R programming language offers something that most of current languages do not support well, parallelism. With a package named “SNOW”, R can take advantage of multiple cores in the CPU. Due to the limitation in increasing CPU’s clock speed, Intel and AMD are stuffing more cores into the processors. There aren’t many software in the market that can take advantage of this, but R is.

Predictive analytics is statistical modeling by any other name. It's used by statisticians and data analysts across all verticals as a means to better understand their organization, both internally and externally. It helps identify trends and patterns, arming CIOs and other enterprise decision makers with the best possible information with which to make their decisions.

Predictive analytics has a proven track record in the business intelligence field. Wal-Mart, for one, has used predictive analytics to better understand the habits and tendencies of their customers.

A robust, vibrant community. With thousands of contributors and more than two million users around the world, if you've got a question about R chances are, someone's answered it (or can). There's a wealth of community resources for R available on the Web, for help in just about every domain.