Leveraging Neo4j Graph Data and AI across the application development and deployment lifecycle.

Businesses are collecting more data than ever before. But is bigger always better? Many companies are starting to question whether massive datasets and complex infrastructure are truly delivering results or just adding unnecessary costs and complications. How can you make sure your data strategy is aligned with your actual needs? What if focusing on smaller, more manageable datasets could improve your efficiency and save resources, all while delivering the same insights? Ryan Boyd is the Co-Founder & VP, Marketing + DevRel at MotherDuck. Ryan started his career as a software engineer, but since has led DevRel teams for 15+ years at Google, Databricks and Neo4j, where he developed and executed numerous marketing and DevRel programs. Prior to MotherDuck, Ryan worked at Databricks and focussed the team on building an online community during the pandemic, helping to organize the content and experience for an online Data + AI Summit, establishing a regular cadence of video and blog content, launching the Databricks Beacons ambassador program, improving the time to an “aha” moment in the online trial and launching a University Alliance program to help professors teach the latest in data science, machine learning and data engineering. In the episode, Richie and Ryan explore data growth and computation, the data 1%, the small data movement, data storage and usage, the shift to local and hybrid computing, modern data tools, the challenges of big data, transactional vs analytical databases, SQL language enhancements, simple and ergonomic data solutions and much more.  Links Mentioned in the Show: MotherDuckThe Small Data ManifestoConnect with RyanSmall DataSF conferenceRelated Episode: Effective Data Engineering with Liya Aizenberg, Director of Data Engineering at AwayRewatch sessions from RADAR: AI Edition New to DataCamp? Learn on the go using the DataCamp mobile appEmpower your business with world-class data and AI skills with DataCamp for business

Dive into DuckDB and start processing gigabytes of data with ease—all with no data warehouse. DuckDB is a cutting-edge SQL database that makes it incredibly easy to analyze big data sets right from your laptop. In DuckDB in Action you’ll learn everything you need to know to get the most out of this awesome tool, keep your data secure on prem, and save you hundreds on your cloud bill. From data ingestion to advanced data pipelines, you’ll learn everything you need to get the most out of DuckDB—all through hands-on examples. Open up DuckDB in Action and learn how to: Read and process data from CSV, JSON and Parquet sources both locally and remote Write analytical SQL queries, including aggregations, common table expressions, window functions, special types of joins, and pivot tables Use DuckDB from Python, both with SQL and its "Relational"-API, interacting with databases but also data frames Prepare, ingest and query large datasets Build cloud data pipelines Extend DuckDB with custom functionality Pragmatic and comprehensive, DuckDB in Action introduces the DuckDB database and shows you how to use it to solve common data workflow problems. You won’t need to read through pages of documentation—you’ll learn as you work. Get to grips with DuckDB's unique SQL dialect, learning to seamlessly load, prepare, and analyze data using SQL queries. Extend DuckDB with both Python and built-in tools such as MotherDuck, and gain practical insights into building robust and automated data pipelines. About the Technology DuckDB makes data analytics fast and fun! You don’t need to set up a Spark or run a cloud data warehouse just to process a few hundred gigabytes of data. DuckDB is easily embeddable in any data analytics application, runs on a laptop, and processes data from almost any source, including JSON, CSV, Parquet, SQLite and Postgres. About the Book DuckDB in Action guides you example-by-example from setup, through your first SQL query, to advanced topics like building data pipelines and embedding DuckDB as a local data store for a Streamlit web app. You’ll explore DuckDB’s handy SQL extensions, get to grips with aggregation, analysis, and data without persistence, and use Python to customize DuckDB. A hands-on project accompanies each new topic, so you can see DuckDB in action. What's Inside Prepare, ingest and query large datasets Build cloud data pipelines Extend DuckDB with custom functionality Fast-paced SQL recap: From simple queries to advanced analytics About the Reader For data pros comfortable with Python and CLI tools. About the Authors Mark Needham is a blogger and video creator at @‌LearnDataWithMark. Michael Hunger leads product innovation for the Neo4j graph database. Michael Simons is a Java Champion, author, and Engineer at Neo4j. Quotes I use DuckDB every day, and I still learned a lot about how DuckDB makes things that are hard in most databases easy! - Jordan Tigani, Founder, MotherDuck An excellent resource! Unlocks possibilities for storing, processing, analyzing, and summarizing data at the edge using DuckDB. - Pramod Sadalage, Director, Thoughtworks Clear and accessible. A comprehensive resource for harnessing the power of DuckDB for both novices and experienced professionals. - Qiusheng Wu, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee Excellent! The book all we ducklings have been waiting for! - Gunnar Morling, Decodable

