4. 7/10
20/25
7/10
Top Retail Firms
Top Financial Firms
Top Software Vendors
Anyway You Like It
Neo4j - The Graph Company
The Industry’s Largest Dedicated Investment in Graphs
Creator of the Property
Graph and Cypher language
at the core of the GQL ISO
project
Thousands of Customers
World-Wide
HQ in Silicon Valley, offices
include London, Munich,
Paris & Malmo
Industry Leaders use Neo4j
On-Prem
DB-as-a-Service
In the Cloud
5. A graph is set of discrete objects, each of which has some set of
relationships with the other objects
Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem. Leonhard Euler, 1735
6.
7. Graph is the Fastest Growing DBMS
Category, Neo4j is the Leading Player
FASTEST GROWING CATEGORY MOST POPULAR WITH DEVELOPERS
STRONGEST COMMUNITY
Developers
LinkedIn Skills
41k+
members with
220k+
Meetups
72k+
Members globally
8. Highest possible scores in:
● Performance
● Scalability
● Workloads
● Data management
● Data loading/ingestion
● Queries/search
● Use cases
● API/extensibility
● Transactions
● High availability and disaster recovery
● Deployment options
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Neo4j: Leading the Graph Market
10. Harnessing Connections Drives Business Value
Enhanced Decision
Making
Hyper
Personalization
Massive Data
Integration
Data Driven
Discovery & Innovation
Product Recommendations
Personalized Health Care
Media and Advertising
Fraud Prevention
Network Analysis
Law Enforcement
Drug Discovery
Intelligence and Crime Detection
Product & Process Innovation
360 view of customer
Compliance
Optimize Operations
Data Science
AI & ML
Fraud Prediction
Patient Journey
Customer Disambiguation
Transforming Industries
11. tolerates many real-world
conditions which RDBMS can
not
“Finding relationships in
combinations of diverse data,
using graph techniques at
scale, will form the foundation
of modern data and
analytics.”
clear market
leader
a lot
more innovative than its
competitors
Graph is a Unique Advantage
12.
13. Enterprise-grade native graph database and tooling:
• Store, reveal and query data relationships
• Traverse and analyze any levels of depth in real-time
• Add context to AI systems and network structures to data science
Native Graph Technology
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17. Property Graph - Simply Powerful
Employee City
Company
Nodes represent
objects (nouns)
Relationships are directional
Relationships connect nodes
are represent actions (verbs)
Relationships can have
properties (name/value pairs)
Nodes can have
properties
(name/value pairs)
name:
date_of_birth:
employee_ID:
:HAS_CEO
start_date:
:LOCATED_IN
18. Nodes
• Can have Labels to classify nodes
• Labels have native indexes
Relationships
• Relate nodes by type and direction
Properties
• Attributes of Nodes & Relationships
• Stored as Name/Value pairs
• Can have indexes and composite indexes
• Visibility security by user/role
Neo4j Invented the Property Graph Model
19.
20.
21. Graph Databases: Designed for Connected Data
RELATIONAL DATABASES
NoSQL DATABASES
Real-Time storage & retrieval
Real-Time Connected Insights
Long running queries
aggregation & filtering
“Our Neo4j solution is literally thousands of times faster than the
prior MySQL solution, with queries that require 10-100 times less code”
Volker Pacher, Senior Developer
24. Robust Graph Algorithms
• Compute connectivity metrics and learn the topology of your graph
• Highly parallelized and scale to 10’s of billions of nodes
The Neo4j GDS Library
Mutable In-Memory
Workspace
Computational Graph
Native Graph Store
Efficient & Flexible Analytics
Workspace
• Automatically reshapes transactional graphs
into an in-memory analytics graph
• Optimized for analytics with global traversals
and aggregation
• Create workflows and layer algorithms
26. Strong Synergy between Graphs and
Machine Learning & AI
SURGING INTEREST CONTEXT FOR ML/AI
AI research papers
focused on graphs
+100K Download, 20K in first 2 weeks
ACROSS INDUSTRIES
German Center for
Diabetes Research
Better Decisions with
Knowledge Graphs for AI
Higher ML Accuracy with
Graph Feature Engineering
27. Neo4j Bloom’s
Intuitive User Interface
Search with type-ahead
suggestions
Flexible Color, Size and Icon
schemes
Visualize, Explore and Discover
Pan, Zoom and Select
Property Browser and editor
29. The First Practical Way for
Enterprises to do Graph Data Science
Drastically simplified and
standardized API that enables
custom, flexible configurations
Documentation, training, and
examples so getting started
is simple
Explore graphs and algorithm
results visually with Bloom
Share insights across teams for
better collaboration
Friendly data science experience
with logical guardrails like memory
mgmt. & suggestive errors
Reshaping, node & relationship
aggregation / deduplication and
multipartite algos
30. Explore & Collaborate
with Neo4j Bloom
Explore Graphs Visually
Prototype Concepts Faster
Collaborate Across Teams
31. Neo4j Solution Frameworks
Accelerated POCs and Adoption
Intelligent Recommendation Risk Management Human Capital Management
Privacy Shield Data Orchestration
32.
