Daniel joined QA in 2006, having previously worked first as a developer and then a trainer on the Microsoft stack. He is an Authorized Amazon Instructor Champion and holds all of the current AWS certifications. As a Learning Consultant, Daniel focuses on creating and delivering courses about cloud services, service-oriented architectures, software development, DevOps and data engineering.
Daniel also delivers our Google Cloud Platform courses, and holds 2 GCP certifications: Data Engineering Professional and Architect Professional. Other areas of expertise include: C#, .NET and agile development.
His areas of interest also include Microsoft Azure, Python, sailing, skiing and cycling – although not necessarily in that order or at the same time.
What are IaaS, PaaS and SaaS?
What is the difference between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS? QA Learning Consultant Daniel Ives breaks down these common cloud services and explains how to get the most out o…
25 August 20215 good reasons to get cloud certified
Experienced QA Learning Consultant Daniel Ives reasons that getting cloud certification is now more valid than ever – despite what some maverick bloggers think. Here…
25 February 2021Dude, where's my Data?
QA's Principal Technologist gives his experience of the Google Data Engineering course.
08 August 2017The Advanced Networking on AWS Exam, now Proctored by PSI
QA's AWS Principal Technologist recently passed the Advanced Networking on AWS Exam and joins the elite group of people who hold all seven AWS certifications. He sha…
24 October 2017Converting CloudFormation JSON templates into YAML
People keep asking me why I'm so excited about YAML in CloudFormation. The simple answer is that it's easier for humans to read, and you can put comments in more eas…
07 December 2016