IT Firms Give Money, Tech Support For Haiti Relief

By Damon Poeter, CRN 12:01 AM EST Fri. Feb. 19, 2010

Here's a sampling of what some technology companies, both big and small, have contributed to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. The dollar amounts listed below are the most recent figures that the companies listed have themselves reported giving to various agencies and organizations assisting in the relief effort in Haiti. In some cases, companies with employee donation matching programs have pledged larger donations than those listed, but have not yet reported hitting their targets.

MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS

Intel: $2.5 million

Cisco: $2.13 million

Microsoft: $1.25 million

IBM: $1.1 million

Salesforce.com: $800,000

Dell: $500,000

EMC: $500,000

Hewlett-Packard: $500,000

Xerox: $300,000

CA: $200,000

AMD: $100,000

Informatica:$100,000

Ingram Micro: $100,000

Tech Data: $100,000

F5 Networks: $65,000

Network Hardware Resale: $40,000

Softchoice: $33,000

Adtran: $25,000

FusionStorm: $14,000

Eze Castle Integration: $7,000

D-Link: $3,000

SpectraLogic: $2,500

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Coleman Technologies: Teamed with customers Care.org and Duke University, which used its RAPTOR solution for jumpstarting network capabilities quickly in order to ramp up for the relief efforts

Dell: Provided servers, notebooks, desktops, printers for an emergency relief information hub within hours of the earthquake

FieldWorker: Supplied software, backend support for the mobile emergency relief efforts of relief organization World Vision

IBM: Developed a vehicle tracking system with World Vision

Intermec: Donated 30 of its CN50 rugged mobile computers to World Vision, teamed with the NGO and FieldWorker on mobile emergency relief efforts

Intel: Built a modular data center for the Haiti Aid consortium of relief organizations

Lenovo: Donated 200 ThinkPad laptops to the America Red Cross

MyAssist: The mobile personal assistance service arm of the NoelGroup evacuated eight Haitian children in need of major orthopedic surgeries to Massachusetts, where they received free surgeries

Neomedia: Built the mobile barcode application for "m-giving" to Haitian relief used by attendees at the Mobile World Congress

Verizon Wireless: Delivered a texting platform for its customers to donate to the American Red Cross via their mobile phones, raising $4.84 million for aid to Haiti from Verizon customers