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
Developers.Zed: The LinkedIn for Developers in Zambia
By Angela Zimmerman
June 27, 2022 5 mins read
We had the pleasure of speaking with Kacha Mukabe, who is a grand winner of the 2021 Leonhard Euler Idea Contest for his innovative project using Neo4j graphs at Developers.Zed.
Keywords: contest • customer use case • cypher • developer community • Developers.Zed • GRANDstack • graph database • GraphQL • Interview • Leonard Euler
Introducing Graph Databases For Dummies
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 16, 2020 7 mins read
Check out some main highlights from Chapter 1 of the newly release Graph Databases For Dummies, Neo4j Special Edition.
Keywords: data models • graph database basics • Graph Database for Dummies • labeled property graphs • queries at scale
This Week in Neo4j – Neo4j 4.1 Released, Modeling Patient Journeys, Developing Instagram Clone
By Mark Needham
June 27, 2020 4 mins read
Check out this week’s TWIN4J blog round of the past week’s happenings in the world of graph technology and Neo4j, including modeling patient journeys.
Keywords: GRANDstack • memory management • Neo4j 4.1 • patient journey • twin4j
Lean Graph Data Models Drive Fast Innovation: A Fireside Chat with David Fox, Senior Software Engineer at Adobe
By David Penick
May 1, 2020 6 mins read
Check out this fireside chat with David Fox of Adobe, who discusses how Adobe’s Behance social media platform works with Neo4j.
Keywords: Adobe • Behance • Cassandra • cypher • David Fox • DevOps • fireside chat • graph data model • IT ops • neo4j
Discovering Hidden Skills with an Enterprise Knowledge Graph
By Jocelyn Hoppa
April 23, 2020 6 mins read
Learn how the Professional Services Team at Neo4j built an enterprise knowledge graph, and used it to discover skills within the Neo4j organization.
Keywords: cypher • Kettle • Knowledge Graph • natural language processing • neo4j • Neo4j Aura • Neo4j driver library • nlp • python • slack
Sharding the LDBC Social Network
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 24, 2020 8 mins read
Explore the use of Fabric to achieve horizontal scaling, i.e. sharding, of the well-known and challenging LDBC Social Network Benchmark graph.
Keywords: cypher • data model • graph database • Horizontal scaling • LDBC social network • Neo4j 4.0 • Neo4j Fabric • sharding
The Top 5 Neo4j Podcasts of 2019
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 24, 2019 3 mins read
Catch up with all of the best episodes from the Neo4j Graphistania podcast during 2019, including episodes with the rebooted format and new co-host.
Keywords: ai • data journalism • data science • graph algorithms • graph technology • Graphistania • information theory • machine learning • Neo4j Community • podcast
Streaming Graphs: Combining Kafka and Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 29, 2019 12 mins read
If you’re looking for the basics on how to turn streams into graphs with Neo4j and the Neo4j-Streams plugin, you’ve come to the right place.
Keywords: apache kafka • Confluent Cloud • cypher • financial fraud • iam • Neo4j Browser • neo4j streams • property graph model • Recommendations • social network
GraphConnect 2020: Call for Papers Closing November 15
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 17, 2019 2 mins read
Are you interested in submitting a talk to GraphConnect 2020? Read this blog to learn about the call for papers deadline and submission details.
Keywords: call for papers • graph database • GraphConnect 2020 • neo4j • Neo4j Community
Connecting the Complexity of Identity and Access Management
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 2, 2019 4 mins read
Learn how speed makes graph-based IAM particularly applicable for applications with large audiences, many resources and complex connections.
Keywords: connected devices • enterprise applications • graph database • graph technology • iam • IAM solutions • identity and access management • neo4j • query response • Telenor
#GraphCast: The Laundromat [Panama Papers Movie]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 30, 2019 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring a trailer of “The Laundromat” (starring Meryl Streep), a movie about the Panama Papers investigation powered by Neo4j.
Keywords: graph database • graph visualization • GraphCast • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • money laundering • Mossack Fonseca • Panama Papers • tax evasion
This Week in Neo4j – 4.0 Milestone Testing, Highschool Popularity Algorithms, Minecraft Crafting Tree, Cancer Graph and Social Network Pagination
By Michael Hunger
August 17, 2019 5 mins read
Check out this TWIN4j for the latest happenings in Neo4j this week, such as the Enterprise Edition 4.0 Milestone testing and more.
