Neo Technology Announces GraphConnect Speakers, Sponsors and 'Graphie' Awards


SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 4, 2014) -

  • Pitney Bowes, Medium and UBS Added to GraphConnect Speaking Roster
  • Sponsors include KeyLines, GraphAlchemist and O'Reilly Media
  • Third Annual Graphies Awards Now Open with a Deadline of October 15

Neo Technology, creators of Neo4j, the world's leading graph database, today announced new speakers, sponsors, and the kickoff of its annual 'Graphies' award program in conjunction with GraphConnect 2014 San Francisco, to be held on October 22nd.

GraphConnect is the only conference dedicated to the rapidly growing graph database community, bringing together graph thought leaders, researchers and developers from around the globe. Held this year at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, the event will feature talks from an impressive list of organizations, including: Neo Technology, eBay, ConocoPhillips, CrunchBase, Elementum, Polyvore, Pitney Bowes, Medium, UBS and Cambridge Intelligence.

This year's GraphConnect features KeyLines as the Gold sponsor with additional sponsors including GraphAlchemist, Pivotal, ThoughtWorks, Tom Sawyer, Elementum, GraphStory, MediaHound, GrapheneDB, and O'Reilly Media.

For additional GraphConnect information and registration, visit: www.graphconnect.com.

Graphie Awards Now Open
Neo is also proud to announce its third annual GraphConnect awards: the 'Graphies.' The first award of its kind, the Graphies recognizes and celebrates the individuals and teams who are developing some of the most innovative graph database projects around the world. Applications are currently open with a deadline of October 15, 2014.

To apply, applicants must submit an online form with questions on project challenges, the solution, implementation and results. Visuals, artwork, and web links related to the project may be offered as well. All submissions become shared copyright with Neo Technology and may be featured on a website. Winners will be announced at the GraphConnect Awards dinner on October 22nd.

To access the Graphies submission form and for more information, please visit: graphconnect.com/graphies

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About Neo Technology
Graphs are everywhere. From websites adding social capabilities to Telcos providing personalized customer services, to innovative bioinformatics research, organizations are adopting graph databases as the best way to model and query connected data. Neo Technology researchers pioneered the first graph database back in 2000, and have been instrumental in bringing the power of the graph to numerous organizations worldwide, including more than 40 Global 2000 customers, such as Cisco, Accenture, Telenor, eBay and Walmart. Serving customers in production for over a decade, Neo4j is the world's leading graph database with the largest ecosystem of partners and tens of thousands of successful deployments.

Neo Technology is a privately held company funded by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, Sunstone Capital and Conor Venture Partners, and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA, with offices in Sweden, UK, Germany, France, and Malaysia. For more information, please visit www.neotechnology.com

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Contact:
Tanya Carlsson
Kulesa Faul for Neo Technology
(707) 529-6139