Bal Heroor

Bal Heroor works as a CEO and Principal Consultant at Mactores. Mactores is a trusted leader among businesses in providing modern data platform solutions. Since 2008, we have been enabling businesses to accelerate their value through automation by providing End-to-End Data Solutions that are automated, agile, and secure. We collaborate with customers to strategize, navigate, and accelerate an ideal path forward with a digital transformation via assessments, migration, or modernization

Blogs and Articles

A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing an Enterprise Data Lake

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You’ve built your data lake. Congratulations! You now have a vast repository of raw data at your fingertips. But a data lake is more than just stora...

Jul 24, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Securing Software Performance Data with Amazon Timestream

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Businesses are increasingly relying on data to make informed decisions and optimize operations. Among the various data types collected, software perfo...

Jul 18, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Design Time Series Data Models for Internet Software with Timestream

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Designing effective time series data models is crucial for managing the vast amounts of data generated by internet software. Amazon Timestream is a po...

Jul 12, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Securing Financial Data with Amazon Timestream

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Data underpins critical decisions, ensures regulatory compliance, and fuels risk management strategies in financial institutions. Protecting this sens...

Jul 4, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Automating Data Management in Energy with Amazon Timestream

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Energy sectors generate vast amounts of data daily from diverse sources, such as smart meters, sensors, and grid systems, so effective data manageme...

Jul 3, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Advanced Query Techniques in Amazon Timestream for Gaming Insights

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In the gaming industry, gleaning actionable insights from player behavior is no longer a luxury; it's a necessity. While primary data collection provi...

Jun 26, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Effective Time Series Data Models In Healthcare with Amazon Timestream

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Amazon Timestream offers a powerful way to handle time Series data recorded over time. This technology helps healthcare providers track patient vitals...

Jun 25, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Media Data Security with Amazon Timestream

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The media and entertainment industry is undergoing a digital revolution. Companies produce and distribute vast quantities of digital content from stre...

Jun 24, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Securing Your Software Pipeline: HA and DR in Amazon Timestream

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The software development landscape thrives on continuous innovation. A steady data stream from development, testing, and production environments fuels...

Jun 20, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Optimizing Media Data Analysis: Efficient Queries in Amazon Timestream

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The media industry thrives on understanding its audience. Every click, view, and like generates valuable time-series data. But managing and analyzing ...

Jun 14, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Streamlining Manufacturing Data Ingestion with Amazon Timestream

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The factory floor – a symphony of whirring machines, flashing lights, and the steady hum of production. But beneath the surface lies a hidden world: a...

Jun 12, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Data Lakes in Retail: Customer Experience and Supply Chain Enhancement

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The retail industry focuses on integrating technology in various departments and day-to-day operations to keep pace with the digital world. With the i...

Jun 10, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Zero ETL: Benefits and Limitations

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Jun 6, 2024 by Bal Heroor

What is Zero ETL? Is it Better Than the Traditional ETL Method?

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In today's data-driven world, organizations are collecting information at an unprecedented rate. However, this vast amount of data is often scattered ...

Jun 5, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Generative AI: Reshaping Automotive Design and Engineering

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AI technologies have entered the automotive industry, starting with automation in manufacturing and advancing to vehicle design and engineering. AI dr...

Jun 3, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Smart Marketing with GenAI: Targeted Campaigns and Creative Content

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Marketing is a dynamic domain that transforms rapidly, particularly with the integration of newer technologies like GenAI. If you are a budding market...

May 31, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Efficiency and Precision: GenAI Tools Redefining Healthcare Research

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The convergence of genetics and artificial intelligence is one of the latest tech advancements reshaping the future of medicine. This intersection, kn...

May 23, 2024 by Bal Heroor

The Art of Gaming: How GenAI Transforms In-Game Visuals

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The gaming industry is booming, with a global market expected to reach $206.4 billion by 2025. A key driver of this growth is the relentless pursuit o...

May 21, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Advancements in Neuroscience: GenAI's Role in Hallucinations

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According to a study, 1 in every 20 people experience hallucinations at some point in their lives, often during periods of stress, sleep deprivation, ...

