Slow SQL Queries Are Killing Your Recommendation Engine
August 10, 2015 4 mins read
In today’s fast-paced world, users won’t wait minutes for your recommendation engine to query the database. In fact, you’re lucky if they’re willing to wait more than a few seconds. The question is then: Is your relational database performing at… Read more →
Explore: cypher • data connection • data modeling • database query • graph database • join table • Recommendation Engine • relational database • sql • sql query
Summer Update on Spring Data Neo4j
August 6, 2015 3 mins read
I’m happy to announce good progress on our continuous efforts to integrate Neo4j with the Spring Framework, namely Spring Data. Our Spring Data Neo4j project started more than 5 years ago and it has been my challenge to keep it… Read more →
Explore: cypher • github • jdbc • neo4j ogm • neo4j server • partner • spring boot • Spring Data • spring data neo4j • spring framework
Making a Difference: The Public Neo4j-Users Slack Group
August 5, 2015 4 mins read
Update We are moving our Neo4j Community Support Forum to a new place as we have outgrown Slack. Thank you all for your help and support there. Now join us on community.neo4j.com for a better experience Making a Difference: The… Read more →
Explore: cypher • go • java • neo4j • PHP • Python • r • ruby • slack • stackoverflow
Impossible Is Nothing: The History (& Future) of Graph Data [GraphConnect Recap]
10 mins read
Editor’s Note: Last May at GraphConnect Europe, Jim Webber – Chief Scientist at Neo Technology – gave this inspiring (and nerdy) keynote talk on the history and future of graph data. Register for GraphConnect San Francisco to hear more speakers… Read more →
Explore: ACID • Cap Theorem • Graph Data • graph database • graphconnect • mapreduce • neo4j • nosql • relational database • tabular database
New Neo4j Course: Stop Developing Databases the Hard Way! [Community Post]
August 4, 2015 5 mins read
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j.]Back in early 2013, I was working on an RDBMS project with Java. The project goals required… Read more →
Explore: Application Development • cypher query language • Data Relationships • java • neo4j • neo4j course • nosql • rdbms • Relational Databases • REST API
The Database Model Showdown: An RDBMS vs. Graph Comparison
August 3, 2015 4 mins read
The recent proliferation of database technologies is a testament to the fact that relational databases are not the right tool for every job. Of course, they have their uses: Tabular data with a consistent structure and fixed schema is a… Read more →
Explore: data model • Data Relationships • database model • MySQL • Oracle • rdbms • Recommendation Engine • relational database • sql • tabular data