This document discusses integrating big data beyond Hadoop. It begins with an introduction and overview of Kai Wähner and his background and expertise. The rest of the document focuses on big data integration, with sections on the challenges of integrating big data, choosing Hadoop as a solution, and different approaches to integration including using open source frameworks, suites, and custom connectors. Throughout there are examples of use cases and how companies are leveraging big data and integration to solve business problems. The overall message is that in order to get full value from data, you need to integrate different sources, and that big data integration approaches have advanced to make this more achievable.