Alex Ioannides
Head of DevOps
Prior to his tenure at itrinity, Alex founded FocusNet Group and served as its CTO. The company specializes in providing managed web hosting services for a wide spectrum of high-traffic websites and applications.
One of Alex's notable contributions to the open-source community is his involvement as an early founder of HestiaCP, an open-source Linux Web Server Control Panel.
At the core of Alex's work lies his passion for Infrastructure as Code. He firmly believes in the principles of GitOps and lives by the mantra of "automate everything". This approach has consistently proven effective in enhancing the efficiency and reliability of the systems he manages.
Beyond his professional endeavors, Alex has a broad range of interests. He enjoys traveling, is a football enthusiast, and maintains an active interest in politics.
Expert on: DevOps
Posts Verified by Alex Ioannides
UDP Monitoring: How It Works, Why It Matters, & How to Implement It
Some outages are obvious, others aren’t. With UDP, or User Datagram Protocol, a service can stay technically “up” while silently dropping packets, adding latency, or...
What Is UptimeRobot?
UptimeRobot is a hosted uptime monitoring platform that helps teams detect downtime, performance issues, and service failures across websites, APIs, and online infrastructure. A website...
The Ultimate Guide to Building a Status Page in 2026 (+ Templates)
Status pages help you communicate clearly and quickly with your customers. A good status page keeps everyone informed about operational updates, ongoing incidents, degraded service,...
Top Pingdom Alternatives: The Best Website Monitoring Tools Compared
Pingdom is one of the most well-known tools for uptime and performance monitoring. It’s often the starting point for teams that want to track website...
What is network monitoring?
Networks rarely fail all at once. More often, the first signs are slower apps, dropped connections, packet loss, or one device that starts acting up...
How to Run a Post-Mortem Meeting – A guide in 2026
An incident is not over when the service is back up. If the team skips the review, the same gaps in alerting, communication, ownership, or...