Graph for Equitable Financial Opportunities: The 5-Minute Interview With Arthur Zverko
By Angela Zimmerman
March 24, 2023 3 mins read
Because of how we approach data in our platform and look at it from a developer-friendly way – and thinking of the data just as JavaScript objects – the traversal of graphs seemed like a natural pick for us. That’s why we chose to go with Neo4j,” says Arthur Zverko, Software Team Lead at financial platform Equitybee.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • cypher • cypher queries • Equitybee • financial services • Interview
Graphs for Ease and Scalability in the Auto Industry: The 5-Minute Interview with Michal Stefanak
By Angela Zimmerman
March 8, 2023 3 mins read
”I think graph database is the only database we should use – at all. It’s the best one. After using Neo4j, I don’t want to go back to relational databases. The Neo4j database is perfect. It’s exactly the way people think and how you draw all the UML diagrams and everything. It’s exactly what you do,” says Michal Stefanak, Programmer at VOLKE.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • automotive industry • customer stories • Interview • programmer
Fight Cybercrime With Bloom: The 5-Minute Interview With Bertrand Provost
By Angela Zimmerman
February 7, 2023 2 mins read
Meet Bertrand Provost, a Senior Data Scientist at Le Groupe La Poste, a company that operates postal services, banks, insurance, and more. And as France’s biggest local commercial network with 1.3 million daily customers – and delivering 18 billion items annually (!) – it’s not difficult to see how the organization may face some data challenges. Enter graph technology.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Bloom • Cybercrime • data science • fraud detection • Interview • Le Groupe La Poste
The Visual Simplicity of Graph: The 5-Minute Interview With Folks From Fractal 5
By Angela Zimmerman
January 18, 2023 4 mins read
“Everything is a graph. So as far as Neo’s development and the advances it’s made in the speed and adoption of more data – and more mature data – everyone can leverage all the developments in regards to graph neural networks and such. And that lends itself to a better world altogether,” Bjartur Hjaltason, machine learning engineer at Fractal 5.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Connected Data • Developer • Fractal 5 • graph technology • Interview • machine learning • Social Networks
Better Together With AWS: The 5-Minute Interview With Roya Niki Hugosson
By Angela Zimmerman
December 19, 2022 2 mins read
“We went together with Neo4j and told this Better Together story… Speed and cost, they are important, and that’s what customers can get with Neo4j’s graph,” Roya Niki Hugosson, Strategic Account Manager, ISV, Amazon Web Services.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • amazon web services • AWS • graph technology • GraphConnect 2022 • Interview • neo4j
How Banks in ANZ Use Data-Driven Insights to Optimize DevOp and Cloud Migration
By Enzo
December 16, 2022 7 mins read
Discover how a leading Australian Bank is using data-driven insights to optimize their DevOps as well as migrating to the cloud using Neo4j.
Keywords: ampion • ANZ • australia • Bank • cloud • devop • financial services • finserv • graph database • migration
Connecting Data Across the Enterprise: The 5-Minute Interview With Simone Novali
By Angela Zimmerman
December 9, 2022 3 mins read
“Neo4j is a strategic partner and the most complete and powerful graph database we found. So we decided to use Neo4j as our graph database,” says Simone Novali, Enterprise Architect.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Connected Data • graph database • Knowledge Graph • Zurich Insurance
Graph Data Science for Drug Discovery: The 5-Minute Interview With Ufuk Kirik
By Angela Zimmerman
November 18, 2022 < 1 min read
Dip your toes in the water. Pay attention to graph model, but don’t be a perfectionist. There’s a lot of really good documentation out there. There’s a lot of experts who are willing to share their expertise. Use them and don’t be shy and try it out,” says Ufuk Kirik, Associate Director of Graph Data Science at AstraZeneca.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • graph data science • Interview • Life Sciences • pharmaceutical
London’s Traffic Operations Digital Twin: The 5-Minute Interview With Andy Emmonds
By Enzo
November 4, 2022 3 mins read
Andy Emmonds explains how Transport for London uses graph databases and digital twin to build a smart decision-supporting system.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • andy emmonds • digital twin • graph database • Knowledge Graph • London • neo4j • Recommendations • TFL • traffic
Connected Data for Compliance: The 5-Minute Interview With Miguel Aguado
By Angela Zimmerman
October 14, 2022 4 mins read
“The data model is key to the success of graph technology. If you are able to create the model that reflects your reality, and at the same time fulfill your needs, you are going to be a success, and you… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • banking • compliance • customer experience • financial services • Interview • regulatory compliance
Combating Disease Using Graphs: The 5-Minute Interview With Henrik Enquist
By Angela Zimmerman
October 4, 2022 3 mins read
“As a beginner starting to use Neo4j for the first time, I would say just go with it, try it, play with a movie example data set, and just get familiar with it. It’s really quite logical once you figure out the first few steps,” says Henrik Enquist, Advanced IT Developer at Novo Nordisk.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Customer • customer use case • Healthcare • Interview • neo4j • Novo Nordisk
Graphs for Business Transformation: The 5-Minute Interview With Trinette Brownhill
By Angela Zimmerman
September 22, 2022 3 mins read
“I’ve been trying to find concrete evidence of why we need to bring in Neo4j… The team gives me a lot of the support I need in order to take the evidence to my clients,” says Trinette Brownhill, a Distinguished Engineer at IBM.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • business transformation • engineer • graph database • graph technology • IBM • Interview • neo4j
Using Graphs to Unlock Forensics: The 5-Minute Interview With Thomas Larsen
By Angela Zimmerman
September 9, 2022 3 mins read
Some of the most surprising results have been how easy it was to integrate it into our existing mature infrastructure, and then how quickly my team adopted it. I had a team of five, including myself, and all of them now use Neo4j on almost a daily basis. Even one gentleman who’s a bit skeptical of new tools and new technologies – he embraced it. And when he embraced it, I knew we had something special.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • ABB • Analytics • Connected Data • Customer • forensics • graph database • graph technology • Interview • pilot
Graphs for Information Services: The 5-Minute Interview With Cyndi Streun
By Angela Zimmerman
August 25, 2022 2 mins read
Graphs are not just something for the researchers, for the universities. There’s a product out there, it’s applicable, it’s in production, it can scale if scale is necessary. It can give you the features you need, take your data, and explore it.
