Cisco is also working with a group called NetHope that facilitates nongovernmental group projects for bringing technology to needy causes worldwide. Along with satellite operators Eutelsat, Inmarsat Ltd., and other members of NetHope, Cisco is helping fund and supply the delivery of so-called NetRelief Kits, comprising suitcase-sized devices for Internet access via mobile satellite. The kits are meant to help charities such as Save the Children and Relief International with their efforts.
EMC has made an initial donation of $25,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Company spokesman Kevin Kempskie says CEO Joseph Tucci also sent a memo yesterday pledging dollar-for-dollar company matching of any employee contributions. Since then, more than 1,000 emails have come back with pledges, though half the company is still out on vacation.
EMC's not ready to release the figure it's collected, Kempskie says, but he's heard that several thousand dollars have come from the company's Singapore office employees since yesterday.
StorageTek has donated an initial $25,000 to the Red Cross, and a spokeswoman says executives have encouraged employees to donate as well.
Veritas has donated $50,000 to the Red Cross International Response
Fund and plans to match additional employee
donation dollars up to $50,000, says company spokesman Michael Hakkert.
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