May 16, 2024 by Bal Heroor

GenAI vs. Traditional AI: Unique Differences in Media & Entertainment

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Creativity and artistic innovation are evolving with the advancement in artificial intelligence and relevant technologies. Most of us feel that the di...

May 14, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Designing Data Governance that Delivers Value

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The data era is upon us. While organizations stockpile information at breakneck speed, managing and extracting value from this vast resource remains a...

May 9, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Migrate Databricks to Amazon EMR: Enterprise Data Science on AWS

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Imagine this: you're drowning in data—petabytes of information crash against your servers daily, a treasure trove of insights waiting to be unearthed....

May 8, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Data Management vs. Data Governance: The Difference Explained

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The data deluge defines today's business landscape, and organizations are hungrier than ever for the hidden gems – actionable insights – buried within...

May 6, 2024 by Bal Heroor

What is Data Governance?

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Data has become an organization's most valuable asset in today's digital age. It fuels insights, drives strategic decision-making, and underpins innov...

May 3, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Apache BEAM on Amazon EMR

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The digital revolution has propelled organizations into a data-driven world. Petabytes of information are being generated daily, posing a critical cha...

May 2, 2024 by Bal Heroor

ETL Testing: A Step-by-Step Guide for Ensuring Data Integrity

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In today's data-driven world, reliable and accurate information is paramount for informed decision-making. This is where Extract, Transform, Load (ETL...

Apr 27, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Databricks to Amazon EMR: Operationalize Data Science on AWS With MLOPS

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Data science has witnessed a significant shift. Gone are the days of siloed experimentation and analysis. Today, it focuses on building robust, scalab...

Apr 24, 2024 by Bal Heroor

New CIO's Guide to a Successful First 100 Days

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Stepping into the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role presents a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact. As a CDO, CAO, CTO, Head of Data Scienc...

Apr 15, 2024 by Bal Heroor

The Changing Role of CTOs in the Age of AI

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally altering the business landscape. As AI technologies mature and become more accessible, they ...

Apr 15, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Data Lake

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In today's digital landscape, data is one of the most valuable assets for businesses. However, with the sheer volume and variety of data available, it...

Apr 9, 2024 by Bal Heroor

The Power of Real-Time Analytics: Driving Business Growth

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Real-time data analytics has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business operations. According to IDC, by 2025, nearly 30% of data generated will be r...

Apr 1, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Right Use Cases For Relational DB, Document DB, Graph DB, Time Series DB, and In-Memory DB

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The right database solution is essential for businesses aiming to grow in a competitive environment. The heart of any information system, the database...

Mar 20, 2024 by Bal Heroor

8 Techniques to Minimize Downtime During Database Migration

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As data fuels decision-making and drives innovation, the significance of minimizing downtime during a database migration cannot be overstated. Every m...

Mar 20, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Optimizing Production Lines with GenAI: A Manufacturing Game-Changer

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The manufacturing landscape is transforming with the integration of Generative AI (GenAI). As a manufacturing company, you get a smarter and more effi...

Mar 7, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Future-Proof Your Database: Generative AI for Oracle Migration to AWS

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The digital landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by the ever-increasing volume and complexity of data. As organizations strive to rem...

Mar 1, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Automated MLOps: Scaling AI from Experimentation to Production

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The promise of AI to revolutionize industries is undeniable. From optimizing supply chains to predicting customer behavior, its potential applications...

Feb 23, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Automated MLOps: Data Science to Operations Excellence

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Imagine a bustling city where data scientists are architects, engineers are builders, and business stakeholders are residents. Each group speaks its o...

Feb 21, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Simplified ML with Automated MLOps: Navigating Complexity

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The adoption of ML is skyrocketing across industries, with Statista predicting global market volume to reach an astounding $528.10 billion by 2030. Ho...

Feb 16, 2024 by Bal Heroor

The Impact of Automated MLOps on Business Efficiency and Innovation

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The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution reshapes industries, drives innovation, and unlocks new possibilities. However, harnessing the true potent...

