diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
index 6f1c075b8..fad12c11f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			 <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-			 <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
+			 <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
 			 <optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
  		<dependency>
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>woodstox-core-asl</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08a5bd3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.item;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A base class to implement any {@link ItemWriter} that writes to a key value store 
+ * using a {@link Converter} to derive a key from an item
+ * 
+ * @author David Turanski
+ * @since 2.2
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class KeyValueItemWriter<K, V> implements ItemWriter<V>, InitializingBean {
+
+	protected Converter<V, K> itemKeyMapper;
+	protected boolean delete;
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter#write(java.util.List)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void write(List<? extends V> items) throws Exception {
+		if (items == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		for (V item : items) {
+			K key = itemKeyMapper.convert(item);
+			writeKeyValue(key, item);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Subclasses implement this method to write each item to key value store
+	 * @param key the key
+	 * @param value the item
+	 */
+	protected abstract void writeKeyValue(K key, V value);
+
+	/**
+	 * afterPropertiesSet() hook
+	 */
+	protected abstract void init();
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the {@link Converter} to use to derive the key from the item
+	 * @param itemKeyMapper
+	 */
+	public void setItemKeyMapper(Converter<V, K> itemKeyMapper) {
+		this.itemKeyMapper = itemKeyMapper;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the delete flag to have the item writer perform deletes
+	 * @param delete
+	 */
+	public void setDelete(boolean delete) {
+		this.delete = delete;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		Assert.notNull(itemKeyMapper, "itemKeyMapper requires a Converter type.");
+		init();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/SpELItemKeyMapper.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/SpELItemKeyMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4c1b8d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/SpELItemKeyMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.item;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of {@link Converter} that uses SpEL to map a Value to a key
+ * @author David Turanski
+ * @since 2.2
+ */
+public class SpELItemKeyMapper<K,V> implements Converter<V,K> {
+	private final ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+	private final Expression parsedExpression;
+	
+	public SpELItemKeyMapper(String keyExpression) {
+		parsedExpression =  parser.parseExpression(keyExpression);
+	}
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.ItemKeyMapper#mapKey(java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@Override
+	public K convert(V item) {
+		return (K) parsedExpression.getValue(item);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/GemfireItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/GemfireItemWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c8b64a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/GemfireItemWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.item.data;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.KeyValueItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireTemplate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * An {@ link ItemWriter} that stores items in GemFire
+ * 
+ * @author David Turanski
+ * @since 2.2
+ *
+ */
+public class GemfireItemWriter<K,V> extends KeyValueItemWriter<K,V> {
+	private GemfireTemplate gemfireTemplate;
+	/**
+	 * @param gemfireTemplate the {@link GemfireTemplate} to set
+	 */
+	public void setTemplate(GemfireTemplate gemfireTemplate) {
+		this.gemfireTemplate = gemfireTemplate;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.KeyValueItemWriter#writeKeyValue(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void writeKeyValue(K key, V value) {
+		if (delete) {
+			gemfireTemplate.remove(key);
+		} else {
+			gemfireTemplate.put(key, value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.KeyValueItemWriter#init()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void init() {
+		Assert.notNull(gemfireTemplate, "A GemfireTemplate is required.");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/SpELMappingGemfireItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/SpELMappingGemfireItemWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c0a42b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/SpELMappingGemfireItemWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.item.data;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.SpELItemKeyMapper;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A convenient {@link GemfireItemWriter} implementation that uses a {@ link SpELItemKeyMapper}
+ * 
+ * @author David Turanski
+ * @since 2.2
+ */
+public class SpELMappingGemfireItemWriter<K,V> extends GemfireItemWriter<K, V>{
+	/**
+	 * A constructor that accepts a SpEL expression used to derive the key
