes R scalable, removing key performance issues with
open source R
Why does this matter?
• Predictive analytics are driving the big data revolution
• R is at the forefront of predictive analytics; it is the most widely used
data analysis language
Coming Soon is full Alteryx & Revolution R support and integration
• Integration and bundling of software
• Leveraging in-database analytics
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |

17. Demonstration
© 2014 Alteryx, Inc. |
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18. WRAPPING
UP

19. Poll: Revolution R Enterprise and Alteryx
What interests you most about Alteryx with Revolution R Enterprise?
 Ability to access R functionality in a drag-and-drop interface
 Ability to run R analyses on Big Data with improved performance
 Ability to create new Alteryx nodes based on R code
 Ability to publish new workflows to a gallery for others to use
 Ability to create simple web-based interface to run custom workflows
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20. Alteryx with Revolution R Enterprise
 Empowers analysts with easy-to-use predictive tools,
combined with the leading R platform
 Delivers enterprise-scale predictive analytics to line-ofbusiness analysts
 Enables a broader audience to harness the universe of
R

21. For More Information…
 Available on: Early Q2
 Get the Data Sheet
– http://www.revolutionanalytics.com/partners/alteryx
 Get Alteryx with Revolution R Enterprise
– http://pages.alteryx.com/ContactUs.html
 Get Revolution R Enterprise with Alteryx
– http://www.revolutionanalytics.com/contact-us

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23. Thank you.
www.revolutionanalytics.com
1.855.GET.REVO
Twitter: @RevolutionR
www.alteryx.com
1.888.836.4274
Twitter: @alteryx