The document discusses Apache Ignite, a distributed in-memory platform that can be used with Apache Spark. It provides powerful APIs and flexible processing capabilities. Ignite allows for memory-centric storage and processing of data across clusters. It also integrates with Spark by allowing RDDs and DataFrames to be created from Ignite caches. This enables capabilities like running SQL queries and sharing data globally across Spark jobs. GridGain is a commercial distribution of Apache Ignite that adds enterprise features.