33. Neo4j Cloud: Flexible Deployment Models
Fully-managed SaaS
Consumption-based pricing
Cloud-native
Self-service deployment
No access to underlying
infrastructure and systems
White-glove managed service
by Neo4j experts
Fully customizable deployment
model and service levels
Operate In own data centers
or Virtual Private Cloud
Database-as-a-Service
Cloud Managed
Services (CMS)
For private, hybrid or
lift-and-shift cloud
Bring-your-own-license
Full control of your environment
Run in any cloud, in your account
Self-hosted
34. The world’s most popular graph
database, as a cloud service
Fully automated with zero administration
Faster innovation with the power of graphs
Scalable on-demand dynamically
Worry-free security and reliability
Simple pay-as-you-go pricing
35. Neo4j Aura: Built for the best developer experience
Neo4j’s open source roots backed by the strongest graph community helps deliver the best developer experience to rapidly build
rich graph-powered applications
Easy
Start in minutes
Automatic upgrades, patches
Scale on-demand instantly
Zero downtime
Powerful
Lightning-fast queries with
Native graph engine
Flexible “whiteboard”
data model
Cypher - expressive, efficient
and easy!
Broad language driver support
Reliable
End-to-end encrypted
Always ON
Globally available on world-class
infrastructure
Self-healing, durable
ACID compliant
Affordable
Pay-as-you-go
Capacity-based pricing
Billing by the hour
Simple and predictable costs
36. Minka
Neo4j for ACH Transaction
Processing
Background
● Minka, a Colombian fintech startup, along with ACH Colombia
modernizing the country’s ACH payments system
● Enable real-time payments transactions with a new Blockchain
based system, Transferencias Ya
Business Problem
● Need to convert an outdated batch processed ACH to the new
system and scale
● Need a robust, durable solution with guaranteed ACID
transactions to build trust among users
Solution and Benefits
● Aura powers transaction records and references for
Transferencias Ya
● With Aura, day to day operations taken care of while system
reliably operates and scales
● Pilot with 8 banks successful, expanding to all 27 banks
supporting hundreds of complex transactions every second
37. Neo4j Cloud Managed Services (CMS)
Enterprise-class, white-glove managed services for day-to-day operations,
service and support of your Neo4j environment
Dedicated team,
always on-call
Advanced monitoring and
preventative maintenance
Enterprise-grade security
and compliance
24x7x365 remote services
and support
Public or Private Cloud
Deployments
Your data in your
infrastructure, fully
controlled versioning
38. The CMS Advantage
Focus on
Innovation
… while we manage
your day-to-day
infrastructure
operations
Achieve Faster
Time-to-value
… with experts
to manage your
environment from day
one. Minimize hiring,
in-house training, and
ramp-up.
Reduce your
Risk
… and meet your
security, compliance
and business continuity
needs with proven best
practices.
Accelerate your
Cloud Journey
… by enabling a fully
managed enterprise
cloud environment and
moving your production
Neo4j environment
within days.