Keywords: Federation of State Medical Boards • graph database • graph technology • Information Services • Interview • neo4j • relational database
How Graphs Power OpenSanctions: The 5-Minute Interview with Friedrich Lindenberg
By Angela Zimmerman
August 10, 2022 11 mins read
OpenSanctions is the brainchild of Friedrich Lindenberg. It uses graph technology to analyze different datasets to identify significant individuals around the globe – like politicians, their associates, and other persons of interest – giving investigators, businesses, journalists, and technologists an essential open source tool to optimize their work.
Keywords: civic tech • Connected Data • Cybercrime • graph database • graph technology • Interview • OpenSanctions
How Graphs Crystallize Connections: The 5-Minute Interview With Brandon Campbell
By Angela Zimmerman
July 27, 2022 3 mins read
“Graphs are just really beautiful to look at. The structure of them is almost crystalline sometimes. Seeing knowledge and abstract concepts turned into something you can look at is exciting to me,” says Brandon Campbell, Ontologist & Graph Architect at Northrop Grumman.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Developer • graph database • graph ontology • graph technology • graph visualization • Interview • ontology
Graphie Winner Community MVP – Knowledge Graphs: 5-Minute Interview with Ashleigh Faith
By Angela Zimmerman
March 24, 2022 9 mins read
Ashleigh Faith is a stalwart in the graph community. She has been a tireless advocate and champion of knowledge graphs, most recently applying that expertise to her role as Director of Knowledge Graph, Semantic Search, and MLAI at EBSCO Information Services. We were thrilled to publicly honor her outstanding work with a Graphie Award for MVP in the Graph Community: Knowledge Graphs.
Keywords: 2021 graphie awards • 5-minute interview • Graphie Award • Knowledge Graph • Neo4j Graphies
Graphie Winner for Supply Chain Excellence: 5-Minute Interview with OrbitMI
By Angela Zimmerman
March 9, 2022 10 mins read
Neo4j honored OrbitMI and their Graph Ecosystem with a Graphie Award for Supply Chain Excellence, and we got three leaders together to ask them some questions about their work in the graph database space, how Neo4j helped them innovate, and what they see on the horizon for connected data.
Keywords: 2021 graphie awards • 5-minute interview • Connected Data • Global Supply Chain • graph database • Graph Ecosystem • Graphie Award • OrbitMI • supply chain management
Graphie Graphs4Good in Medical Research: 5–Minute Interview with HealthECCO
By Angela Zimmerman
February 25, 2022 7 mins read
Let’s hear it for HealthECCO and their groundbreaking medical research using Graphs4Good which won the team a 2021 Graphie Award!
Keywords: covid-19 • graph data science • graph data science library • Graphie Award • HealthECCO • Interview • Knowledge Graph • medical research
Graph for Customer Golden Profile & Fraud Detection: 5-Minute Interview with Allianz Benelux
By David Penick
June 25, 2021 2 mins read
Read this 5-minute interview with Allianz Benelux to learn how they use Neo4j’s graph technology in their work.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Allianz Benelux • customer golden profile • fraud detection • graph technology
Embracing Open Data: The 5-Minute Interview with Nur Aini Rakhmawati
By David Penick
June 4, 2021 < 1 min read
Read this week’s 5-minute interview to learn how associate professor Nur Aini Rakhmawait incorporates Neo4j’s graph technology in her work.
Keywords: graph technology • Graphie Award • Institut Teknologi Sepuluh • Neo4j Community • Nur Aini Rakhmawati • open data
Spreading the Word: The 5-minute Interview with Reshama Shaikh
By David Penick
May 21, 2021 < 1 min read
Read this week’s 5-minute interview with Reshama Shaikh on how she uses Neo4j’s graph technology in her work.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data science • graph database • Graphie Award winner • KDnuggets • Reshama Shaikh
Intelligent Content Curation: 5-Minute Interview with Tourism Media’s Terry Franklin
By David Penick
May 7, 2021 < 1 min read
Read this week’s 5-minute interview with Tourism Media’s Terry Franklin on their intelligent content curation.
Keywords: graph database • Graphie Award • Intelligent Content Curation • Tourism Media
Ravi Anthapu and Matt Holford: 5-Minute Interview
By David Penick
April 23, 2021 < 1 min read
Read this interview with Ravi Anthapu and Matt Holford of Neo4j, who discuss their award-winning project: Patient Journey.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • graph database • Graphie Award • neo4j • patient journey
Graphs for Real-Time Transaction Processing: 5-Minute Interview with Jorge Zaccaro
By David Penick
April 9, 2021 5 mins read
Discover how Jorge Zaccaro, a software engineer, uses graph database technology for transaction processing at Minka.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • cloud-hosted • database • digital currencies • Jorge Zaccaro • Minka • Neo4j Aura • OLTP • transaction processing