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Now You Can Express Cypher Queries in Pure Python using Pypher [Community Post]

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | March 15, 2018

Cypher is a pretty cool language. It allows you to easily manipulate and query your graph in a familiar – but at the same time – unique way. If you’re familiar with SQL, mixing in Cypher’s ASCII node and relationship… Read more →

Keywords: cypher • cypher queries • fluent interface • linked list • neo4j • python • Python keywords • Python object • query language • sql

DevOps on Graphs:
The 5-Minute Interview with Ashley Sun, Software Engineer at LendingClub

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | February 23, 2018

“Basically, anything you can think of in your infrastructure, whether it’s GitHub, Jenkins, AWS, load balancers, Cisco UCS, vCenter – it’s all in our graph database,” said Ashley Sun, Software Engineer at LendingClub. DevOps at LendingClub is no easy feat:… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • AWS • Cisco UCS • cloud orchestration • deployment automation • DevOps • graphconnect • microservices • release automation • sql

Retail & Neo4j: Pricing & Revenue Management

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | January 30, 2018

It’s never been easier for customers to comparison shop. In a matter of minutes, customers can compare prices for a specific product across a dozen stores — and all from the comfort of home. They can even compare prices and… Read more →

Keywords: Connected Data • graph technology • Marriott • neo4j • pricing engine • relational database • Retail • retail pricing • revenue management • sql

Retail & Neo4j: Supply Chain Visibility & Management

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | January 22, 2018

Now more than ever, supply chains are vast and complex. Products are often composed of different ingredients or parts that move through different vendors, and each of those parts may be composed of subparts, and the subparts may come from… Read more →

Keywords: Connected Data • graph database • graph visualization • neo4j • relational database • Retail • sql • supply chain management • supply chain transparency • supply chain visibility

How to Import the Bitcoin Blockchain into Neo4j [Community Post]

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | January 9, 2018

[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 guide runs through the basic steps for importing the bitcoin blockchain into a Neo4j graph… Read more →

Keywords: Bitcoin • block header • blockchain • cryptocurrency • cypher • digital currency • distributed network • graph database • Segregated Witness • sql

Forrester Research: Graph Databases Vendor Landscape [Free Report]

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | December 18, 2017

In 2015, analyst firm Forrester Research published a vendor landscape report on the state of graph databases. It included a few graph technology vendors, several graph use cases and described Neo4j as the “most popular graph database.” Since then, graph… Read more →

Keywords: Connected Data • Forrester research • Graph Databases • graph technology • java • native graph database • neo4j • python • sql • sustainable competitive advantage

A Path to the Graph: Data Integration That Begins without Writing Any Code

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | October 11, 2017

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

Machine Learning, Graphs and the Fake News Epidemic (Part 2)

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | August 10, 2017

In last week’s post, we discussed why designing a fully automated fake news detector is currently infeasible and introduced a semi-automated, graph-based solution which would use machine learning to work alongside human fact checkers to scalably flag and quarantine fake… Read more →

Keywords: Connected Data • cypher • fake news • Graph Algorithm • graph database • graph technology • machine learning • pattern matching • relational model • sql

Financial Services & Neo4j: Anti-Money Laundering

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | June 26, 2017

Reducing the risk of money laundering presents a similar challenge to that of fraud detection when it comes to today’s financial services landscape. Firms need to know where funds come from and where they are headed, but criminals use indirection… Read more →

Keywords: AML • anti-money laundering • cypher • Data Visualization • financial services • fraud detection • graph technology • money transfer • smurfing • sql

The 5-Minute Interview: David Brian Ward, CEO & Founder, Telegraph Hill Software

By Rachel Howard | May 19, 2017

“As with any kind of software, the best for the job is one whose function matches your data structures,” said David Brian Ward, CEO and Founder of Telegraph Hill Software. David and his team were searching for a tool that… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • cloud infrastructure • cypher • DevOps • key value store • product development • relational database • SaaS • software-as-a-service • sql

The Engineering Evolution of Neo4j into a Native Graph Database

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | May 2, 2017

Hi everyone. My name is Dr. Jim Webber. I’m Neo4j’s chief scientist, and I’d like to take a few minutes to talk to you about Neo4j’s evolution from an engineering point of view. Our Origin Story: Overcoming Complicated SQL Queries… Read more →

Keywords: Causal Clustering • Connected Data • cypher • graph api • graph query language • native graph database • nosql database • recursive JOINs • relational database • sql

The 5-Minute Interview: Scott Grimes, Senior Director of Revenue Management at Marriott International

By Rachel Howard | April 7, 2017

“With Neo4j, we’ve been able to take our average processing time from over four minutes to about 13 seconds,” said Scott Grimes, Senior Director of Revenue Management at Marriott International. When Marriott customers search for hotel rooms for certain dates… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • cypher • Marriott • neo4j • Oracle RDBMS • pricing engine • pricing strategy • relational database • revenue management • sql

Public Service Announcement: Neo4j Drivers 1.2 Release

By Michael Hunger, Developer Relations | April 4, 2017

We are happy to announce that all our officially supported Bolt drivers are now available as versions 1.2. With this release, we massively improved the way you write code to work with a cluster, introducing reusable “transaction functions” and built-in retry… Read more →

Keywords: .NET • causal consistency • graph database • java • jdbc • language driver • neo4j • neo4j drivers • python • sql

