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
Accelerating Neo4j with CAPI SNAP from IBM Power Systems
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 23, 2017 5 mins read
The longtime promise of dramatically accelerated computing has arrived on IBM Power Systems servers and the great news is that Neo4j benefits tremendously! I’m sure many people have heard of using GPUs as selected application accelerators. The “what’s new” is… Read more →
Keywords: CAPI • CAPI Flash • CAPI SNAP • data filtering • FPGA • graph database • graphconnect • ibm power systems • IBM POWER8 • nosql
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
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
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
Announcing Neo4j in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace [Azure Series, Part I]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 10, 2017 3 mins read
We are excited to announce the availability of Neo4j in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Neo4j is a native graph database that stores data as graphs rather than in tables so you can traverse any depth of data in real time… Read more →
Keywords: Azure marketplace • cloud • cloud platform • Data Relationships • graph database • high availability • microsoft azure • native graph database • neo4j • public cloud
Detecting Fake News with Neo4j & KeyLines
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 9, 2017 7 mins read
Fake news is one of the more troubling trends of 2017. The term is liberally applied to discredit everything, from stories with perceived bias through to ‘alternative facts’ and downright lies. It has a warping effect on public opinion and… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • cypher • Data Visualization • fake news • fraud • graph analysis • graph model • graph visualization • Keylines • social media
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
An Introduction & Tutorial for Structr 2.1
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 3, 2017 3 mins read
In one of our previous blog posts, we promised to write more about new features of our upcoming release of Structr, version 2.1, so here we are. New Tutorial But before we dive into the details, we’d like to to… Read more →
Keywords: App development • deployment tool • graphconnect • javascript • json • neo4j • python • ruby • Structr • version control system
Graph-Based Enterprise Architecture Management
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 28, 2017 4 mins read
Today, enterprise architects are required to deliver insights quickly and make sense of large amounts of enterprise data (business knowledge, application information, technology assets, etc.). In this process, understanding and modeling interdependencies between entities is key. With relationships at the… Read more →
Keywords: CMDB • enterprise architect • enterprise architecture • enterprise architecture framework • graph visualization • impact analysis • Linkurious • network infrastructure • Network Management • relational database