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Neo4j 1.7 GA "Bastuträsk Bänk" released with Enterprise Turbo Package

April 20, 2012

Neo4j 1.7 GA, codenamed “Bastuträsk Bänk” is now generally available. The many improvements ushered in through milestones have been properly QA’d and documented, making 1.7 the preferred stable version for all production deployments. Welcome to the Enterprise Turbo package Johan.… Read more →

Ebook – Good Relationships: The Spring Data Neo4j Guide Book (InfoQ)

March 19, 2012

With Spring Data, the ever popular Spring Framework has cultivated a new patch of ground, bringing Big Data and NOSQL technology like Neo4j to enterprise developers. This guide introduces you to Spring Data Neo4j, using the fast, powerful and scalable… Read more →

Breaking into the NoSQL Conversation

March 2, 2012

Wikipedia’s NoSQL page does mentions RDF Database as a category, but only lists a single RDF store! AllegroGraph and Virtuoso are also mentioned under the Graph database section, but none of the others.  In the upcoming book from Pragmatic Publishers, Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, a… Read more →

Now it’s VMware’s turn: Meet Spring Hadoop (GIGAOM)

February 29, 2012

Spring Hadoop is also open source, available under the Apache 2.0 license. More information on programming Hadoop jobs using Spring is available on the SpringSource blog. This isn’t the first time VMware has given Spring developers access to new types of… Read more →

Catch the buzz: Hadoop Hive is top of the Big Data charts (CloudPro)

February 28, 2012

A new index from Jaspersoft lets us know who are the big cheeses when it comes to Big Data It’s a Top 20 with the difference – it’s not the latest pop tunes but the leading Big Data downloads. And… Read more →

Using Gremlin and Transaction to Solve the Problem of Maximum Flow (DZone)

February 24, 2012

The maximum flow problem was formulated by T.E. Harris as follows: Consider a rail network connecting two cities by way of a number of intermediate cities, where each link of the network has a number assigned to it representing its… Read more →

Beyond Hadoop: Understanding Big Data Options (IT Business Edge)

February 22, 2012

Well … you’re probably right to be suspicious and investigate, but the fact is, a lot of these solutions have been in the works for a while; also, some old approaches — enterprise search, for example — can be applied… Read more →

Big Data Tools and Vendors (ITworld)

February 21, 2012

While big data systems offer flexibilities of scale at far more affordable prices then ever before, long-time data experts are also quick to point out that these newfangled big data systems are making use of techniques and processes that were… Read more →

Six Degress of Kevin Bacon Using Neo4j and Ruby (Dzone)

Previously I showed you how to get Neo4j up and running with Ruby and how to find recommended friends on a social network. What about finding out how you are connected to someone outside of your friends of friends network? Do you… Read more →