Graph-Specialized ETL: Taking Citizens into the Graph and Keeping It up to Date

By Rachel Howard | March 21, 2017

Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by İrfan Nuri Karaca at GraphConnect Europe in April 2016. Here’s a quick review of what he covered: The exponentially growing pool of data worldwide How graphs solved Kale Yazılım’s data challenges Trends in… Read more →

Keywords: census data • cobol • cypher • data integration • etl • graphconnect • nosql • rdbms • relational database • sql

The 5-Minute Interview: Andrés Natanael Soria, Senior Software Architect at Cablevisión

By Rachel Howard | March 10, 2017

“Due to native graph storage, the Neo4j queries run really quickly, which is amazing,” said Andrés Natanael Soria, Senior Software Engineer at Cablevisión Fibertel. The company uses a broadband network to provide cable television and internet services to customers throughout… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • apache kafka • data model • docker • fraud detection • impact analysis • native graph storage • network failure detection • Recommendation Engine • sql

From the Neo4j Community: January 2017

By Rachel Howard | February 14, 2017

The year is off to a great start when to comes to the Neo4j community. If this month is any indication of what’s to come, then we know that 2017 will be a big year for Neo4j projects, drivers and… Read more →

Keywords: apache spark • cypher • docker • GraphX • IBM POWER8 • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers • python • sql • TrumpWorld

The 5-Minute Interview: John Swain, Data Science Product Manager at Right Relevance

By Rachel Howard | February 10, 2017

“When I initially chose Neo4j, it was a startup project. I found it extremely useful and easy to use, and immediately realized it was the way we wanted to develop,” says John Swain, Product Manager for Data Science and Data… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • APOC • betweenness centrality • Brexit • graph algorithms • machine learning • PageRank • RNeo4j • sql • US presidential election

openCypher – the SQL of Graphs – Hosts First Implementers Meeting (oCIM)

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | February 1, 2017

I’ve only been on the Neo4j team for eight months, but it’s been a hectic and fascinating introduction to the world of graph data management. During my career I’ve been back and forth between software product companies (from the very… Read more →

Keywords: apache spark • cypher • data management • declarative language • graph technology • ldbc • opencypher • Oracle • SAP HANA • sql

The 5-Minute Interview: Dippy Aggarwal, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cincinnati

By Rachel Howard | January 27, 2017

“We needed a database that could capture relationships – and there is no debate that Neo4j really excels at that,” says Dippy Aggarwal, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cincinnati. Graphs provide significant advantages over relational databases when working with… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • data warehouse • docker • etl • graph visualization • graphconnect • Pentaho • relational database • sql • University of Cincinnati

Oracle RDBMS + Neo4j: Fully Sync Relational and Graph Data

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | January 9, 2017

Using the Neo4j graph database doesn’t have to be opposed to your existing Oracle RDBMS infrastructure. In fact, the two can work together. One of many ways Neo4j works alongside Oracle RDBMS is to have all data fully synchronized between… Read more →

Keywords: apache kafka • Kafka connector • neo4j • Oracle • Oracle Exadata • Oracle GoldenGate • Oracle RDBMS • rdbms • recursive queries • sql

The 5-Minute Interview: David Meza, Chief Knowledge Architect, NASA

By Rachel Howard | November 18, 2016

For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I chatted with David Meza, Chief Knowledge Architect at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. I caught up with David at GraphConnect San Francisco. Here’s what we talked about: Tell us a little bit about… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • Big Data • data model • Data Relationships • graph database • nasa • relational database • relational model • sql • unstructured data

3 Advantages of Using Neo4j Alongside Oracle RDBMS

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | November 14, 2016

The rising popularity of graph databases is a trend that developers and data architects can no longer ignore. At the same time, well-established relational database management systems (RDBMS) like Oracle aren’t going anywhere soon. Oracle RDBMS is the backbone of… Read more →

Keywords: Connected Data • graph database • neo4j • Oracle • Oracle RDBMS • polyglot persistence • query performance • rdbms • relational database • sql

The 5-Minute Interview: Conrad Taylor, Freelance Software Engineer

By Rachel Howard | November 4, 2016

For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I spoke with Conrad Taylor, a freelance software engineer. Here’s what we talked about: Talk to me about how you use Neo4j. What projects are you working on? Conrad Taylor: Right now I’m creating a… Read more →

Keywords: 5-minute interview • cypher • email filtering • graph database • microservices • Recommendation Engine • recommendation service • relational database • ruby on rails • sql

Using Neo4j & Structr to Measure the Impact of 1 Tonne of Carbon

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | October 5, 2016

Structr is a Silver sponsor of GraphConnect San Francisco. Meet their team on October 13-14th at the Hyatt Regency SF. It’s on the news all the time: climate change, global warming, etc. Advocated by politicians like Al Gore and President… Read more →

Keywords: ACID • application framework • content management system • enterprise content management • global warming • graph database • neo4j • relational database • sql • Structr

Imperative vs. Declarative Query Languages: What’s the Difference?

By Bryce Merkl Sasaki | September 19, 2016

The history of programming languages goes back to the beginning of computing, with new languages being created for each variation and paradigm. When it comes to databases, two well-known paradigms include imperative and declarative query languages. All too often, the… Read more →

Keywords: cypher • database query language • declarative query language • gremlin • imperative language • Java API • query language • RDF triple store • sparql • sql

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