The Year of the Graph

The popularity of graph databases has gone through the roof almost overnight it seems. Everything points this way: the trend lines from database engines, the reports from the Forresters of the world, the response to my graph-related ZDNet posts.

Why is that, and should you care? Do you really need a graph database, and if yes, how do you choose one? That’s the million dollar question. Well, that’s more than one questions actually, and that’s more than a million in value there too. Either way, i can help you answer.

Every month i will collect, republish, and comment on the 10 most interesting Graph database related news items.

Why me? Ever since i implemented my first graph database prototype in 2005, i have worked on award-winning research, consulted the (then) leading vendor on distributed query implementation, and lead teams of all sizes and shapes working with graph databases.

I have also published a number of reports and articles with analysis on big data, distributed systems and analytics with Gigaom and ZDNet. Perhaps more importantly though:

I work for nobody else but me, and by extension, you. No fluff, just stuff. No automatically harvested or sponsored posts. No vendor affiliations or hidden agendas. Just hand picked, curated content, and objective, concise analysis.

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