The document discusses how Talend can be used with big data to simplify ETL workflows. It states that Talend provides a graphical interface that allows users to design and run ETL jobs on Hadoop without writing code. Specific capabilities mentioned include using Talend to extract data from various sources, transform it using Hadoop technologies like Pig and Hive, and load the results into data stores. An example use case described is using Talend and Pig to analyze web logs from a bank to identify good locations for a marketing campaign.