As you might have experienced, LLMs are powerful but not always trustworthy assistants. With a combination of a knowledge graph and vector search, you can provide the LLM with the correct, relevant context information it needs to answer your user's questions. GraphRAG is an advanced RAG (retrieval augmented generation) pattern in the Haystack-Neo4j integration. In this talk, we'll explain and demonstrate the building blocks of such an approach and show an example of code and live in action. Of course, nothing is perfect; it's important to walk through the challenges of building such GenAI apps and how to address them.

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The primary application of data has moved beyond analytics. With the broader audience comes the need to present data in a more approachable format. This has led to the broad adoption of data products being the delivery mechanism for information. In this episode Ranjith Raghunath shares his thoughts on how to build a strategy for the development, delivery, and evolution of data products.

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Hello and welcome to the Data Engineering Podcast, the show about modern data management Introducing RudderStack Profiles. RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. You specify the customer traits, then Profiles runs the joins and computations for you to create complete customer profiles. Get all of the details and try the new product today at dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstack You shouldn't have to throw away the database to build with fast-changing data. You should be able to keep the familiarity of SQL and the proven architecture of cloud warehouses, but swap the decades-old batch computation model for an efficient incremental engine to get complex queries that are always up-to-date. With Materialize, you can! It’s the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products. Whether it’s real-time dashboarding and analytics, personalization and segmentation or automation and alerting, Materialize gives you the ability to work with fresh, correct, and scalable results — all in a familiar SQL interface. Go to dataengineeringpodcast.com/materialize today to get 2 weeks free! As more people start using AI for projects, two things are clear: It’s a rapidly advancing field, but it’s tough to navigate. How can you get the best results for your use case? Instead of being subjected to a bunch of buzzword bingo, hear directly from pioneers in the developer and data science space on how they use graph tech to build AI-powered apps. . Attend the dev and ML talks at NODES 2023, a free online conference on October 26 featuring some of the brightest minds in tech. Check out the agenda and register today at Neo4j.com/NODES. This episode is brought to you by Datafold – a testing automation platform for data engineers that finds data quality issues before the code and data are deployed to production. Datafold leverages data-diffing to compare production and development environments and column-level lineage to show you the exact impact of every code change on data, metrics, and BI tools, keeping your team productive and stakeholders happy. Datafold integrates with dbt, the modern data stack, and seamlessly plugs in your data CI for team-wide and automated testing. If you are migrating to a modern data stack, Datafold can also help you automate data and code validation to speed up the migration. Learn more about Datafold by visiting dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold Your host is Tobias Macey and today I'm interviewing Ranjith Raghunath about tactical elements of a data product strategy

Interview

Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? Can you describe what is encompassed by the idea of a data product strategy?

Which roles in an organization need to be involved in the planning and implementation of that strategy?

order of operations:

strategy -> platform design -> implementation/adoption platform implementation -> product strategy -> interface development

managing grain of data in products team organization to support product development/deployment customer communications - what questions to ask? requirements gathering, helping to understand "the art of the possible" What are the most interesting, innovative, or unexpected ways that you have seen organizations approach data product strategies? What are the most interesting, unexpected, or challenging lessons that you have learned while working on

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Building streaming applications has gotten substantially easier over the past several years. Despite this, it is still operationally challenging to deploy and maintain your own stream processing infrastructure. Decodable was built with a mission of eliminating all of the painful aspects of developing and deploying stream processing systems for engineering teams. In this episode Eric Sammer discusses why more companies are including real-time capabilities in their products and the ways that Decodable makes it faster and easier.

