Graph Data Platforms: From a Napkin Sketch to a Category Leader
By Jocelyn Hoppa
December 3, 2020 9 mins read
Learn about Neo4j’s evolution to being named a leading Graph Data Platform by Forrester Research in their recent report.
Explore: APOC • cypher • Forrester Wave • GQL • GRANDstack • graph data platform • graph model • Neo4j Bloom • Neo4j Labs
Being in Control and Staying Agile with Graph Requires Shifting Left at ING
By Jocelyn Hoppa
May 6, 2020 22 mins read
Stay agile and in control with graph, which requires shifting left and designing architecture that eliminates migrations and ensures consistency.
Explore: apache cassandra • architecture • graph model • graphconnect • ING • Neo4j Admin Import • nosql • pets versus cattle • pipeline • shifting left
Graph Model of Facebook Post Reactions in Neo4j Part 1
By DZone - October 23, 2019
Explore: facebook • graph model
Creating an Intelligent Recommendation Framework
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 5, 2019 4 mins read
Read this blog to learn more about the benefits of using a native graph database to build a real-time recommendation engine with personalization.
Explore: centrality algorithms • community detection • cypher • data model • graph algorithms • graph database • graph model • GraphQL API • index free adjacency • Intelligent Recommendations Framework
Visualizing This Week in Tech
By Jocelyn Hoppa
August 15, 2019 7 mins read
Learn how to visualize common elements amongst the barrage of weekly tech stories with knowledge graphs and machine learning techniques.
Explore: ai • cypher • Data Visualization • Doc2Vec • graph algorithms • graph model • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • Named Entity Recognition • natural language understanding
Graph Algorithms in Neo4j: Graph Algorithms in Practice
By Jocelyn Hoppa
April 8, 2019 5 mins read
Graph analytics have value only if you have the skills to use them and if they can quickly deliver the insights you need. This blog provides a hands-on example using Neo4j on data from Yelp’s Annual Dataset challenge. Graph algorithms… Read more →
Explore: APOC • cypher • graph algorithms • Graph Analytics • graph model • importing data • neo4j • PageRank • real-time recommendations • yelp
Vampire Express: Graphing a Classic ’80s Choose Your Own Adventure Story
By Jocelyn Hoppa
February 21, 2019 6 mins read
Here at Neo4j, we have a motto: Graphs Are Everywhere. This blog series was inspired by all the times I encountered graphs and “graph problems” in my non-working life. Hopefully these posts help you see more graphs in the world.… Read more →
Explore: choose your own adventure • cypher • data model • Graph Databases • graph model • metagraph • neo4j • pathfinding • vampire express
Decyphering Your Graph Model
By Jocelyn Hoppa
October 17, 2018 8 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Dom Davis at GraphConnect Europe in May 2017. Presentation Summary Graphs really are everywhere, and building your graph database model from the highest possible vantage point using natural language – and the language… Read more →
Explore: configuration management database • cypher • graph database • graph database model • graph model • graphconnect • natural language model • neo4j • property graph • relational database
Graph Databases for Beginners: Data Modeling Pitfalls to Avoid
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 31, 2018 7 mins read
With the advent of graph database technology, data modeling has become accessible to masses. Mapping business needs into a well-defined structure for data storage and organization has made a sortie du temple (of sorts) from the realm of the well-educated… Read more →
Explore: Connected Data • cybersecurity • data model • data modeling • fraud detection • graph data model • graph data modeling • graph database • graph model • graph technology
Machine Learning on Graphs: 5-Minute Interview with Ajinkya Kale, Senior Applied Researcher at eBay
By Jocelyn Hoppa
July 6, 2018 3 mins read
“Most people are not yet looking at graph databases from a machine-learning point of view. All the inherent knowledge we as humans use to make decisions can be encoded in a graph structure,” said Ajinkya Kale, Senior Applied Researcher at… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • chatbot • Data Visualization • eBay • Graph Databases • graph model • graph technology • Knowledge Graph • machine learning • natural language understanding
Connecting the Tech Stack: 5-Minute Interview with Tim Ward, CEO at CluedIn
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 29, 2018 6 mins read
“Connected data is always more interesting than disconnected data, especially when you’re wanting to do something like we do,” said Tim Ward, CEO at CluedIn. For Tim, it’s all about flexibility, scalability and resilience. As the CEO (and an engineer)… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • Connected Data • Graph Databases • graph model • graph technology • graphconnect • machine learning • nosql • polyglot persistence • technology stack
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 →
Explore: Connected Data • cypher • Data Visualization • fake news • fraud • graph analysis • graph model • graph visualization • Keylines • social media
The 5-Minute Interview: Tom Zeppenfeldt, Founder of Graphileon
By Rachel Howard
October 21, 2016 5 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I chatted with Tom Zeppenfeldt, Director and Founder at Graphileon in the Netherlands. Tom and I chatted this past summer about what’s new at Graphileon. Here’s what we covered: Tell us a bit about yourself… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • cypher • graph database • graph model • investigative journalism • neo4j • opencypher • optimize query performance • Panama Papers
Analyzing the Panama Papers with Neo4j: Data Models, Queries & More
