The world of big data involves an ever changing field of players. Much as SQL stands as a lingua franca for declarative data analysis, Apache Beam (incubating) aims to provide a portable standard for expressing robust, out-of-order data processing pipelines in a variety of languages across a variety of platforms. In this talk, I will: Cover briefly the capabilities of the Beam model for data processing and integration with IOs, as well as the current state of the Beam ecosystem. Discuss the benefits Beam provides regarding portability and ease-of-use. Demo the same Beam pipeline running on multiple runners in multiple deployment scenarios (e.g. Apache Flink on Google Cloud, Apache Spark on AWS, Apache Apex on-premise). Give a glimpse at some of the challenges Beam aims to address in the future.