Xtrail Hosting

Up here in the Venkatramana Arcade, things stay pretty quiet most of the time compared to the street outside. We run Xtrail Hosting from a small office that is basically filled with computer screens and a lot of tangled cables under the desks. It isn't the most organized looking place, but we know which wire goes where. Most of our day is spent sitting in front of monitors, checking on servers and making sure websites don't go down. When something breaks, it gets a bit frantic, but usually, it is just a slow rhythm of answering emails and fixing small technical glitches. The air conditioner hums constantly because the hardware gets quite warm. We take turns going down to the street to grab snacks or coffee when we need a break from the screens. The arcade has all sorts of businesses, so we see a lot of different people coming and going in the hallways. We don't do much advertising; people mostly find us through word of mouth or just stumbling upon our site. It’s just a handful of guys who know their way around a server. We don't wear suits or have big meetings. We just try to keep the lights on and the data moving without too much trouble. Sometimes we stay late when a big update is happening, but that is just part of the deal. It is a simple setup but it works for what we need to get done every day.