This document provides an overview of IBM's Big SQL product for running SQL queries on Hadoop data. It discusses how Big SQL uses a massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture to replace MapReduce for improved performance. Big SQL nodes run directly on the Hadoop cluster to process data locally. The document highlights Big SQL's full SQL query capabilities and support for analytic functions. It also notes how Big SQL leverages the existing Hive metadata and is designed to integrate with the broader Hadoop ecosystem.