NoSQL and SQL databases can work together to handle real-time big data needs. Apache Drill is an open source tool that allows interactive analysis of big data using standard SQL queries across NoSQL, Hadoop, and relational data sources. It provides low-latency queries, full ANSI SQL support, and flexibility to handle rapidly evolving schemas and data in different systems. By enabling analysis of all data together using a common interface, it helps tackle challenges of combining operational and decision support systems on big, diverse datasets.