InterSystems is pleased to announce that InterSystems IRIS Data Platform 2018.1.0 is now released. This [press release](https://www.intersystems.com/news-events/news/news-item/intersystems-iris-data-platform-now-available/) was issued this morning. InterSystems IRIS is a complete, unified data platform that makes it faster and easier to build real-time, data-rich applications.  It mirrors our design philosophy that software should be interoperable, reliable, intuitive, and scalable. For information about InterSystems IRIS, please visit our website [here](www.intersystems.com/iris).  You'll find out why InterSystems IRIS is the first complete data platform suitable for transactional, analytic, and hybrid transactional-analytic applications.  See how our InterSystems Cloud Manager enables open and rapid deployment on public and private clouds, bare metal or virtual machines.  Review our vertical and horizontal scaling, to ensure high performance regardless of your workloads, data sizes or concurrency needs.  Discover how to use familiar tools and languages like Java and REST to interoperate with all your data. To interactively learn more about InterSystems IRIS, we've introduced the [InterSystems IRIS Experience](www.intersystems.com/experience), a new environment that allows guided and open access to InterSystems IRIS Data Platform for exploring its powerful features.  The Experience offers you the ability to solve challenges and build solutions using real-world data sets.  With compelling scenarios, such as big data analytics and predicting patterns of financial fraud, developers and organizations can experience the power of InterSystems IRIS firsthand. You can also review the complete [online documentation](http://docs.intersystems.com/iris20181/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls).