This document discusses emerging technologies in relational database management systems. It describes AlwaysOn availability groups which allow failover of databases between servers for high availability. It also discusses in-memory OLTP which compiles and stores queries and stored procedures in memory for faster performance. Finally, it outlines upcoming features in SQL Server 2016 like QueryStore, PolyBase, Stretch Database and Always Encrypted which provide query optimization, big data integration, cloud support and data security enhancements.