Data Consistency Models: ACID vs. BASE Explained
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 11, 2023 5 mins read
Learn the difference between ACID and BASE databases and the trade-offs and advantages each consistency model brings to your application’s backend.
Keywords: ACID • aggregate stores • base • consistency model • data consistency • graph database • neo4j • nosql • nosql database • relational database
Native vs. Non-Native Graph Database
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 8, 2023 9 mins read
Discover the critical differences between native vs. non-native graph databases and why the distinctions matter for database performance.
Keywords: Cassandra • database architecture • graph database • graph processing • graph storage • graph technology • index free adjacency • MySQL • native graph database • native graph technology
Graph Databases for Beginners: Why Graph Technology Is the Future
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 19, 2023 7 mins read
The world of graph technology has changed (and is still changing), so we’re rebooting our “Graph Databases for Beginners” series to reflect what’s new in the world of graph tech – while also helping newcomers catch up to speed with… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • Connected Data • graph database • graph technology • Graph Theory • index free adjacency • native graph database • neo4j • nosql • rdbms
5-Minute Interview: Graph Databases For Dummies with Dr. Jim Webber and Rik Van Bruggen
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 15, 2020 5 mins read
Recently we sat down with the authors of Graph Databases For Dummies, Neo4j Special Edition, Dr. Jim Webber and Rik Van Bruggen. Dr. Webber is Neo4j’s Chief Scientist and Mr. Van Bruggen leads the Neo4j sales team in Europe, and… Read more →
Keywords: graph database • graph databases for dummies • learning neo4j • Neo4j Community
Missed Connections: A Tale of a Porsche, Paul Newman and a Relational Database
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 25, 2020 6 mins read
Discover the benefits of a graph database via a story about auctioning off the Porsche 935 Paul Newman co-drove to a second place in the 1979 LeMans race.
Keywords: Big Data • data analytics • data science • fraud • graph database • machine learning • Paul Newman • relational database • social media • sql
Graph Databases for Beginners: The Basics of Graph ETL
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 12, 2020 7 mins read
Learn how ETL tools (extract, transform, load) work, including the basics of graph ETL, which converts relational databases to graph databases.
Keywords: convert databases • etl process • etl tools • Extract Transform Load • graph database • graph etl • neo4j etl tool • rdbms to graph • relational database • sql to cypher
Importing Data from the Web with Norconex & Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 10, 2020 14 mins read
Dig down into the details on how to import data from the web with Norconex and Neo4j using the example of wine varietals.
Keywords: APOC • crawl engine • cypher • data manipulation • elasticsearch • importing data • Kettle • neo4j • node topology • norconex
It’s All in the Relationships: 15 Rules of a Native Graph Database
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 9, 2019 4 mins read
Learn all the rules of what makes up a native graph database and its deep search advantages over NoSQL relational databases.
Keywords: ACID • cypher • graph database platform • index free adjacency • labeled property graph • native graph database • neo4j • nosql • relational database
NoSQL Data Modeling: 5-Minute Interview with Pascal Desmarets
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 28, 2019 3 mins read
Check out this 5-minute interview with Pascal Desmarets, Founder and CEO of Hackolade, as he talks about NoSQL data modeling with Neo4j.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data analytics • data modeling • Graph Databases • Hackolade • neo4j • nosql • Pascal Desmarets • relational database
Google Kubernetes Engine and Neo4j: Power Your Apps with Graphs
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 10, 2019 4 mins read
Discover the power of containers about Kubernetes’ GKE in combination with a Neo4j graph database to solve connected data problems.
Keywords: containers • elasticsearch • GKE • Google Cloud Platform Marketplace • Google Kubernetes Engine • graph database • Kubernetes • MongoDB • relational database
#GraphCast: The Jim Webber Show
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 7, 2019 < 1 min read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring the Jim Webber Show: a video series on engineering insights (and Britishy humor) from Neo4j’s chief scientist.