Keywords: cancer research • graph algorithms • milestone release • twin4j
Toward AI Standards: Graph Technology as a Fabric for Context
By Jocelyn Hoppa
July 8, 2019 4 mins read
Read this second blog in a series dedicated towards setting a standard for AI, and why graph technology weaves connections to create much-needed context.
Keywords: contextual data • data connections • graph database • graph platform • graph technology • Graph Theory • property graph model • Relational Databases
This Week in Neo4j – Why Kettle?, Pokémons in a Graph, Influencers in the Graph Community
By Mark Needham
May 18, 2019 4 mins read
Explore everything that’s happening in the Neo4j community for the week of 18 May 2019, including finding influencers using graph algorithms.
Keywords: apache kafka • Cypher Query Performance • depth-first search • neo4j streams • Pentaho Kettle • social network analysis • twin4j
#GraphCast: How Graphs Are Used around the Globe
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 10, 2019 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring graph technology users from around the world talking about how they use Neo4j to solve connected data problems.
Keywords: Adobe • Data Visualization • Global Graph Celebration Day • Graph Theory • GraphCast • Leonhard Euler • machine learning • nasa • Neo4j Bloom • Panama Papers
Applying Graphs to Enterprise Media Asset Management
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 28, 2019 10 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Brant Boehmann and Chris Goodacre at GraphConnect New York in October 2017. Presentation Summary Scripps Networks Interactive is a leading developer of engaging lifestyle content in the home, food and travel categories for… Read more →
Keywords: AWS • cypher • digital asset management • enterprise media asset management • graph database • graphconnect • LDAP • nosql • Scripps Networks Interactive
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Triangle Count & Clustering Coefficient
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 25, 2019 4 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: Clustering Coefficient • community detection algorithms • cypher • global clustering • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • intelligent solutions • local clustering • Louvain Modularity • Triangle Count
#GraphCast: Graph Analytics For The Throne [GoT]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 24, 2019 2 mins read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our series featuring what you might have missed in Neo4j media from the past fortnight. Last time, I pointed out that we have an incredible Neo4j Online Meetup and that you’re a square if… Read more →
Keywords: For The Throne • Game of Thrones • GoT • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • GraphCast • Neo4j Online Meetup
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Louvain Modularity
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 18, 2019 5 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: community detection algorithms • cypher • detecting communities • fraud analytics • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • intelligent solutions • Louvain Modularity • neo4j • Social Networks
Sentiment and Social Network Analysis
By Jocelyn Hoppa
March 13, 2019 13 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Laura Drummer at GraphConnect New York in November 2017. Presentation Summary Traditional social network analysis is performed on a series of nodes and edges, generally gleaned from metadata about interactions between several actors… Read more →
Keywords: communications data • cyber analytics • document term matrix • graphconnect • NMF • Novetta • social network analysis • social network map • SocialBee • topic modeling
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Closeness Centrality
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 11, 2019 5 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: centrality algorithms • closeness centrality • cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • graph database • Graph Search • intelligent solutions • neo4j • shortest paths
#GraphCast: Fake News Edition
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 10, 2019 2 mins read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our new series featuring what you might have missed on the Neo4j YouTube channel. Last time, our Editor-in-Chief, Bryce Merkl Sasaki, pivoted away from video and onto the podcast medium to highlight a recent… Read more →
Keywords: fake news • graph database • GraphCast • machine learning • NBC News • neo4j • open sourced data • russian trolls • twitter
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Degree Centrality
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 28, 2019 3 mins read
Graph algorithms provide the means to understand, model and predict complicated dynamics such as the flow of resources or information, the pathways through which contagions or network failures spread, and the influences on and resiliency of groups. This blog series… Read more →
Keywords: centrality algorithms • cypher • Degree Centrality • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • graph database • Graph Search • PageRank • pathfinding • social network
Social Power, Operational Ease: 5-Minute Interview with David Fox, Software Engineer at Adobe
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 11, 2019 3 mins read
“We were able to go from 48 Cassandra instances to three Neo4j instances. Going into the project, we weren’t sure whether that was going to be possible,” said David Fox, Software Engineer at Adobe. Adobe runs Behance, a social network… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • activity feed • Adobe • Behance • Cassandra • David Fox • Graph Databases • machine learning • Neo4j Community • social network