Announcements

Hello and welcome to the Data Engineering Podcast, the show about modern data management Introducing RudderStack Profiles. RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. You specify the customer traits, then Profiles runs the joins and computations for you to create complete customer profiles. Get all of the details and try the new product today at dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstack This episode is brought to you by Datafold – a testing automation platform for data engineers that finds data quality issues before the code and data are deployed to production. Datafold leverages data-diffing to compare production and development environments and column-level lineage to show you the exact impact of every code change on data, metrics, and BI tools, keeping your team productive and stakeholders happy. Datafold integrates with dbt, the modern data stack, and seamlessly plugs in your data CI for team-wide and automated testing. If you are migrating to a modern data stack, Datafold can also help you automate data and code validation to speed up the migration. Learn more about Datafold by visiting dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold You shouldn't have to throw away the database to build with fast-changing data. You should be able to keep the familiarity of SQL and the proven architecture of cloud warehouses, but swap the decades-old batch computation model for an efficient incremental engine to get complex queries that are always up-to-date. With Materialize, you can! It’s the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products. Whether it’s real-time dashboarding and analytics, personalization and segmentation or automation and alerting, Materialize gives you the ability to work with fresh, correct, and scalable results — all in a familiar SQL interface. Go to dataengineeringpodcast.com/materialize today to get 2 weeks free! As more people start using AI for projects, two things are clear: It’s a rapidly advancing field, but it’s tough to navigate. How can you get the best results for your use case? Instead of being subjected to a bunch of buzzword bingo, hear directly from pioneers in the developer and data science space on how they use graph tech to build AI-powered apps. . Attend the dev and ML talks at NODES 2023, a free online conference on October 26 featuring some of the brightest minds in tech. Check out the agenda and register today at Neo4j.com/NODES. Your host is Tobias Macey and today I'm interviewing Eric Sammer about starting your stream processing journey with Decodable

Interview

Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? Can you describe what Decodable is and the story behind it?

What are the notable changes to the Decodable platform since we last spoke? (October 2021) What are the industry shifts that have influenced the product direction?

What are the problems that customers are trying to solve when they come to Decodable? When you launched your focus was on SQL transformations of streaming data. What was the process for adding full Java support in addition to SQL? What are the developer experience challenges that are particular to working with streaming data?

How have you worked to address that in the Decodable platform and interfaces?

As you evolve the technical and product direction, what is your heuristic for balancing the unification of interfaces and system integration against the ability to swap different components or interfaces as new technologies are introduced? What are the most interesting, innovative, or unexpected ways that you have seen Decodable used? What are the most interesting, unexpected, or challenging lessons that you have learned while working on Decodable? When is Decodable the wrong choice? What do you have planned for the future of Decodable?

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Parting Question

From your perspective, what is the biggest gap in the tooling or technology for data management today?

Closing Announcements

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NODES 2023 is a free online conference focused on graph-driven innovations with content for all skill levels. Its 24 hours are packed with 90 interactive technical sessions from top developers and data scientists across the world covering a broad range of topics and use cases. The event tracks: - Intelligent Applications: APIs, Libraries, and Frameworks – Tools and best practices for creating graph-powered applications and APIs with any software stack and programming language, including Java, Python, and JavaScript - Machine Learning and AI – How graph technology provides context for your data and enhances the accuracy of your AI and ML projects (e.g.: graph neural networks, responsible AI) - Visualization: Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices – Techniques and tools for exploring hidden and unknown patterns in your data and presenting complex relationships (knowledge graphs, ethical data practices, and data representation)

Don’t miss your chance to hear about the latest graph-powered implementations and best practices for free on October 26 at NODES 2023. Go to Neo4j.com/NODES today to see the full agenda and register!Rudderstack:

Introducing RudderStack Profiles. RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. You specify the customer traits, then Profiles runs the joins and computations for you to create complete customer profiles. Get all of the details and try the new product today at dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstackMaterialize:

You shouldn't have to throw away the database to build with fast-changing data. Keep the familiar SQL, keep the proven architecture of cloud warehouses, but swap the decades-old batch computation model for an efficient incremental engine to get complex queries that are always up-to-date.

That is Materialize, the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products: Fresh, Correct, Scalable — all in a familiar SQL UI. Built on Timely Dataflow and Differential Dataflow, open source frameworks created by cofounder Frank McSherry at Microsoft Research, Materialize is trusted by data and engineering teams at Ramp, Pluralsight, Onward and more to build real-time data products without the cost, complexity, and development time of stream processing.

Go to materialize.com today and get 2 weeks free!Datafold:

This episode is brought to you by Datafold – a testing automation platform for data engineers that finds data quality issues before the code and data are deployed to production. Datafold leverages data-diffing to compare…

Summary

The insurance industry is notoriously opaque and hard to navigate. Max Cho found that fact frustrating enough that he decided to build a business of making policy selection more navigable. In this episode he shares his journey of data collection and analysis and the challenges of automating an intentionally manual industry.

