
IT Firms Give Money, Tech Support For Haiti Relief
12:01 AM EST Fri. Feb. 19, 2010Here'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