Which GraphConnect Training Should You Take? [Quiz]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 17, 2018 3 mins read
It’s that time of year again. In less than five weeks, Emil will be getting on stage at GraphConnect 2018 in the heart to Times Square, NYC and announcing the new release of….wow, I think we’re getting a little ahead… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • data science • Data Visualization • graph algorithms • graphconnect • machine learning • natural language understanding • Neo4j Bloom • neo4j training • python
Neo4j Launches Commercial Kubernetes Application on Google Cloud Platform Marketplace
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 18, 2018 2 mins read
On behalf of the Neo4j team, I am happy to announce that today we are introducing the availability of the Neo4j Graph Platform within a commercial Kubernetes application to all users of the Google Cloud Platform Marketplace. This new offering… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • GCP Marketplace • Google Cloud • google cloud platform • Google Cloud Platform Marketplace • Google Kubernetes Engine • graph technology • Knowledge Graph • Kubernetes • neo4j
The Neo4j JDBC Driver 3.3.1 Release Is Here [+ Examples]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 14, 2018 5 mins read
Our team at LARUS has been quite busy since the last JDBC driver release. Today, we’re happy to announce the 3.3.1 release of the Neo4j-JDBC driver. The release has been upgraded to work with recent Neo4j 3.3.x versions and Bolt… Read more →
Keywords: bolt • Causal Clustering • causal consistency • java • Java Naming and Directory Interface • jdbc • JDBC driver • JNDI • Matlab • Pentaho Kettle
Neo4j as a Critical Aspect of Human Capital Management (HCM)
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 11, 2018 22 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Luanne Misquitta at GraphConnect Europe in May 2017. Presentation Summary In this presentation, Luanne Misquitta shares her facility for engaging with the challenges of human capital management (HCM) in contemporary organizations using graph… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • HCM • human capital management • learning management • organizational network analysis • people analytics • people management • sentiment analysis • social network • talent management analytics
Retail & Neo4j: Customer Experience Personalization
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 8, 2018 5 mins read
To remain viable, today’s retailers must be nimble enough to face their colossal online competition while also addressing another new reality of retail: The customer is now at the center of the value chain. In order to adapt to these… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • customer experience • customer experience personalization • graph analysis • graph database • graph technology • neo4j • path analytics • Recommendation Engine • Retail
Neo4j: The Power behind the Paradise Papers
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 10, 2017 4 mins read
Once again, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has shaken the world with a far-reaching, in-depth investigation into the shadowy world of offshore finance: The Paradise Papers. Using Neo4j, the ICIJ has built upon their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • Graph Databases • graph technology • graph visualization • icij • international consortium of investigative journalists • neo4j • Panama Papers • paradise papers • Pulitzer Prize
Going Meta: Exploring the Neo4j Graph Database…as a Graph
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 7, 2017 6 mins read
The graph data model is inherently visual. Try explaining a graph to someone new. You’ll inevitably draw a picture, or wave your hands around to convey what you mean by ‘nodes… links…. and more nodes’. People think in graphs, and… Read more →
Keywords: Angular • cypher • GitHub API • graph data model • graph database • graph visualization • GraphQL • Keylines • Neo4j Browser • social network analysis
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
Cybersecurity & Graph Technology: An Excellent Fit
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 19, 2017 5 mins read
Cybersecurity We are becoming increasingly dependent on technology. Yet, without diligent attention paid to cybersecurity, technology is vulnerable to unauthorized access, change or even destruction. These vulnerabilities pose threats to our individual and collective safety, security and human and economic… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • Connected Data • cyber threat intelligence • cybersecurity • Equifax • financial data • graph technology • GraphAware • graphconnect • mitre
Rapid Graph Technology Prototyping of Sub-Contractor Relationships
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 18, 2017 3 mins read
ISN is the leading provider of Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) management systems for contractor engagement. ISN collects and verifies HSE information from contractors to ensure that they are meeting the necessary requirements before they are allowed to come on… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • cypher • Expero • graph technology • graph traversal • HSE • ISN • javascript • Neo4j Browser • sub-contracting
A Big Step Forward: Spring Data Neo4j 5.0 Release
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 16, 2017 9 mins read
This post introduces what’s been happening in Spring Data Neo4j recently. You will learn about the new features and the simplification of the programming model, find out what has changed under the cover, such as smarter querying for better performance.… Read more →
