On Saturday, June 2, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, CrossRealms is sponsoring an Electronic Waste Recycling Drive in partnership with and benefitting Camp Butterfly, a non-profit organization dedicated to the holistic development of girls of color. This event coincides with the phase 2 kick-off of Camp Butterfly’s environmental stewardship program, The Green Butterfly Project [...]
Blog Archive for the ‘Green’ Category
Trading E-Waste for Urban Green Space
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012Green Tech Center Video Blog
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Check out our new video blog to learn about our project to build a green urban technology center!
The Digital Divide
Monday, February 6th, 2012Chicago is a city divided. We at CrossRealms want to bridge the gap between the affluent, digitally-rich parts of the city and the vast swaths in which wireless internet is hard to come by. Fundamental training in information technology (or lack thereof) has socio-economic implications that can resonate for generations– those who interact with technology [...]
Moving Forward with Green Data Center
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Here at CrossRealms, IT is our business, but it’s not the whole picture. We are a company that takes pride in providing you with the best possible solutions to maximize computing efficiency, minimize costs, and make your whole IT experience pretty darn pleasant. But why do we do it? As a for-profit business, it’s no [...]
Green Data Center Concept For The City of Chicago
Monday, May 2nd, 2011For the past eight months I’ve been thinking about a new design concept for a data center within the Chicago area. There is a continuous need for data center space in the city and I strongly believe that the data center should enhance the surrounding environment as opposed to being just another non-descript concrete building. [...]
Considerations for PoE Deployments in Switch Closets
Friday, March 25th, 2011As companies supplant digital handsets with IP phones, they deploy Power-over-Ethernet switches to support them. PoE switches generate almost five times more heat than data-only switches, however, heat that has to be taken into account in switch-closet design. There isn’t much written about how to deal with heat in these small spaces, a fact that [...]