Feb 16, 2024 by Bal Heroor

Essential Data Governance Strategies for your Data Stack

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According to a report by Forbes, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created daily, which continues to grow exponentially. Moreover, with the increasing...

Jun 15, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Data Lakehouses in Healthcare and what are it's Benefits

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A data lakehouse is a relatively new type of data architecture that can overcome many of the data management challenges currently facing traditional h...

Jun 15, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Manufacturing Companies' 2023: Insights & Strategies

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Manufacturing companies are increasingly embracing digital transformation and data analytics to enhance their operations and their competitiveness. Da...

Jun 14, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Healthcare Companies' 2023 Plans: Exclusive Surge Data Insights

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Jun 14, 2023 by Bal Heroor

The Impact of Data Security Breaches on Company Value

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Keeping a business secure is a never-ending race, with cyber attackers and bad actors seemingly always one step ahead. While business organizations ar...

Jun 14, 2023 by Bal Heroor

How Companies Can Perform Analytics on Blockchain Transactions

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Over the last two decades, the rapid pace of technological advancement has led to the widespread adoption of technologies that are changing how we liv...

Mar 19, 2023 by Bal Heroor

How to Launch a Modern Data Platform in 90 Days

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Are you looking to create a modern data platform? Let’s look at what a data platform can do for you and how you can build a modern data platform in 90...

Feb 1, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Are You Unlocking the Power of Your Data? Enhance your Analytics with Mactores Aedeon Data Lake

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The Mactores Aedeon Data Lake is a scalable, secure, and resilient data lake platform that enables various types of analytics, such as predictive, pre...

Feb 1, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Analytics for Inventory Optimization for Competitive Pricing

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Inventory optimization with analytics is a necessary part of any supply chain system. Businesses need to be able to estimate what they need and what t...

Jan 31, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Trade Risk and Pricing Analytics Platforms

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Pricing analytics platforms automate pricing by analyzing market trends, user behavior and competition strategies to optimize a company's pricing mode...

Jan 31, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Deep Dive: Enterprise Data Warehouse Migrations

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An enterprise data warehouse (EDW) is a central repository for an organization's structured data to support business intelligence (BI) activities, suc...

Jan 31, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Getting Business Value from Predictive Analytics

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Predictive analytics is a powerful tool for businesses to gain insights and make better decisions. This is a data analytics model that uses your histo...

Jan 17, 2023 by Bal Heroor

7 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Taking Over the Manufacturing Industry

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Artificial intelligence has quietly been taking over the manufacturing industry, and it’s having a major impact. Take a look at the key benefits of AI...

Jan 5, 2023 by Bal Heroor

Fully managed and scalable modernized data streaming platform

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Streaming services must ensure that their data is secure, highly available, and accessible. Apache Kafka can deliver on that promise. That's why it's ...

Aug 17, 2022 by Bal Heroor

How to modernize your data platform faster with cloud-based ETL

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Your data is growing exponentially and coming from new and diverse sources. Leveraging data for competitive advantage demands that people with varied ...

Aug 17, 2022 by Bal Heroor

Flipboard Partners with Mactores to Migrate High Volume Cloudera HBase Data Platform to a Fully-Managed Amazon EMR Service

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The social media company Flipboard started with a mission to create a user-centric news curation platform that connects every user with the most relev...

Aug 16, 2022 by Bal Heroor

Efficient Hadoop EMR Migration: Automation for Development & Cost

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You’ve already chosen Apache Hadoop because it’s one of the best frameworks for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. But there are many challeng...

Aug 16, 2022 by Bal Heroor

Migrating from Oracle database to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL using AWS DMS

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Synaptics is a California-based human interface hardware and software developer, including touchpads for laptops, touch, display drivers, and smartpho...

May 18, 2021 by Bal Heroor

3x Performance: Oracle to Amazon Redshift Migration with Zero Downtime

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A large manufacturing company faced many challenges with their Oracle data warehouse, which was deployed on-premises in 2009 with about 120 GB of data...

Jan 18, 2021 by Bal Heroor