The document presents insights from a talk by Darach Ennis at JAX London 2013 about big data and its implications for data-intensive science, highlighting the distinction between computational and data-intensive science as a new paradigm. It delves into concepts like the Lambda architecture, which involves batch and real-time processing layers to efficiently handle large data events and queries. The document emphasizes the importance of systems architecture in processing big data and the challenges associated with real-time data integration and event processing.