Announcements

Hello and welcome to the Data Engineering Podcast, the show about modern data management Introducing RudderStack Profiles. RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. You specify the customer traits, then Profiles runs the joins and computations for you to create complete customer profiles. Get all of the details and try the new product today at dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstack This episode is brought to you by Datafold – a testing automation platform for data engineers that finds data quality issues before the code and data are deployed to production. Datafold leverages data-diffing to compare production and development environments and column-level lineage to show you the exact impact of every code change on data, metrics, and BI tools, keeping your team productive and stakeholders happy. Datafold integrates with dbt, the modern data stack, and seamlessly plugs in your data CI for team-wide and automated testing. If you are migrating to a modern data stack, Datafold can also help you automate data and code validation to speed up the migration. Learn more about Datafold by visiting dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold As more people start using AI for projects, two things are clear: It’s a rapidly advancing field, but it’s tough to navigate. How can you get the best results for your use case? Instead of being subjected to a bunch of buzzword bingo, hear directly from pioneers in the developer and data science space on how they use graph tech to build AI-powered apps. . Attend the dev and ML talks at NODES 2023, a free online conference on October 26 featuring some of the brightest minds in tech. Check out the agenda and register today at Neo4j.com/NODES. You shouldn't have to throw away the database to build with fast-changing data. You should be able to keep the familiarity of SQL and the proven architecture of cloud warehouses, but swap the decades-old batch computation model for an efficient incremental engine to get complex queries that are always up-to-date. With Materialize, you can! It’s the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products. Whether it’s real-time dashboarding and analytics, personalization and segmentation or automation and alerting, Materialize gives you the ability to work with fresh, correct, and scalable results — all in a familiar SQL interface. Go to dataengineeringpodcast.com/materialize today to get 2 weeks free! Your host is Tobias Macey and today I'm interviewing Max Cho about the wild world of insurance companies and the challenges of collecting quality data for this opaque industry

Interview

Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? Can you describe what CoverageCat is and the story behind it? What are the different sources of data that you work with?

What are the most challenging aspects of collecting that data? Can you describe the formats and characteristics (3 Vs) of that data?

What are some of the ways that the operational model of insurance companies have contributed to its opacity as an industry from a data perspective? Can you describe how you have architected your data platform?

How have the design and goals changed since you first started working on it? What are you optimizing for in your selection and implementation process?

What are the sharp edges/weak points that you worry about in your existing data flows?

How do you guard against those flaws in your day-to-day operations?

What are the

We talked about:

Angela's background Angela's role at Sam's Club The usefulness of knowing ML as a data engineer Angela's career path Transitioning from data analyst to data engineer/system designer Best practices for system design and data engineering Working with document databases Working with network-based databases Detecting fraud with a network-based database Selecting the database type to work with Neo4j vs Postgres The importance of having software engineering knowledge in data engineering Data quality check tooling The greatest challenges in data engineering Debugging and finding the root cause of a failed job What kinds of tools Angela uses on a daily basis Working with external data sources Angela's resource recommendations

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Artificial intelligence applications require substantial high quality data, which is provided through ETL pipelines. Now that AI has reached the level of sophistication seen in the various generative models it is being used to build new ETL workflows. In this episode Jay Mishra shares his experiences and insights building ETL pipelines with the help of generative AI.

Announcements

Hello and welcome to the Data Engineering Podcast, the show about modern data management Introducing RudderStack Profiles. RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. You specify the customer traits, then Profiles runs the joins and computations for you to create complete customer profiles. Get all of the details and try the new product today at dataengineeringpodcast.com/rudderstack This episode is brought to you by Datafold – a testing automation platform for data engineers that finds data quality issues before the code and data are deployed to production. Datafold leverages data-diffing to compare production and development environments and column-level lineage to show you the exact impact of every code change on data, metrics, and BI tools, keeping your team productive and stakeholders happy. Datafold integrates with dbt, the modern data stack, and seamlessly plugs in your data CI for team-wide and automated testing. If you are migrating to a modern data stack, Datafold can also help you automate data and code validation to speed up the migration. Learn more about Datafold by visiting dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold You shouldn't have to throw away the database to build with fast-changing data. You should be able to keep the familiarity of SQL and the proven architecture of cloud warehouses, but swap the decades-old batch computation model for an efficient incremental engine to get complex queries that are always up-to-date. With Materialize, you can! It’s the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products. Whether it’s real-time dashboarding and analytics, personalization and segmentation or automation and alerting, Materialize gives you the ability to work with fresh, correct, and scalable results — all in a familiar SQL interface. Go to dataengineeringpodcast.com/materialize today to get 2 weeks free! As more people start using AI for projects, two things are clear: It’s a rapidly advancing field, but it’s tough to navigate. How can you get the best results for your use case? Instead of being subjected to a bunch of buzzword bingo, hear directly from pioneers in the developer and data science space on how they use graph tech to build AI-powered apps. . Attend the dev and ML talks at NODES 2023, a free online conference on October 26 featuring some of the brightest minds in tech. Check out the agenda and register at Neo4j.com/NODES. Your host is Tobias Macey and today I'm interviewing Jay Mishra about the applications for generative AI in the ETL process

Interview

Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? What are the different aspects/types of ETL that you are seeing generative AI applied to?

