The document discusses the limitations of the Hadoop MapReduce model for big data processing and introduces Apache Spark as a more efficient alternative. Spark provides a flexible compute model with resilient distributed datasets (RDDs) that enable faster job execution through in-memory data caching, avoiding the bottleneck of frequent disk flushes inherent in MapReduce. The document illustrates how Spark simplifies the implementation of complex algorithms compared to Hadoop, using the example of creating an inverted index.