41. Handling Large Graph Workloads for Enterprises
Real-time promotion
recommendations
Marriott’s Real-time
Pricing Engine
Handling Package
Routing in Real-Time
42. Improving Analytics, ML & AI Across Industries
Meredith Marketing
to the Anonymous
Financial Fraud
Detection & Recovery Top 10 Bank
AstraZeneca
Patient Journeys
43. Dun & Bradstreet
Neo4j for Tracking Beneficial
Ownership
Background
● Regulations and requirements around beneficial
ownership
● Needed to let B2B clients book new business promptly
via accelerated due diligence investigations
Business Problem
● Investigations call for highly trained staff, and this activity is
hard to scale. A single request might tie up key people for
10-15 days, resulting in lost revenue
Solution and Benefits
● Use Neo4j to quickly query historic relationships between
business owners and companies
● Query responses take milliseconds versus days of skilled
manual research
44. Adobe Behance
Social Network of 10M
Graphic Artists
Background
● Social network of 10M graphic artists
● Peer-to-peer evaluation of art and works-in-progress
● Job sourcing site for creatives
● Massive, millions of updates (reads & writes) to Activity Feed
● 150 Mongos to 48 Cassandras to 3 Neo4j’s!
Business Problem
● Artists subscribe, appreciate and curate “galleries” of works of their own
and from other artists
● Activities Feed is how everyone receives updates
● 1st implementation was 150 MongoDB instances
● 2nd implementation shrunk to 48 Cassandras, but it was still too slow and
required heavy IT overhead
Solution and Benefits
● 3rd implementation shrunk to 3 Neo4j instances
● Saved over $500k in annual AWS fees
● Reduced data footprint from 50TB to 40GB
● Significantly easier to introduce new features like, “New projects in your
Network”
45. US Army / Calibre
Systems
Equipment Logistics
Background
● US IT consulting firm helped US Army streamline equipment
deployments and maintenance spending
● Saving lives by improving the operational readiness of Army
equipment like tanks, radios, transports, aircraft, weaponry, etc.
Business Problem
● Needed to modernize procurement, budget and logistics processes for
equipment & spare parts
● Millions of connections among a tank’s bill-of-materials, for example
● Improve “what if” cost calculations when planning missions and troop
deployments
● Mainframe systems required over 60 man-hrs to calculate changes…
planning took too long
Solution and Benefits
● Shed cost estimation times by 88%
● Improved parts delivery timing and accuracy
● DBA labor required dropped by 77%
● Equipment TCO more predictable
● Safer soldiers
46. COMCAST
Xfinity xFi
Smart Home/ IoT
Background
● Largest Cable TV & Internet Provider in US with 3rd Largest
network on the planet
● xFi is consumer experience in 3M houses with internet, router,
devices, security, voice & telephony
Business Problem
● Integrate all experience in a smart home
● Create innovative ideas based on cross-platform and household member
preferences
● Add integrated value of xFinity triple play & quad-play services (internet,
VoIP, cable TV & home security)
Solution and Benefits
● Custom content per household member
● Security reminders (kids are home, garage left open)
