IBM technology, innovation aid tsunami recovery efforts
The effort is just one part of an outpouring of IBM volunteer and corporate support that includes $1 million in cash and services, a total that may increase.
IBM Corporate Community Relations worked closely with its US business partners to secure the technology as well as extra batteries, country-specific power supplies, Web cameras and fingerprint scanners over the New Year’s holiday weekend. IBM volunteers are now in the process of preparing the equipment for shipment to Bangkok, Thailand, where they will be distributed to outlying areas.
IBM managers in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Thailand have received calls from officials in those countries seeking recovery assistance.
The IBM Crisis Response Team has been in the region for nearly a week coordinating universal technology solutions that can be used across geographies to help coordinate disaster recovery efforts.
According to Stanley S. Litow, vice president, Corporate Community Relations and president, IBM International Foundation, IBM is providing assistance in establishing data management systems to track missing persons, assisting with establishing secure, wireless communications, managing logistics associated with refugee camp management and medical supplies, establishing systems to manage allocations of donations and consulting on a growing issue-trauma response.
“The IBM Crisis Response Team has responded to more than 70 major global disasters in the past several years, including 9/11. As with other disasters, we are working directly with government leaders, since a part of our solution involves training and capacity building for the lengthy recovery period," he said.
웹사이트: http://www.ibm.com
-
2013년 12월 16일 11:45