Large-Scale Real-Time Recommendations with Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
January 30, 2019|Reading time: 7 minutes
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Tim Hanssen at GraphConnect 2018 in New York City. Presentation Summary Prepr is a multi-channel engagement platform that streamlines content workflows and powers valuable audience interactions. They were using the MySQL relational database… Read more →
Explore: cypher • dynamic queue • engagement platform • event recommendations • graphconnect • MySQL • native graph database • real-time recommendations • relational database
A Journey to the Graph Side: How (& Why) the Former CTO of MariaDB Joined Neo4j [Interview]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 15, 2019|Reading time: 7 minutes
If you don’t know anything about MariaDB – and you’re reading a database blog remember – then you’re the exception. In 2018, MariaDB was the second-fastest-growing relational database (behind Postgres) and is a leading example of commercially supported open source… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • cto • graph algorithms • graph database • graph technology • MariaDB • MySQL • neo4j • open source • rdbms • relational database
Graph Databases for Beginners: Native vs. Non-Native Graph Technology
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 18, 2018|Reading time: 8 minutes
It’s a common figure of speech: “Jack of all trades, master of none.” The heart behind the phrase is that if you’re trying to be good at everything, you normally end up being sort of mediocre at a large number… Read more →
Explore: Cassandra • database architecture • graph database • graph processing • graph storage • graph technology • index free adjacency • MySQL • native graph database • native graph technology
Graph Databases for Beginners: The Basics of Data Modeling
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 24, 2018|Reading time: 8 minutes
For six-ish months of my life, I was a database developer. Starting out, the first thing I learned was data modeling. Our team was using a relational database (RDBMS), specifically MySQL (we later switched to Postgres). Like a lot of… Read more →
Explore: data model • data modeling • graph data model • graph database • graph technology • MySQL • Postgres • rdbms • relational data model • relational database
Neo4j ETL 1.2.0 Release: What’s New + Demo
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 31, 2018|Reading time: 6 minutes
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 →
Explore: data mapping • docker • etl • IBM DB2 • jdbc • Microsoft SQL Server • MySQL • Neo4j ETL • Oracle RDBMS • PostgreSQL
This Week in Neo4j – Data Lineage, Google Cloud, Thomson Reuters’ OpenPermID
By Mark Needham
February 3, 2018|Reading time: 4 minutes
Welcome to this week in Neo4j where we round up what’s been happening in the world of graph databases in the last 7 days. This week we have a graph of Thomson Reuters’ OpenPermID dataset, running Neo4j on Google Cloud,… Read more →
Explore: digital humanities • django • excel • google cloud platform • jqassistant • Kubernetes • MySQL • RDF • Thomson Reuters • twin4j
Retail & Neo4j: Ecommerce Delivery Service Routing
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 17, 2018|Reading time: 3 minutes
As a retailer, if you think keeping up with Amazon is expensive and time-consuming, consider the alternative: extinction. When it comes to delivery and fulfillment, Amazon is the uncontested emperor of ecommerce. Yet, their efficiency in tracking and delivering orders… Read more →
Explore: Amazon • cypher • eBay • ecommerce • ecommerce delivery • MySQL • Retail • ruby • service routing • service-oriented architecture
Neo4j with Scala: Migrate Data from Other Databases to Neo4j [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 18, 2016|Reading time: 2 minutes
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j. This was originally posted on the Knoldus blog and was used with permission.] Editor’s Note: For… Read more →
Explore: AnormCypher • APOC • Cassandra • data migration • graph database • MySQL • neo4j • Oracle • PostgreSQL • scala
Introducing the Newest RDBMS-to-Neo4j ETL Tool
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 27, 2016|Reading time: 8 minutes
Introduction The Neo4j team is beginning to work on better ways of integrating Neo4j with other data management systems and data sources. A common case is the need to import data from existing databases, either to seed a new Neo4j… Read more →
Explore: composite key • data management • ER diagram • etl • Extract Transform Load • graph data model • graph database • integration • MySQL • MySQL integration • neo4j • relational database
An Introduction to Cypher for the SQL Developer
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 24, 2016|Reading time: 2 minutes
Traditionally, if you wanted to query a dataset the only option was to learn SQL and query your relational database or data warehouse. But over the last 5-10 years we’ve seen the emergence of NoSQL databases which have brought with… Read more →
Explore: cypher • data warehouse • database query language • MySQL • neo4j • nosql database • relational database • schema migration • sql • SQL developer
A Community for Developers: Building devRant with Neo4j [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 22, 2016|Reading time: 4 minutes
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j.] As a software engineer, I’ve always enjoyed discussing technology with like-minded devs who could offer alternate… Read more →
Explore: app performance • collaborative filtering • data engineering • devRant • minimum viable product • MySQL • neo4j • rapid prototyping • relational database • startup development
Join Us for a Full Day of Graphs at FOSDEM 2016
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 15, 2016|Reading time: 2 minutes
The FOSDEM open source conference is the largest (5000+) gathering of users and developers of open source projects in Europe. Happening annually in Brussels, Belgium it has been home of the Graph Processing devroom for the last five years. Every… Read more →
Explore: apache flink • data mining • FOSDEM • Graph Analytics • graph database • graph processing • graph visualization • MySQL • open source • opencypher
eBay’s Competitive Advantage in Same-Day Delivery Using Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 21, 2015|Reading time: 3 minutes
From toys and ties, to slippers and iPhones, eBay is a major e-commerce hub. But with other online retailers offering same-day delivery (such as Amazon Prime or Google Express), eBay knew it needed to step up its game with a… Read more →
Explore: competitive advantage • cypher • delivery routing • eBay • eBay Now • MySQL • neo4j • same-day delivery • service-oriented architecture • sql joins
Multi-Level Marketing in World of Warcraft using Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 15, 2015|Reading time: 6 minutes
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j. This post was originally published on Kevin Van Gundy’s blog.] Compensation planning and calculations in complex… Read more →
Explore: commission • data model • Load CSV • multi-level marketing • MySQL • neo4j • royalty • sales compensation • sales organization • world of warcraft
The Database Model Showdown: An RDBMS vs. Graph Comparison
By Neo4j Staff
August 3, 2015|Reading time: 3 minutes
The recent proliferation of database technologies is a testament to the fact that relational databases are not the right tool for every job. Of course, they have their uses: Tabular data with a consistent structure and fixed schema is a… Read more →
Explore: data model • Data Relationships • database model • MySQL • Oracle • rdbms • Recommendation Engine • relational database • sql • tabular data
Data Migration between MySQL and Neo4j
By Neo4j Staff
April 26, 2013|Reading time: 4 minutes
Many organizations that are looking at modeling highly connected data to add business intelligence or analytical capabilities using Neo4j already have a database in place. Introducing a graph database into the mix does not have to be a disruptive process.… Read more →
Explore: data import • data migration • data model • data sync • MySQL • neo4j • OLTP • rdbms • sql • sql query
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