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
15 Years Loving Graphs: Big Congrats & Thanks to Our Italian Partner LARUS
By Michael Hunger
May 24, 2019 4 mins read
I just returned from Venice, where enjoyed not only the weather and food but … Had an amazing time in Venice, Italy to celebrate the 15th anniversary of our friends and partners from @AgileLARUS. Thanks a lot @inserpio for the… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • etl • Graph Analytics • Kafka • Larus • machine learning • Neo4j ETL • Neo4j Kafka integration • Neo4j Labs • Neo4j partner
Join Us at GraphHack 2018: Neo4j Buzzword Bingo Hackathon
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 17, 2018 4 mins read
GraphConnect is almost here, which means it’s time for our annual GraphHack Hackathon! Join other graph hackers for a fun day of building applications featuring Neo4j’s great integrations with other popular technologies (a.k.a. buzzwords). This year’s event will be hosted… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • Data Visualization • Geospatial • GRANDstack • graphconnect • graphHack • hackathon • natural language processing • Neo4j Community • neo4j integration
Matt Casters – the Mind Behind Kettle – Has Joined the Neo4j Team
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 7, 2018 3 mins read
Speaking on behalf of the Neo4j team, I am excited to announce that Matt Casters has joined Neo4j, Inc. Matt has a sterling reputation in the open source community for his work in leading the Kettle project. Matt and I… Read more →
Keywords: data import • data integration • data lineage • data quality • etl • Kettle • Matt Casters • MDM • Pentaho • Pentaho Data Integration
Neo4j ETL 1.2.0 Release: What’s New + Demo
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 31, 2018 7 mins read
In the last seven months since GraphConnect New York, we have worked on enhancing the Neo4j ETL tool adding support for all relational databases with a JDBC driver. We also did some backend optimizations and made few changes to the… Read more →
Keywords: data mapping • docker • etl • IBM DB2 • jdbc • Microsoft SQL Server • MySQL • Neo4j ETL • Oracle RDBMS • PostgreSQL
APOC Release for Neo4j 3.4 with Graph Grouping
By Michael Hunger
May 18, 2018 5 mins read
Just in time for the Neo4j 3.4.0 release, we also pushed out two versions of APOC – 3.3.0.3 and 3.4.0.1. You can download them from GitHub, Maven or most conveniently with a single click in Neo4j Desktop. Please note that… Read more →
Keywords: Apache POI • APOC • dijkstra algorithm • excel • Excel spreadsheets • javascript • Neo4j 3.4
GDPR Compliance: 4 Simple Steps to Building a GDPR Solution
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 26, 2018 3 mins read
According to PwC, 92 percent of multinational companies cite compliance with the looming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy regulations as a top data-protection priority. More than three-quarters of those organizations have allocated over a million dollars for related… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data modeling • data privacy • data privacy regulations • Data Visualization • GDPR • GDPR Compliance • graph visualization • master data • personal data
Achievement Unlocked:
1,000 Neo4j Certified Professionals
By Mark Needham
March 8, 2018 3 mins read
In January 2016 we launched the first-ever Neo4j Certification for professionals so that Neo4j experts could prove their know-how, and this week saw the 1000th person pass the test. The 1000th person to pass the test was Gábor Szárnyas, our… Read more →
Keywords: bolt • Causal Clustering • cypher • data import • data modeling • database security • language drivers • neo4j certification • property graph model • user-defined procedures
Getting Started with Data Analysis using Neo4j [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 1, 2018 9 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.] Why Are We Doing This? Data analysis is the phenomenon of dissecting, structuring and understanding data.… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • cypher • data analysis • data integrity • Issuu • json • Neo4j Desktop • Neo4j documentation • nosql • user-defined procedures
Neo4j Graph Database 3.3 Release: Everything You Need to Know
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 31, 2017 4 mins read
As part of the Neo4j Graph Platform announced at GraphConnect New York last week, we are excited to announce the general availability release of the Neo4j Graph Database version 3.3. At the heart of the Graph Platform is the native… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • Connected Data • cypher • Cypher for Apache Spark • etl • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • Neo4j Desktop • neo4j graph database • Neo4j Graph Platform
Neo4j: From Graph Database to Graph Platform
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 24, 2017 11 mins read
Today at GraphConnect New York, Neo4j has announced our transformation from the provider of a graph database into the creator of a graph platform. We are making this change to address the evolving needs of customers in their deployment of… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • Cypher for Apache Spark • data integration • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • graph visualization • native graph database • neo4j • Neo4j Desktop • Neo4j ETL
Analyzing Twitter Hashtag Impact using Neo4j, Python & JavaScript
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 13, 2017 3 mins read
This is the first demo I developed with Neo4j. The objective of the demo is to open the discussion about graph databases, Neo4j, big data, analytics and IBM Power Systems with our global customers. I decided to use Twitter as… Read more →
Keywords: bolt • data import • data model • graph algorithms • graph visualization • ibm power systems • javascript • machine learning • python • twitter
A Path to the Graph: Data Integration That Begins without Writing Any Code
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 11, 2017 5 mins read
Most people understand the problem in any large organization today is that the data is in silos. Data is disconnected, and as a result, a report from any one source is incomplete and not necessarily actionable to the extent it… Read more →
Keywords: BI • cypher • data fabric • data integration • data management • factgem • graphconnect • nosql database • sql • tableau
A Game of Data and GraphQL [Game of Thrones Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 17, 2017 2 mins read
This blog post was originally published on Medium by Michael Hunger and is used with permission. Creating a Neo4j graph database (and more) based on Game of Thrones (and A Song of Ice and Fire) data. As season 7 is… Read more →
Keywords: .NET • cypher • Game of Thrones • github • graph database • graph technology • GraphQL • Medium • microsoft azure • neo4j
Cypher: Write Fast and Furious
By Rachel Howard
August 11, 2017 6 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Christophe Willemsen at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Presentation Summary In this presentation, Christophe Willemsen covers a variety of do-and-don’t tips to help your Cypher queries run faster than ever in Neo4j.… Read more →
Keywords: .NET • bolt • cypher • graphconnect • java • javascript • neo4j • object mapper • PHP • python
Neo4j Sandbox Now Supports Neo4j 3.2, Sharing, Google Spreadsheets & More!
