How Knowledge Graphs Drive More Sales With Real-Time Recommendation Engines
By Angela Zimmerman
May 16, 2022 18 mins read
Are you familiar with knowledge graphs? What about graph technology in general? If you’re in the retail business, this presentation could be a game-changer.
Keywords: Business Advice • data • data supply chain • eBay • graph database • graph technology • Knowledge Graph • Meredith Corp. • Retail • retail competitive advantage
Stefan Wendin With Stratazon’s Justo Boero Delbanco and Henrik Johansson
By Angela Zimmerman
April 8, 2022 17 mins read
If you want to learn from experts in the graph space, you’ve come to the right place. The head of Neo4j’s Innovation Lab, Stefan Wendin, sat down with two executives at Stratazon, a Malmo-based international trade and development company that uses graph technology to develop valuable tactics for their clients.
Keywords: customer experience • customer journey • data insights • data-driven decision making • graph platform • graph technology • Interview • real-time analysis • real-time data analytics • Stratazon
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
GraphConnect 2020 Agenda: Everything You Need to Know
By Rachel Howard
March 6, 2020 < 1 min read
The health and safety of our community, partners and employees are of the utmost importance to Neo4j. After monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely, we have decided to postpone GraphConnect 2020 in New York City to 2021. We are actively scoping… Read more →
Keywords: artificial intelligence • biotech • data discovery • Data Visualization • digital transformation • graph technology • graphconnect • Healthcare • Knowledge Graph • machine learning
Overcoming CCPA Compliance Challenges: Why Graph Technology Is the Best Solution
By David Penick
October 28, 2019 3 mins read
Read the final installment in our series on CCPA challenges, which shows four steps to privacy compliance and why graph technology is the superior solution.
Keywords: California Privacy Act • CCPA • CCPA compliance • data breach • data privacy • GDPR • graph database • graph technology • neo4j • privacy compliance
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
Innovate In Less Than a Week: 5-Minute Interview with Alessandro Svensson
By Deb Cameron
September 6, 2019 6 mins read
Check out this 5-minute interview with Alessandro Svensson and discover the features and benefits of Neo4j’s Innovation Lab.
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Alessandro Svensson • Connected Data • data model • data science • design thinking • fast prototyping • graph database • graph modeling • graph representation
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
Mapping Ontologies in Graphs for Personalization
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 20, 2019 14 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Irene Iriarte-Carretero at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Presentation Summary Gousto is a UK-based recipe box service that uses Neo4j to map recipe ontologies so it can provide more personalized recommendations to… Read more →
Keywords: collaborative filtering • content-based filtering • customer journey • gousto • graph ontology • graphconnect • hybrid recommender system • LightFM • Personalization • Recommendation Engine
The Top 10 Neo4j Podcasts of 2018
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 27, 2018 4 mins read
Since March 2015, Neo4j VP Rik Van Bruggen has been hosting the Graphistania podcast, covering the wonderful world of graph database technology and interviewing some of the most interesting graph thinkers and developers from across the globe. If you’re new… Read more →
Keywords: data science • emil eifrem • Graphistania • Kettle • natural language processing • Neo4j Community • real-time recommendation engine • social network analysis • spring data neo4j • telecom
Fraud Detection Using Graph Technology
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 16, 2018 4 mins read
Graph technology refers to the storage, management and querying of data graphical representation. Here, your indices become vertices and your relationships are converted into edges. Through analysis of the fine-grained relationships, by using graph analysis, you can find out oddities… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data analysis • data modeling • fraud detection • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • machine learning • money laundering • social media networks
How Real-Time Recommendations Increase Revenues, Optimize Margins and Delight Customers [Infographic]
By Jocelyn Hoppa
November 8, 2018 2 mins read
“You may also like” sounds simple, but there’s a lot happening behind the scenes. Real-time recommendations work best when they take into account both the user’s needs (what is of interest to them) and your business strategy (items you need… Read more →
Keywords: business rules • collaborative filtering • financial services • government services • graph platform • graph technology • Healthcare • knowledge-based filtering • neo4j • real-time recommendations
Graph Databases for Beginners: Graph Theory & Predictive Modeling
By Joy Chao
September 5, 2018 10 mins read
