Welcome  to  GraphDay!    

Stockholm  2015  

“Forrester  es)mates  that  over  25%  of  enterprises  will  be  using  graph  databases  by  2017”  

Neo4j  Leads  the  Graph  Database  Revolu;on  

“Neo4j  is  the  current  market  leader  in  graph  databases.”  

“Graph  analysis  is  possibly  the  single  most  effec;ve  compe;;ve  differen;ator  for  organiza)ons  pursuing  data-­‐driven  opera)ons  and  decisions  aGer  the  design  of  data  capture.”  

Solu;ons  with  Neo4j    Online  Recommenda;ons    

Graphday  Stockholm  2015  

FIRST:  need  to  make  some  fun  of  Jim  

Solu;ons  with  Neo4j    Online  Recommenda;ons    

Graphday  Stockholm  2015  

Walmart        BUSINESS  CASE  

World’s  largest  company  by  revenue  

World’s  largest  retailer  and  private  employer  

SF-­‐based  global    e-­‐commerce  division  

manages  several  websites  

Found  in  1969  Bentonville,  Arkansas    

•  Needed  online  customer  recommenda)ons  to  keep  pace  with  compe))on  

•  Data  connec)ons  provided  predic)ve  context,  but  were  not  in  a  usable  format  

•  Solu)on  had  to  serve  many  millions  of  customers  and  products  while  maintaining  superior  scalability  and  performance  

Walmart        SOLUTION  

•  Brings  customers,  preferences,  purchases,  products  and  loca)ons  into  a  graph  model  

•  Uses  connec)ons  to  make  product  recommenda)ons  •  Solu)on  deployed  across  Walmart    divisions  and  websites  

N e o Te c h n o l o g y, I n c C o n f i d e n t i a l

GRAPHS ARE EATING RETAIL

CUSTOMERS ORDERS PRODUCT

CATEGORY

THE PROBLEM

CONNECTIONS HOLD PREDICTIVE CONTEXT!CONNECTIONS IN THE DATA NOT IN A USABLE FORMAT

OTHER EXAMPLES

THE SOLUTIONBRING THE DATA INTO A GRAPH SO THAT THE CONNECTIONS CAN BE USED TO MAKE PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS.

COMPETITIVE PRESSURE DEMANDS ONLINE RECOMMENDATIONS.

Solu;ons  with  Neo4j    En;tlement  /  Access  Management    

Graphday  Stockholm  2015  

UBS    BUSINESS  CASE  

 •  Needed  to  provide  UBS  clients  with  a  360°  view,  

including  “e-­‐commerce”  capabili)es  with  news  feeds,  quotes,  etc.  into  one  pla\orm  called  UBS  Neo  

•  Many  different  roles  and  rights,  cross-­‐cu_ng  across  func)onal  and  hierarchical  boundaries,  both  internally  and  externally  

Investment  Bank  Fortune  50  company  

UBS        SOLUTION  

•     Simpler  onboarding  of  clients  leading  to    

       reduced  wai)ng  )mes  

•     Real-­‐)me  view  on  access  rights  –  no  need  for    

       former  caching  infrastructure  (GemFire)    

•     Simpler  opera)onal  maintenance  and  support  at  reduced  cost  

Solu;ons  with  Neo4j    Impact  Analysis  

Graphday  Stockholm  2015  

Belgian  Railroad        BUSINESS  CASE  

•  Rail  )metables  were  created  on  a  regular  basis  for  impact  analysis    

•  Changes  to  )metable  not  only  affect  local  tracks  in  a  local  sta)on,  can  affect  en)re  opera)ng  network  

•  Current  situa)on  was  relying  on  local  domain  exper)se  

       of  sta)on  managers  

 

Belgian  Railroad        SOLUTION  

•  Whenever  track  changes  need  to  be  made  to  local  

       train  sta)on  )metables,  the  planners  use  an  online  

       tool  to  find  out  what  change  would  have  the    

       minimal  impact  •     on  their  part  of  the  network  (the  sta)on)  •     on  the  rest  of  the  network  •  Changes  are  implemented  automa)cally  (down  to  the  tracks  themselves  where  possible)  and  delays  are  reduced  to  a  minimum  

 

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