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 28, 2017 4 mins read
When we announced the new Neo4j Sandbox back in March, we enabled developers to learn Neo4j while exploring data and interactive guides for four use cases: Recommendations Engines, TrumpWorld, US Congress (Legis-Graph) and Twitter analysis. We’ve seen lots of developers… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • Google Spreadsheets • Load CSV • Neo4j Browser • Neo4j sandbox • neo4j training • Panama Papers • TrumpWorld • twitter
What’s New in Neo4j Databridge [April 2017]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 27, 2017 6 mins read
Since our first post a few months back, Neo4j-Databridge has seen a number of improvements and enhancements. In this post, we’ll take a quick tour of the latest features. Streaming Endpoint Although Databridge is primarily designed for bulk data import,… Read more →
Keywords: binary protocol • bolt • data import • data resources • Databridge • graph database • GraphAware • graphconnect • neo4j • streaming endpoint
The 5-Minute Interview: Stephan Reiling, Senior Scientist at Novartis
By Rachel Howard
April 14, 2017 3 mins read
“Cypher, for us, is really the killer feature of Neo4j,” said Stephan Reiling, Senior Scientist at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research. The Novartis team recently embarked on a project to bring together huge volumes of disparate biological data, which they… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • batch importer • biological data • biomedical research • bulk data import • cypher • Medicine • Novartis • pharmaceuticals • text mining
The 5-Minute Interview: Peter Walker, Project Manager at Cisco
By Rachel Howard
March 31, 2017 3 mins read
“We tried doing our work with RDBMS, but found that the queries were just going too slowly,” said Peter Walker, Project Manager at Cisco. Peter and his team were looking for way to mine customer support case notes and find… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Cisco • customer support • data mining • Data Relationships • data relevancy • graphconnect • Oracle RDBMS • rdbms • Return Merchandise Authorization
The 5-Minute Interview: Clark Richey, CTO & Co-Founder of FactGem
By Rachel Howard
March 24, 2017 4 mins read
“The thing we love most about Neo4j is that it’s truly the only native property graph on the market that does what it says it’s supposed to do,” said Clark Richey, CTO and Co-Founder of FactGem. There are a number… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • cypher • data insights • data model • data warehouse • graph data visualization • native graph database • native property graph • Neo4j Browser • neo4j training
This Week in Neo4j – 18 March 2017
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 18, 2017 3 mins read
Welcome to This Week in Neo4j. If you’ve got any ideas for things we should cover in future editions, I’m @markhneedham on Twitter or send an email to devrel@neo4j.com. WordPress Recommendation Engine Adam Cowley has been busy over the last… Read more →
Keywords: collaborative filtering • jqassistant • Pandas • python • rdbms • social network analysis • TrumpWorld • twin4j • twitchtv • twitter
The Co-Evolution of Computer Hardware & Graph Databases: Why Graph-Native Matters
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 9, 2017 9 mins read
Neo4j is a native graph database, which means all of the code – from the web browser to the drivers, Bolt protocol, page cache, cluster protocols, disk storage format — is optimized for graph workloads. As hardware advances come along,… Read more →
Keywords: bolt • CAPI Flash • co-processors • graph database • graph technology • IBM • index free adjacency • native graph database • neo4j • non-volatile RAM
Getting Started with the Microsoft Concept Graph in Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 8, 2017 5 mins read
What does the study of concepts (or categories, depending on your field of study) tell us about the human mind? A result of the Probase research project, the Microsoft Concept Graph harnesses billions of web pages and search logs to build a huge graph of relations between words (like “apple”) and their concepts (like “fruit” or “hardware company”). Using this data, the team at Microsoft hopes to build better search engines, spell-checkers, recommendation engine, taxonomies and more.
Keywords: concept graph • concepts • cypher • graph • Microsoft • neo4j • Neo4j Browser • Recommendation Engine • Search Engine • taxonomies
This Week in Neo4j – 25th February 2017
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 25, 2017 6 mins read
Welcome to this week in Neo4j! From now on instead of covering everything that happened in Neo4j at the end of the month in one mega-post we’re going to publish a more focused update once a week. We hope you… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • cypher • Elixir • IPython • JetBrains • nasa • Neo4j Browser • Neo4j sandbox • RDF • spring
From the Neo4j Community: January 2017
By Rachel Howard
February 14, 2017 5 mins read
The year is off to a great start when to comes to the Neo4j community. If this month is any indication of what’s to come, then we know that 2017 will be a big year for Neo4j projects, drivers and… Read more →
Keywords: apache spark • cypher • docker • GraphX • IBM POWER8 • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers • python • sql • TrumpWorld