Company
Date Published
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Enterprise Management Associates
Word count
1229
Language
English
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None

Summary

Graph databases like Neo4j have emerged as a better alternative to traditional relational databases for managing and monitoring complex network interdependencies in today's dynamic IT ecosystems. With their ability to accommodate highly connected, partially structured datasets that can evolve over time, graph databases provide improved flexibility in design and enable relationships to be easily captured that are unsuited to traditional hierarchic models. They also allow for better adaptability to changes when the changes themselves are less predictable or not strictly hierarchic in nature. Neo4j's unique graph model makes it simple to model real-life or business situations, providing a much better working foundation for key stakeholders who are not necessarily technical. In particular, Neo4j is well-suited for managing large complex networks with many silos and processes, such as the deployment for a large European telecommunications provider. The company was able to predict and warn customers in advance of any service interruptions, maintain customer service agreements, and avoid financial penalties due to unplanned downtime. The Neo4j deployment achieved various benefits, including fast and powerful queries, custom visualization modules, single point of failure detection, and effectively unified cross-domain views, enabling experts from different silos to work together for the first time and agree on a common domain terminology.