Keywords: cypher • graphconnect • java • microservices • pivotal • spring • spring boot • spring cloud • Spring Data • spring data neo4j
How Graph Technology Helps the Automotive Industry to Innovate with patedo
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 12, 2017 4 mins read
Abstract: KCIG, a German consulting company well-known in the automotive industry, and Structr, jointly created patedo®, a groundbreaking patent search engine, enabling engineers to query the world’s patent databases in unprecedented ways to find relevant working-level information much quicker than… Read more →
Keywords: automotive industry • graph technology • graphconnect • KCIG • patent search • patent search engine • Search Engine • Structr
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
7VORTEX: Systems Thinking Powered by Graph Technology
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 10, 2017 5 mins read
The success of many enterprises greatly depends on their ability to gather useful information and process it in a timely manner. Automation is essential and so is presentation, giving tangible feedback, to decision makers. This is where technology reaches out… Read more →
Keywords: biology • Connected Data • graph algorithms • graph technology • graph visualization • GraphAware • graphconnect • natural language processing • nlp • PageRank
Amazon Eating Your Lunch? What Data-Driven Retailers Can Do About It [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 31, 2017 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.] Nearly every analyst of the retail industry would consider Amazon as the source of the declining… Read more →
Keywords: Amazon • Analytics • Connected Data • data silo • data-driven decision making • ecommerce • graph technology • multi-channel marketplace • recommender system • Retail
Graph Algorithms: Make Election Data Great Again
By Rachel Howard
August 22, 2017 12 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by John Swain at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Summary In this presentation, learn how John Swain of Right Relevance (and Microsoft Azure) set out to analyze Twitter conversations around both Brexit and… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • betweenness centrality • community detection algorithm • cypher • Graph Algorithm • graphconnect • law of the few • PageRank • python • r
The Top 13 Resources for Understanding Graph Theory & Algorithms
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 16, 2017 6 mins read
Recently we announced the availability of some super efficient graph algorithms for Neo4j. In case you missed the announcement, we now have an easy-to-use library of graph algorithms that are tuned to make full use of compute resources. As part… Read more →
Keywords: Euler • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • Graph Theory • neo4j • Network Science • network theory • social media • social network analysis
Meet the ICIJ’s First-Ever Neo4j Connected Data Fellow
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 14, 2017 2 mins read
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), in partnership with the graph platform company Neo4j, are proud to welcome Manuel Villa as the first-ever Neo4j Connected Data Fellow. The fellowship, announced last May, was inspired by the way graph databases… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data journalism • graph database • graph platform • graphconnect • icij • investigative journalism • neo4j • Panama Papers • Pulitzer Prize
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
Summer 2017 Release of the APOC Procedures Library
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 25, 2017 5 mins read
It’s summertime, but that doesn’t mean we’re less active building cool stuff for you to use with Neo4j. If you haven’t heard of APOC yet – dubbed “Awesome Procedures On Cypher” – it’s a Swiss Army knife of useful utilities… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • cypher • fuzzy matching • Levenshtein distance • neo4j • Neo4j 3.1 • Neo4j Browser • neo4j-shell • relational database • XML
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: Anirban Chatterjee & Keshav Ranganathan, IBM
By Rachel Howard
June 30, 2017 4 mins read
“As the relationship really started to take shape, we realized what the two technologies could solve much more effectively when they worked together,” said Keshav Ranganathan, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Power Systems. The Neo4j partnership with IBM Power Systems… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Big Data • CAPI Flash • Causal Clustering • graph database • graphconnect • IBM • ibm power systems • IBM POWER8 • x86
Neo4j JDBC Driver 3.0.3 & 3.1.0 Released
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 14, 2017 7 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.] Click here to skip straight to the JDBC driver announcement. During his opening keynote address, Emil… Read more →
Keywords: APOC • bolt • Couchbase • etl • graphconnect • JDBC driver • JSON API • MongoDB • nosql database • spark
How to Deploy Neo4j on Microsoft Azure, a Step-by-Step Guide [Azure Series, Part II]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 31, 2017 5 mins read
In the first post of this series covering Neo4j on Microsoft Azure, we announced the availability of Neo4j in the Azure Marketplace. Today, we’ll go into more detail on how to deploy Neo4j in your Azure environment. Step 1: Sign-Up… Read more →
Keywords: Azure marketplace • bolt • Causal Clustering • cloud • high availability • microsoft azure • neo4j • Neo4j Browser • SSL • virtual network
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