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The Series A IT Checklist: What Your Tech Stack Needs to Look Like After Your Raise

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management, IT Support, Remote IT May 12, 2026No Comments

You’ve raised your Series A. Congratulations. The next few months bring rapid hiring, increased investor scrutiny, and your first enterprise sales conversations. All of which involve questions about your IT and security posture that you may not have thought about before. Here’s what your IT foundation needs to look like — not for a large …

Cloud Readiness for SMBs: The IT Operations Foundation for 2026

by zLefterovCyber Security, DevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management, IT Support, Remote IT December 4, 2025December 3, 2025No Comments

For many small and medium-sized businesses, “cloud readiness” sounds like a DevOps or infrastructure-level topic.Something too advanced, too expensive, or too technical. But the reality is very different. Cloud readiness starts long before a company deploys servers, containers, or cloud-native apps.It starts in IT Operations — with everyday devices, identities, workflows, and security practices. As …

5 Common IT Support Mistakes Small Businesses Make (And How to Avoid Them)

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management November 17, 2025No Comments

Running a small business means wearing many hats. But when it comes to IT support, small missteps can lead to big problems — downtime, lost productivity, security issues, and even lost clients. After working with dozens of companies, I’ve seen the same mistakes repeated again and again. Here are the 5 most common IT support …

Making IT Life Easier: From Manual Tasks to Smart Automation

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management October 24, 2025No Comments

The working week was packed with tasks — from improving MDM remote management and strengthening SSO to tightening email security. On the surface, these sound like just technical checkboxes. But when you look deeper, they’re all connected to one idea: making IT life easier. Not just for us, the technical teams, but for everyone who …

Kubernetes Overview & Real-World Lessons from the AWS Outage

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management October 20, 2025No Comments

Earlier today, parts of AWS servers went down, and millions of people felt the impact. Communication platforms like Zoom and Slack were disrupted, reminding us once again that no system is immune to downtime. For businesses, even a short outage can mean lost productivity, missed opportunities, and frustrated teams. For engineers, it’s a wake-up call: …

Developing new skills while the world is changing

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management October 15, 2025October 16, 2025No Comments

Hello everyone! I hope you’re doing well and continuing to grow your skills every day. This morning was a bit different for me—I finally completed one of the chapters in the DevOps learning path I’ve been following for quite some time. It reminded me of an important lesson: no matter how hard we try to …

My First App is Live in the Cloud!

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management March 18, 2025No Comments

Hello everyone! I’m beyond excited to share some fantastic news with you. After six long months of hard work, coding, testing, and a few sleepless nights, my very first app is now live in the cloud! This post is not just about the technical achievement—it’s a celebration of a dream turned into reality. I want …

Partnering with Wave IT Solutions as an IT Solution Engineer

by zLefterovDevOps tools, IT Communications, IT Management March 11, 2025No Comments

I am excited to share a significant milestone in my professional journey—I’ve officially joined Wave IT Solutions as an IT Solution Engineer! This partnership marks a new chapter where I will be utilizing my expertise to drive innovation, optimize IT infrastructure, and implement cutting-edge solutions tailored to the needs of businesses. My Role at Wave …

My NUC DevOps Setup:

by zLefterovDevOps tools February 25, 2025February 25, 2025No Comments

From Ubuntu Installation to Wake-on-LAN and SSH When I decided to restart my DevOps training, I knew I needed a clean, efficient setup on my NUC. I wanted a system that would automatically install all the essential tools—like Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes utilities—and let me wake it up remotely with ease. Here’s a rundown of …

DevOps Beginner’s journey update

by zLefterovDevOps tools April 23, 2024May 25, 2024No Comments

Hello everyone! I hope you day started good! This is a small picture of my setup during my build process.I’m looking at some webpage guides to build some page which will show something more than “Hello World!” 🙂 , dealing with some file transfers from one place to another and so on… obviously 2 screens …