If you're not a graph afficionado, the name Marko A. Rodriguez probably does not mean much to you. Rodriguez however has been working on the intersection of research, engineering and entrepreneurship ...

Graph databases offer a more efficient way to model relationships and networks than relational (SQL) databases or other kinds of NoSQL databases (document, wide column, and so on). Lately many ...

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Building a dependable database management system is no easy task. You need to understand what the design trade-offs in the construction of a database management system are and also how those ...

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Graph databases excel for apps that explore many-to-many relationships, such as recommendation systems. Let’s look at an example Jeff Carpenter is a technical evangelist at DataStax. There has been a ...

Understanding the relationships in graph database theory allows us to work with the new 'shape' of data itself. Businesspeople like graphs. C-suite executives are fond of pie charts, Venn diagrams, ...

When it comes to dating, everybody is highly motivated. So it is no surprise that the nerdy among us put their advanced knowledge to work when seeking out a mate. The most recent celebrated example is ...

The problem: The app must store a collection of people and who they know. Sometimes it must find out everyone who knows someone who knows Bob. Sometimes it must look further for everyone who is three ...