Importing Data from the Web with Norconex & Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 10, 2020 14 mins read
Dig down into the details on how to import data from the web with Norconex and Neo4j using the example of wine varietals.
Explore: APOC • crawl engine • cypher • data manipulation • elasticsearch • importing data • Kettle • neo4j • node topology • norconex
Google Kubernetes Engine and Neo4j: Power Your Apps with Graphs
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 10, 2019 4 mins read
Discover the power of containers about Kubernetes’ GKE in combination with a Neo4j graph database to solve connected data problems.
Explore: containers • elasticsearch • GKE • Google Cloud Platform Marketplace • Google Kubernetes Engine • graph database • Kubernetes • MongoDB • relational database
Graphs in Government: Introduction to Graph Technology
By Jocelyn Hoppa
April 22, 2019 3 mins read
Read this blog series to learn more about graph technology and discover the real-world use cases of graph databases in government.
Explore: asset management • elasticsearch • government solutions • graph database • knowledge base • MongoDB • nasa • nosql • rdbms • relational database
Knowledge Graph Search with Elasticsearch and Neo4j
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 9, 2018 20 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Luanne Misquitta and Alessandro Negro at GraphConnect New York in October 2017. Presentation Summary Knowledge graphs are key to delivering relevant search results to users, meeting the four criteria for relevance, which include… Read more →
Explore: Connected Data • ecommerce • elasticsearch • graphconnect • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • Master Data Management • natural language processing • Recommendation Engine
Democratizing Data Discovery at Airbnb
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 1, 2018 19 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by John Bodley and Chris Williams at GraphConnect Europe in May 2017. Presentation Summary Airbnb, the online marketplace and hospitality service for people to lease or rent short-term lodging, generates many data points, which… Read more →
Explore: Airbnb • data discovery • data model • elasticsearch • graph database • graphconnect • python • siloed data • tableau • tribal knowledge
The ROI on Connected Data:
The Overlooked Value of Context for Business Insights [+ Airbnb Case Study]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 11, 2018 4 mins read
Your data is inherently valuable, but until you connect it, that value is largely hidden. Those data relationships give your applications an integrated view that powers real-time, higher-order insights traditional technology cannot deliver. In this series, we’ll examine how investments… Read more →
Explore: Airbnb • Apache Hive • Connected Data • data discovery • data model • digital transformation • elasticsearch • master data • PageRank • python
This Week in Neo4j – 20 May 2017
By Mark Needham
May 20, 2017 4 mins read
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. Featured Community Member: Ben Nussbaum This week’s featured community member is Ben Nussbaum, CTO of Neo4j… Read more →
Explore: Airbnb • APOC • aws marketplace • Azure marketplace • elasticsearch • GraphQL • jqassistant • Software Analytics • twin4j
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 →
Explore: artificial intelligence • conceptnet • ecommerce • elasticsearch • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • natural language processing • product catalog • Recommendation Engine • user experience
The 5-Minute Interview: Galit Gontar, Software Engineer at Glidewell Laboratories
By Rachel Howard
January 20, 2017 2 mins read
“We chose a graph database because it’s so much more expressive and a natural representation of the type of data we work with,” says Galit Gontar, Software Engineer at Glidewell Laboratories in Irvine, California. In fact, Gontar and the Glidewell… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • c# • cypher • docker • elasticsearch • Glidewell Laboritories • graph database • manufacturing processes • microservices • MongoDB
The 5-Minute Interview: Christophe Willemsen, Senior Consultant at GraphAware
By Rachel Howard
November 25, 2016 3 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I chatted with Christophe Willemsen, Senior Neo4j Consultant at GraphAware in London. Christophe and I spoke at GraphConnect San Francisco last October. Here’s what we discussed: Talk to me about how you use Neo4j. I’m… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • Airbnb • apache spark • cypher • elasticsearch • GraphAware • JVM • natural language processing • Recommendation Engine • relational database
Using NLP + Neo4j for a Social Media Recommendation Engine
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 4, 2016 5 mins read
GraphAware is a Gold sponsor of GraphConnect San Francisco. Meet their team on October 13-14th at the Hyatt Regency SF. Introduction In recent years, the rapid growth of social media communities has created a vast amount of digital documents on… Read more →
Explore: conceptnet • document database • document modeling • elasticsearch • GraphAware • natural language processing • nlp • Recommendation Engine • social media • text analysis
“Google” Your Own Brain: Create a CMS with Neo4j & Elasticsearch [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 20, 2016 6 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.] Grasp Theory is a project that is exploring a new way to catalogue and recall documents… Read more →
Explore: apache spark • APOC • betweenness centrality • CMS • content management system • elasticsearch • GraphX • mazerunner • PageRank • Search Engine
APOC: Database Integration, Import and Export with Awesome Procedures On Cypher
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 31, 2016 11 mins read
If you haven’t seen the first part of this series, make sure to check out the first article to get an introduction to Neo4j’s user defined procedures and check out our APOC procedure library. New APOC Release First of all… Read more →
Explore: APOC • Cassandra • cypher • database integration • elasticsearch • Gephi • GraphML • jdbc • MongoDB • relational database
From the Neo4j Community: July 2016
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 9, 2016 4 mins read
The Neo4j community has been very active this summer – that much is obvious. What you might not have noticed is how many new integrations and drivers have been published for new programming languages in the last month. Highlights include:… Read more →
Explore: elasticsearch • Elixir • Golang • grails • Neo4j Community • PHP • Pokémon • Recommendation Engine • spark • Tour de France
APOC 1.1.0 Release: Awesome Procedures on Cypher
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 19, 2016 7 mins read
I’m super thrilled to announce last week’s 1.1.0 release of the Awesome Procedures on Cypher (APOC). A lot of new and cool stuff has been added and some issues have been fixed. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the procedure… Read more →
Explore: APOC • Cassandra • cypher • elasticsearch • Graph Algorithm • graph representation • MongoDB • neo4j 3.0 • Panama Papers • rdbms
From the Neo4j Community: February 2016
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 8, 2016 3 mins read
In the Neo4j community last month, love was in the air. That love expressed itself as more nodes than ever in our community content. From articles and podcasts to GraphGists and other projects, our global graph of community members keeps… Read more →
Explore: cypher • data pipeline • elasticsearch • fraud detection • graph database • graph visualization • Master Data Management • metadata management • Neo4j Community • real-time recommendations
The Future of Recommendation Engines: Graph-Aided Search
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 6, 2015 4 mins read
Editor’s Note: GraphAware is a Silver sponsor of GraphConnect San Francisco. Register for GraphConnect to meet Michal and other sponsors in person. For the last couple of years, Neo4j has been increasingly popular as the technology of choice for people… Read more →
Explore: Connected Data • elasticsearch • graph database • neo4j • open source software • real-time recommendations • Recommendation Engine • Search Engine • social network • Solr
Using Graph Structure Record Linkage on Irish Census Data with Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 2, 2015 8 mins read
For just over a year I’ve been obsessed on-and-off with a project ever since I stayed in the town of Skibbereen, Ireland. Taking data from the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses, I hoped I would be able to find a… Read more →
Explore: census data • cypher • data model • Data Relationships • elasticsearch • graph structure • Master Data Management • neo4j • record linkage • ruby