Keywords: Graph Databases • graph technology • GraphCast • Jim Webber • native graph database • neo4j • Scalability
Graphs in Government: The Power of Graph Technology
By Jocelyn Hoppa
April 29, 2019 5 mins read
The use cases for a graph database in government are endless. Graphs are versatile and dynamic. They are the key to solving the challenges you face in fulfilling your mission. Using real-world government use cases, this blog series explains how… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • criminal investigations • government • graph database • graph technology • nasa • neo4j • rdbms • relational database • u.s. army
Simplifying Identity Management: 5-Minute Interview with Alex Babeanu
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 22, 2019 3 mins read
“We’ve tried using LDAP. We’ve tried using SQL databases. It’s just a nightmare to be honest,” said Alex Babeanu, Identity Solutions Architect at Nulli. With smartphones, online services, smart devices, the number of identities that must be managed is exploding,… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • access management • ai • Alex Babeanu • cypher • graph database • identity management • IoT • neo4j • SQL databases
Leveraging Data Science Tools for Fraud Investigation
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 6, 2019 15 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Paul Starrett at GraphConnect New York in October 2017. Presentation Summary This blog focuses on how to take advantage of certain actively used data-science tools synergistically, and how to use a graph database… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • data science • fraud • Graph Visualizations • graphconnect • machine learning • natural language processing • predictive analytics • private investigator • structured data
A Journey to the Graph Side: How (& Why) the Former CTO of MariaDB Joined Neo4j [Interview]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 15, 2019 9 mins read
If you don’t know anything about MariaDB – and you’re reading a database blog remember – then you’re the exception. In 2018, MariaDB was the second-fastest-growing relational database (behind Postgres) and is a leading example of commercially supported open source… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • cto • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • MariaDB • MySQL • neo4j • open source • rdbms
Graph Databases for Beginners: Other Graph Technologies
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 11, 2018 8 mins read
Back in the day (when Prussia was still a thing), Königsberg must have been a really boring place. That’s because the definition of fun in Königsberg was to walk around the city’s seven bridges and find a path that only… Read more →
Keywords: data model • graph database • graph technology • hypergraph • native graph database • nosql • nosql database • property graph • RDF • Triple Store
Graph Databases for Beginners: A (Brief) Tour of Aggregate Stores
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 27, 2018 9 mins read
In 1841, William Buckland was one of the first paleontologists to observe what today we call the Cambrian explosion. At the time, he naturally knew that it would become a favorite metaphor used the world over to describe whenever we… Read more →
Keywords: aggregate store • apache cassandra • document database • document store • key value store • MongoDB • nosql • nosql database • Redis • wide-column store
If You Build It They Will Come: Starting a GraphDB Meetup Where There Is None
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 30, 2018 4 mins read
About seven years ago, I came across Neo4j while trying to find a way to visually represent stored information and make connections like the human brain does. At the time, I only really needed to build an awesome recommendation engine… Read more →
Keywords: DataPhilly • Graph Databases • graph technology • GraphDB meetup • neo4j • nosql
Interchangeable Parts: 5-Minute Interview with Preston Hendrickson, Principal Systems Analyst at CALIBRE
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 26, 2018 4 mins read
“It’s easy to teach people to use Neo4j. It’s hands-on training, not death by PowerPoint,” said Preston Hendrickson, Principal Systems Analyst at CALIBRE. CALIBRE works with large government customers, including the U.S. Army, where maintenance, operation and support costs of… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data retrieval • data science • dynamic SQL • Graph Databases • nosql • python • rdbms • recursive SQL • sql queries
Graph Databases for Beginners: Why We Need NoSQL Databases
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 25, 2018 7 mins read
NoSQL databases are one of those things in life that are unhelpfully defined only by what they are not rather than by what they are, i.e., an anti-definition. NoSQL is a cheeky acronym for Not Only SQL – or more… Read more →
Keywords: aggregate store • data model • data valence • data variety • data velocity • data volume • nosql • nosql database • relational database • sql
Chip Design on Graphs: 5-Minute Interview with Chuck Calio, Offering Manager, IBM PowerAI
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 19, 2018 4 mins read
We use Neo4j to design our next-generation Power chips, said Chuck Calio, Offering Manager IBM PowerAI at IBM. The future of graph technology is in AI, but it’s not the only use case. From designing hardware (naturally a graph) to… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • ai • dynamic pricing • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • machine learning • Master Data Management • nosql • Recommendation Engine
Enterprise AI for IT Ops: 5-Minute Interview with Clayton Ching, Global Head of Customer Success at Digitate
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 12, 2018 4 mins read
“I believe everyone in the IT ops space is going to have to implement graph data a lot sooner than they think,” said Clayton Ching, Global Head of Customer Success at Digitate. IT operations is complex, with thousands of systems… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • ai • enterprise applications • graph database • graph technology • it infrastructure • IT ops • nosql • Relational Databases • SAP ERP
Powering Recommendations with a Graph Database: Proven Business Benefits [+ Case Studies]
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 27, 2018 6 mins read
Relevant, real-time recommendations drive revenue, but they are challenging to deliver. That’s because good recommendations require bringing together so much data, surfacing the relationships between all that data and delivering just the right suggestion in context and in the moment.… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data architecture • eBay • graph database • pricing engine • rdbms • real-time recommendations • Recommendations • sql • Walmart
Which GraphConnect Training Should You Take? [Quiz]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 17, 2018 3 mins read
It’s that time of year again. In less than five weeks, Emil will be getting on stage at GraphConnect 2018 in the heart to Times Square, NYC and announcing the new release of….wow, I think we’re getting a little ahead… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • data science • Data Visualization • graph algorithms • graphconnect • machine learning • natural language understanding • Neo4j Bloom • neo4j training • python
Financial Risk Reporting: Building a Risk Metadata Foundation
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 6, 2018 4 mins read
Regulations, such as BCBS 239, are driving banks to reexamine the way they manage financial risk management data. Building a connected data foundation supports a world of innovative uses of your enterprise data – including 360-degree visibility of your customers,… Read more →
Keywords: BCBS 239 • Connected Data • financial risk reporting • financial services • governance • Graph Databases • native graph database • nosql • relational database • risk metadata