+	 * @param keyExpression
+	 */
+	SpELMappingGemfireItemWriter(String keyExpression) {
+		super();
+		Assert.hasText(keyExpression,"a valid keyExpression is required.");
+		setItemKeyMapper(new SpELItemKeyMapper<K, V>(keyExpression));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/GemfireItemWriterTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/GemfireItemWriterTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..657b64833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/GemfireItemWriterTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.item.data;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.SpELItemKeyMapper;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireTemplate;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+
+@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "serial", "unchecked" })
+public class GemfireItemWriterTests {
+
+	private GemfireItemWriter writer;
+	@Mock
+	private GemfireTemplate template;
+
+	//private PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager = new ResourcelessTransactionManager();
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+		writer = new GemfireItemWriter();
+		writer.setTemplate(template);
+		writer.setItemKeyMapper(new SpELItemKeyMapper<String, Foo>("bar.val"));
+		writer.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAfterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		writer = new GemfireItemWriter();
+
+		try {
+			writer.afterPropertiesSet();
+			fail("Expected exception was not thrown");
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+		}
+
+		writer.setTemplate(template);
+		try {
+			writer.afterPropertiesSet();
+			fail("Expected exception was not thrown");
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+		}
+
+		writer.setItemKeyMapper(new SpELItemKeyMapper<Object, Object>("foo"));
+		writer.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBasicWrite() throws Exception {
+		List<Foo> items = new ArrayList<Foo>() {
+			{
+				add(new Foo(new Bar("val1")));
+				add(new Foo(new Bar("val2")));
+			}
+		};
+
+		writer.write(items);
+
+		verify(template).put("val1", items.get(0));
+		verify(template).put("val2", items.get(1));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBasicDelete() throws Exception {
+		List<Foo> items = new ArrayList<Foo>() {
+			{
+				add(new Foo(new Bar("val1")));
+				add(new Foo(new Bar("val2")));
+			}
+		};
+		writer.setDelete(true);
+		writer.write(items);
+
+		verify(template).remove("val1");
+		verify(template).remove("val2");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testWriteWithCustomItemKeyMapper() throws Exception {
+		List<Foo> items = new ArrayList<Foo>() {
+			{
+				add(new Foo(new Bar("val1")));
+				add(new Foo(new Bar("val2")));
+			}
+		};
+		writer = new GemfireItemWriter();
+		writer.setTemplate(template);
+		writer.setItemKeyMapper(new Converter<Foo, String>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public String convert(Foo item) {
+				String index = item.bar.val.replaceAll("val", "");
+				return "item" + index;
+			}
+		});
+		writer.afterPropertiesSet();
+		writer.write(items);
+
+		verify(template).put("item1", items.get(0));
+		verify(template).put("item2", items.get(1));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testWriteNoTransactionNoItems() throws Exception {
+		writer.write(null);
+		verifyZeroInteractions(template);
+	}
+
+	static class Foo {
+		public Bar bar;
+
+		public Foo(Bar bar) {
+			this.bar = bar;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class Bar {
+		public String val;
+
+		public Bar(String b1) {
+			this.val = b1;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
index 53eec5b43..d68929fe5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-parent/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@
 					<name>Apache Foundation Snapshot Repository</name>
 					<url>http://people.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository/</url>
 				</repository>
+				<repository>
+					<id>springsource-milestone</id>
+					<name>SpringSource Milestone Repository</name>
+					<url>https://repo.springsource.org/libs-milestone/</url>
+				</repository>
 			</repositories>
 			<pluginRepositories>
 				<pluginRepository>
@@ -691,8 +696,8 @@
 			</dependency>			
 			<dependency>
 				 <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-				 <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
-				 <version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+				 <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
+				 <version>1.5.0.RELEASE</version>
 				 <optional>true</optional>
 			</dependency>
 	  		<dependency>
@@ -710,7 +715,19 @@
 	 		<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
+				<version>2.2.0.RELEASE</version>
+				<optional>true</optional>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+				<optional>true</optional>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
+				<version>1.0.3.RELEASE</version>
 				<optional>true</optional>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
index 41e050dd2..20f53e65e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/pom.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			 <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-			 <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
+			 <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
 			 <optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
   		<dependency>