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
April 8, 2016 10 mins read
As the world has seen, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has exposed highly connected networks of offshore tax structures used by the world’s richest elites. These structures were uncovered from leaked financial documents and were analyzed by the… Read more →
Explore: Azerbaijan • cypher • data model • document analysis • graph model • icij • journalism • Linkurious • neo4j • Panama Papers
3 RDBMS & Graph Database Deployment Strategies (Polyglot & More)
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 14, 2016 8 mins read
Whether you’re ready to move your entire legacy RDBMS into a graph database, you’re syncing databases for polyglot persistence or you’re just conducting a brief proof of concept, at some point you’ll want to bring a graph database into your… Read more →
Explore: cypher • data import • database deployment • deployment strategy • graph database • graph model • Load CSV • polyglot persistence • rdbms • relational database
Non-Text Discovery with ConceptNet as a Neo4j Database [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 21, 2016 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.] The Problem of Discovery Discovery, especially non-text discovery, is hard. When looking for a cool T-shirt,… Read more →
Explore: conceptnet • cypher • graph database • graph model • json • Load CSV • microservice • neo4j • python • Recommendation Engine
How Backstory.io Uses Neo4j to Graph the News [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 1, 2015 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.] Backstory is a news exploration website I co-created with my friend Devin. The site automatically organizes… Read more →
Explore: cypher • graph model • java • key value store • natural language processing • Neo4j Browser • neo4j embedded • news • python • relational database
Graph Databases in the Enterprise: Graph-Based Search
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 9, 2015 5 mins read
Graph-based search is a new approach to data and digital asset management originally pioneered by Facebook and Google. Search powered by a graph database delivers relevant information that you may not have specifically asked for – offering a more proactive… Read more →
Explore: digital asset management • facebook • google • graph database • graph model • Graph Search • Knowledge Graph • relational database • search experience • use case
5 Secrets to More Effective Neo4j 2.2 Query Tuning
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 25, 2015 2 mins read
Even in Neo4j with its high performance graph traversals, there are always queries that could and should be run faster – especially if your data is highly connected and if global pattern matches make even a single query account for… Read more →
Explore: cypher • graph model • graph traversal • index lookup • linux • neo4j • Neo4j Community • neo4j enterprise • neo4j-shell • query tuning
Interview: Monitor Network Interdependencies with Neo4j
By Neo4j Community
July 15, 2015 6 mins read
[This article is excerpted from a white paper by EMA and is used with permission.] Traditional relational databases served the IT industry well in the past. Yet, in most deployments today they demand significant overhead and expert levels of administration… Read more →
Explore: Graph Databases • graph model • graph processing • graph query language • high availability • neo4j • network interdependencies • Network Management • relational database • telecommunications
JCypher: Focus on Your Domain Model, Not How to Map It to the Database [Community Post]
By Neo4j Community
July 7, 2015 3 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.] Software developers around the world spend a significant amount of their time struggling with database related… Read more →
Explore: cypher • cypher query language • domain model • domain query • domain specific language • graph database • graph model • neo4j • object relational mapper • open source
(March Madness) <-[:MADE_SANE_WITH]- (Neo4j)
By Neo4j Staff
April 2, 2015 4 mins read
March GRAPHness Download all the code needed to try it out for yourself HERE, or check out the GraphGist HERE. March madness is a rare concord of well-documented data and pop culture. Warren Buffet’s billion-dollar bet grabbed the interest of everyone from… Read more →
Explore: basketball • Big Data • cypher • graph model • Load CSV • march madness • ncaa • neo4j • Pythagorean expectation • warren buffet
Building a Python Web Application Using Flask and Neo4j
By Nicole White, Data Scientist
January 23, 2015 2 mins read
Flask, a popular Python web framework, has many tutorials available online which use an SQL database to store information about the website’s users and their activities. While SQL is a great tool for storing information such as usernames and passwords,… Read more →
Explore: flask • graph database • graph model • neo4j • Nicole White • py2neo • python • sql • web application
What Can Banks Learn from Online Dating
By Greta Workman, Marketing Coordinator
August 1, 2014 4 mins read
Neo4j Co-Founder and GraphConnect speaker discusses the role of Graph databases in the future of finance Originally posted on Wired.com Written by CEO of Neo Technology, Emil Eifrem At first glance, the idea that the banking or finance sector could… Read more →
Explore: community • Graph Databases • graph model • graphconnect • graphdb • neo4j
OSCON Twitter Graph
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
July 23, 2014 4 mins read
OSCON Twitter Graph As a part of Neo4j’s community engagement around OSCON, we wanted to look at the social media activity of the attendees on Twitter. Working with the Twitter Search API and searching for mentions of “OSCON”, we wanted… Read more →
Explore: data import • graph model • graphdb • graphgist • OSCON • visualization