As the big data ecosystem continues to expand, new technologies are addressing the requirements for managing, processing, analyzing, and storing data to help companies benefit from the rich sources of information flowing into their organizations. From NoSQL databases to open source projects to commercial products offered on-premises and in the cloud, the future of big data is being driven by innovative new approaches across the data management lifecycle. The most pressing areas include real-time data processing, interactive analysis, data integration, data governance, and security.