● Serves millions of households
● Makes content recommendations based on occupant, time of day,
permissions and preferences
47. Caterpillar
Heavy Equipment
Manufacturing
Background
● Fortune 100 heavy equipment manufacturer
● 27 Million warranty & service documents parsed
Business Problem
● Improve maintenance predictability
● Need a knowledge base for 27 million warranty documents and
maintenance orders
● Graphs gather context for AI to identify ‘prime examples’ of connections
among parts, suppliers, customers and their mechanics anticipate when
equipment will need servicing and by whom
Solution and Benefits
● Knowledge graph created through Natural Language Processing (NLP) of
decades of historical service documents
● Common ontology for complaints, symptoms & parts
● Anticipates when equipment will need servicing
● Improves customer and brand satisfaction
● Maximizes lifespan and value of equipment
48. Meredith Inc.
Digital Media Identity
Resolution
Background
● Media conglomerate with $3.2 Billion revenue
● Owner of popular web properties including: People,
Travel+Leisure, Better Homes & Gardens
Business Problem
● Users are often anonymous across sites and devices with online cookies
that constantly change
● External data is expensive, hard to validate and quickly suffers from
cookie loss
● Poor understanding of visitor behavior reduces recommendation
effectiveness, leading to fewer clicks and less revenue
Solution and Benefits
● 612% Increase in visits tracked per profile
● 4.4 TB of data: +14 Bn nodes +20Bn relationships
● Graph algorithms to find data “clusters” that represent unique user
behavior
● Transformed 346M cookies to 163M unique users with richer & longer
lived profiles
● Connecting various data streams for continuous user identification
49. AstraZeneca
Patient Journey Analytics
Background
● Global pharmaceutical with $22.1Billion revenue
● Focus on oncology, cardiovascular, renal, metabolism, respiratory
Business Problem
● Complex diseases develop over years with many, many doctor visits, tests
and evolving diagnosis
● How to identify early warnings, intervene faster & improve outcomes
● No two patients are the same, so how are similarities found
Solution and Benefits
● Used Neo4j Graph Data Science Library to map and predict patient
journeys
● Kidney disease intervention project
● 3 yrs of visits, tests & diagnosis with 10’s of Bn of records
● Knowledge Graph, graph queries & algorithms
● Community detection to help find similarities over time
● Finding influence points where experienced physicians may be able to
guide and assist
50. Neo4j Leadership and Commitment
First mover advantage and product maturity
Thriving ecosystem; world’s largest
graph community & partner network
Thought leadership and vision Deep IP that is difficult to replicate
Proven GTM success with Enterprise - referenceable case studies from
marquee customer base and track record of customer success, stickiness &
expansion
Runs everywhere – all major cloud
environments, hybrid & private clouds,
on-premise and OEM embedded
53. Adapt & Optimization
by Harnessing Connections
Hyper-
Personalization
Better Decisions
Massive
Data Integration
Data Science
AI & ML
Data Driven
Discovery & Innovation
55. Neo4j — Changing the World
Knowledge Graph for humans & ML
Fraud Detection Knowledge Graph for humans
56. eBay App for
Google Assistant
Online Retail
Background
● Personal shopping assistant
● Converses with buyer via text, picture and voice to provide
real-time recommendations
● Combines AI and natural language understanding (NLU) in Neo4j
Knowledge Graph
● First of many apps in eBay's AI Platform
Business Problem
● Improve personal context in online shopping
● Transform buyer-provided context into ideal purchase recommendations
over social platforms
● "Feels like talking to a friend"
Solution and Benefits
● 3 developers, 8M nodes, 20M relationships
● Needed high-performance traversals to respond to live customer
requests
● Easy to train new algorithms and grow model
● Generating revenue since launch
57. ● Operational workloads
● Analytics workloads
● Native property graph model
● Dynamic schema
● Cypher - Declarative query language
● Procedural language extensions
● Worldwide developer community
● Manage 10’s billions of nodes
● Run graph algorithms on billions of nodes
Your Neo4j Advantage
● Index-free adjacency
● Millions of hops per second
● Interactive graph exploration
● Graph representation of data
58.
59. Neo4j Solutions [accelerate adoption]
Solutions Mission
Ideate, market and support the sale and delivery of innovative, market-leading,
Neo4j-based Business Solutions for our Enterprise Customers and Partners
Customer Benefits
Lowers Risk and TCO
Speeds up POCs &
solution visualization for
internal selling
Rapid Time-To-Value,
reduces development
& testing time by 50%
Built on extensible &
customizable frameworks
supported by Neo4j
60. Patient
Journey
Human Capital Management
Fraud & AML
Framework
Supply Chain
Framework
Hive
Knowledge
Graph
• Content management
• Collaboration & reuse
• Analytical tools for increasing enterprise efficiency
• Workforce rebalancing & analysis
• Skills assessment
• Predict employee flight risk, plan successions, analyze
lifetime value
• Unintended drug efficacy
• Journey map & prediction
• At-risk population identification
• Procedure risk score
• Reduce false positives
• Find collaborators & rings
• Support compliance and
investigations
• Outbound supply chain logistics
• Route planning and network
analysis
61. Cypher
Workbench
Risk Management Keymaker
(Applied Analytics
Pipeline)
• Cloud modeling environment
• Online and offline modes
• Collaboration features
• Model validation and constraints
• Investment / Credit / Party Risk Management
• Compliance (FRTB, BCBS 239, CCAR, BASEL)
• Faster decisions using suggestions / predictions
• Combine ML & Connected Data analysis into single analytics pipeline
• Hyper-Personalization
• Explainable scored results
• Highly performant & scalable architecture
Kettle/HOP
for Neo4j
• Privacy compliance
(GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, FCPL, …)
Privacy
Shield
• Fast visual data ingestion pipeline development
• Support for most popular data sources out of the box
• Templated best practice pipelines
• Maintainability of ingestion logic
• Citizen journey / 360
• Pseudo-anonymization
