During this Big Data Warehousing Meetup, we discussed how graph databases work, shared some real world use cases, and showed a live demo of the world’s leading graph database, Neo4J. Pitney Bowes demonstrated their new MDM product developed on a graph database. For more information, check out the other slides from this meetup or visit our website at www.casertaconcepts.com

1. Neo4j Solutions
Master Data Management
February 2015

2. Why Neo4j?
Neo4j is an enterprise-grade graph
database that enables you to:
• Model and store your data as a graph
• Query data relationships with ease
and in real-time
• Seamlessly evolve applications by
easily adding new data and
relationships Fast Development
High Performance
High Scalability
Easy to Maintain

3. Neo4j – Key Product Features
Native Graph Storage
Ensures data consistency and
performance
Native Graph Processing per CPU core
Millions of hops per second, in real time
“Whiteboard Friendly” Data Modeling
Model data as it naturally occurs
High Data Integrity
Fully ACID transactions
Powerful, Expressive Query Language
Requires 10x to 100x less code than SQL
Scalability and High Availability
Vertical and horizontal scaling optimized
for graphs
Built-in ETL
Seamless import from other databases
Integration
Drivers and APIs for popular languages
MATCH
(A)

4. The Whiteboard Model is the Physical Model
Eliminates Graph-to-
Relational Mapping
In your data model
Bridge the gap
between business
and IT models
In your application
Greatly reduce need
for application code

5. Neo4j Solution

6. Neo4j Works in Your Infrastructure
Loading data into the graph is easy
Neo4j includes built-in tooling to ingest data from CSV,
and you can find have many online examples.
Keeping data in sync
Neo4j has a REST API for easy updating; some customers
use queues; some modify their applications.
Learning Neo4j is intuitive and easy
Training is readily available. Cypher has a quick learning
curve. Lots of language drivers exist. The native Java API is
easy to use.

7. Solutions with Neo4j
Master Data Management
February 2015