What kind of impact are you seeing in terms of time spent/quality of output/etc.?

What kinds of projects are most likely to benefit from the application of generative AI? Can you describe what a typical workflow of using AI to build ETL workflows looks like?

What are some of the types of errors that you are likely to experience from the AI? Once the pipeline is defined, what does the ongoing maintenance look like? Is the AI required to operate within the pipeline in perpetuity?

For individuals/teams/organizations who are experimenting with AI in their data engineering workflows, what are the concerns/questions that they are trying to address? What are the most interesting, innovative, or unexpected w

This session will go through the principal relational database models and how we can translate them to Neo4j. After that, we will program the logic in PHP! This talk will equip you to deal with the main issues during the migration, such as translating models, memory management and deciding when the time is right to make the actual switch!

Talk during the WeAreDevelopers Berlin agenda.

Workshop on 26 July during the WeAreDevelopers Berlin agenda.

Incredibly useful, knowledge graphs help organizations keep track of medical research, cybersecurity threat intelligence, GDPR compliance, web user engagement, and much more. They do so by storing interlinked descriptions of entities—objects, events, situations, or abstract concepts—and encoding the underlying information. How do you create a knowledge graph? And how do you move it from theory into production? Using hands-on examples, this practical book shows data scientists and data engineers how to build their own knowledge graphs. Authors Jesús Barrasa and Jim Webber from Neo4j illustrate common patterns for building knowledge graphs that solve many of today's pressing knowledge management problems. You'll quickly discover how these graphs become increasingly useful as you add data and augment them with algorithms and machine learning. Learn the organizing principles necessary to build a knowledge graph Explore how graph databases serve as a foundation for knowledge graphs Understand how to import structured and unstructured data into your graph Follow examples to build integration-and-search knowledge graphs Learn what pattern detection knowledge graphs help you accomplish Explore dependency knowledge graphs through examples Use examples of natural language knowledge graphs and chatbots Use graph algorithms and ML to gain insight into connected data

In this talk we walkthrough our experience using Neo4j and Python to model climate policy as a graph database. We discuss how we did it, some of the challenges we faced, and what we learnt along the way!

"Graph Data Science with Neo4j" teaches you how to utilize Neo4j 5 and its Graph Data Science Library 2.0 for analyzing and making predictions with graph data. By integrating graph algorithms into actionable machine learning pipelines using Python, you'll harness the power of graph-based data models. What this Book will help me do Query and manipulate graph data using Cypher in Neo4j. Design and implement graph datasets using your data and public sources. Utilize graph-specific algorithms for tasks such as link prediction. Integrate graph data science pipelines into machine learning projects. Understand and apply predictive modeling using the GDS Library. Author(s) None Scifo, the author of "Graph Data Science with Neo4j," is an experienced data scientist with expertise in graph databases and advanced machine learning techniques. Their technical approach combines practical implementation with clear, step-by-step guidance to provide readers the skills they need to excel. Who is it for? This book is ideal for data scientists and analysts familiar with basic Neo4j concepts and Python-based data science workflows who wish to deepen their skills in graph algorithms and machine learning integration. It is particularly suited for professionals aiming to advance their expertise in graph data science for practical applications.