There’s a common one-liner, “I hate math…but I love counting money.” Except for total and complete nerds, a lot of people didn’t like mathematics while growing up. In fact, of all school subjects, it’s the most consistently derided in pop… Read more →
Keywords: graph database • Graph Theory • local bridge • Network Science • predictive analysis • predictive modeling • Social Graph • social science • structural balance • triadic closure
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
Powering Recommendations with a Graph Database: Connect Buyer and Product Data
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 20, 2018 4 mins read
Effective recommendations increase revenue and drive up average order value. But delivering highly relevant, real-time recommendations requires as much context as possible. Connecting the user to the perfect recommendation is an art. In this three-part series, we explore using recommendations… Read more →
Keywords: customer relationship management • graph database • graph technology • nosql • personalized promotions • product recommendations • rdbms • real-time recommendations • Recommendations • relational database
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
GDPR Compliance: Why Graph Technology Is the Fastest (and Most Future-Proof) Solution
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 19, 2018 4 mins read
According to Eurostat, 81% of Europeans feel they don’t wholly control their online data and 69% worry that firms might use their data for purposes other than those advertised. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) states that individuals… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data lineage • data privacy • Data Visualization • GDPR • GDPR Compliance • native graph database • nosql • personal data • rdbms
Financial Services & Neo4j: 360-Degree View of Customer Experience
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 21, 2017 3 mins read
Customer expectations are rising at a time when customer service is a significant differentiator within the financial services industry. Customers expect companies to deliver personalized service – i.e., an end-to-end customer experience – that reflects an understanding of who they… Read more →
Keywords: 360-degree view of customer • Connected Data • credit card industry • credit card provider • customer experience • customer experience management • financial services • graph technology • Master Data Management • MDM
Graph Technology for Enterprise Master Data Management (MDM)
By Rachel Howard
July 14, 2017 9 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Aaron Wallace at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Presentation Summary Modern enterprises need to have a full, 360-view of their customers drive their bottom line. This requires the integration of data from… Read more →
Keywords: customer information management • data quality • fraud detection • graphconnect • Knowledge Graph • Master Data Management • MDM • metadata management • Pitney Bowes • single customer view
The 5-Minute Interview: Aaron Wallace, Product Manager at Pitney Bowes
By Rachel Howard
May 26, 2017 4 mins read
“We knew we couldn’t come to market with the same old solution and be competitive – so we decided to explore a differentiated solution,” said Aaron Wallace, Product Manager at Pitney Bowes. As a software company prepared to enter the… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • AML • customer information management • data lineage • data quality • financial services • Master Data Management • metadata management • Pitney Bowes • Retail
Relevant Search Leveraging Knowledge Graphs with Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 5, 2017 13 mins read
“Relevance is the practice of improving search results for users by satisfying their information needs in the context of a particular user experience, while balancing how ranking impacts business’s needs.”[1] Providing relevant information to the user performing search queries or… Read more →
Keywords: artificial intelligence • conceptnet • ecommerce • elasticsearch • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • natural language processing • product catalog • Recommendation Engine • user experience
GraphConnect Europe Agenda: Everything You Need to Know [2017 Edition]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 20, 2017 3 mins read
You already have all the reasons you should attend GraphConnect Europe and now you know who the top 10 presenters will be, but now it’s time for the easiest selling point of all: the bottom-to-top agenda of all the keynotes,… Read more →
Keywords: Airbnb • Apache Mesos • apache spark • Capgemini UK • Causal Clustering • cypher • data journalism • graph technology • graphconnect
The Impact of Graph-Powered Business Leader Social Networks
By Rachel Howard
March 22, 2017 7 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Tilo Walter at GraphConnect Europe in April 2016. Here’s a quick review of what he covered: How to use graphs to leverage and navigate business leader social networks Combining Kantwert and Neo4j to… Read more →
Keywords: apache solr • apache spark • cypher • graph visualization • graphconnect • Keylines • microservices • Oracle RDBMS • PostgreSQL • social network