This comprehensive guide, "Graph Data Processing with Cypher," provides a clear and practical approach to mastering Cypher for querying Neo4j graph databases. Packed with real-world examples and detailed explanations, you'll learn how to model graph data, write and optimize Cypher queries, and leverage advanced features to extract meaningful insights from your data. What this Book will help me do Master the Cypher query language, from basics to advanced graph traversal techniques. Develop graph data models based on real-world business requirements and efficiently load data. Optimize Cypher queries for performance through query profiling and tuning techniques. Enhance Cypher's capabilities using APOC utilities for advanced data processing. Create impactful visualizations of graph data using tools like Neo4j Bloom. Author(s) Ravindranatha Anthapu has vast expertise in graph databases and years of professional experience working with Cypher and Neo4j. He brings a hands-on and accessible approach to teaching technical concepts, aiming to empower developers to effectively use graph databases. Through a passion for knowledge-sharing, Ravindranatha ensures readers feel both supported and challenged in their learning journey. Who is it for? This book is ideal for database administrators, developers, and architects, especially those who work with graph databases or want to transition into this domain. Beginners with basic Cypher knowledge and professionals aiming to advance their graph modeling and query optimization skills will find this resource invaluable. It is especially beneficial for individuals seeking to harness the full potential of Neo4j graph databases through Cypher.

Applying knowledge in the right context is the most powerful lever businesses can use to become agile, creative, and resilient. Knowledge graphs add context, meaning, and utility to business data. They drive intelligence into data for unparalleled automation and visibility into processes, products, and customers. Businesses use knowledge graphs to anticipate downstream effects, make decisions based on all relevant information, and quickly respond to dynamic markets. In this report for chief information and data officers, Jesus Barassa, Amy E. Hodler, and Jim Webber from Neo4j show how to use knowledge graphs to gain insights, reveal a flexible and intuitive representation of complex data relationships, and make better predictions based on holistic information. Explore knowledge graph mechanics and common organizing principles Build and exploit a connected representation of your enterprise data environment Use decisioning knowledge graphs to explore the advantages of adding relationships to data analytics and data science Conduct virtual testing using software versions of real-world processes Deploy knowledge graphs for more trusted data, higher accuracies, and better reasoning for contextual AI

Relationships in data often look far more like a web than an orderly set of rows and columns. Graph databases shine when it comes to revealing valuable insights within complex, interconnected data such as demographics, financial records, or computer networks. In Graph Databases in Action, experts Dave Bechberger and Josh Perryman illuminate the design and implementation of graph databases in real-world applications. You'll learn how to choose the right database solutions for your tasks, and how to use your new knowledge to build agile, flexible, and high-performing graph-powered applications! About the Technology Isolated data is a thing of the past! Now, data is connected, and graph databases—like Amazon Neptune, Microsoft Cosmos DB, and Neo4j—are the essential tools of this new reality. Graph databases represent relationships naturally, speeding the discovery of insights and driving business value. About the Book Graph Databases in Action introduces you to graph database concepts by comparing them with relational database constructs. You'll learn just enough theory to get started, then progress to hands-on development. Discover use cases involving social networking, recommendation engines, and personalization. What's Inside Graph databases vs. relational databases Systematic graph data modeling Querying and navigating a graph Graph patterns Pitfalls and antipatterns About the Reader For software developers. No experience with graph databases required. About the Authors Dave Bechberger and Josh Perryman have decades of experience building complex data-driven systems and have worked with graph databases since 2014. Quotes A comprehensive overview of graph databases and how to build them using Apache tools. - Richard Vaughan, Purple Monkey Collective A well-written and thorough introduction to the topic of graph databases. - Luis Moux, EMO A great guide in your journey towards graph databases and exploiting the new possibilities for data processing. - Mladen Knežić, CROZ A great introduction to graph databases and how you should approach designing systems that leverage graph databases. - Ron Sher, Intuit

This book is your gateway into the world of graph analytics with Neo4j, empowering you to reveal insights hidden in connected data. By diving into real-world examples, you'll learn how to implement algorithms to uncover relationships and patterns critical for applications such as fraud detection, recommendation systems, and more. What this Book will help me do Understand fundamental concepts of the Neo4j graph database, including nodes, relationships, and Cypher querying. Effectively explore and visualize data relationships, enhancing applications like search engines and recommendations. Gain proficiency in graph algorithms such as pathfinding and spatial search to solve key business challenges. Leverage Neo4j's Graph Data Science library for machine learning and predictive analysis tasks. Implement web applications that utilize Neo4j for scalable, production-ready graph data management. Author(s) None Scifo is an experienced author in graph technologies, extensively working with Neo4j. He brings practical knowledge and a hands-on approach to the forefront, making complex topics accessible to learners of all levels. Through his work, he continues to inspire readers to harness the power of connected data effectively. Who is it for? This book is perfect for professionals like data analysts, business analysts, graph analysts, and database developers aiming to delve into graph data. It caters to those seeking to solve problems through graph analytics, whether in fraud detection, recommendation systems, or other fields. Some prior experience with Neo4j is recommended for maximal benefit.