Intel to aid Katrina effort

Pledges:

1500 PCs.

150 Wireless Access Points.

Technical Support.

$1,000,000 in financial assistance to the Red Cross.

Paid leave to Intel employees mobilized for on-ground assistance.

To match employee contributions to the Red Cross or other 501(c)3 charitable organization providing disaster assistance through the end of September.

Intel is donating some of its own systems and is pooling donations from such original equipment manufacturers as Dell and Lenovo.

Intel is also working with its partners, including Tropos Networks, MCI and SkyTel to bring wireless Internet connectivity to New Orleans relief efforts.

Read the Intel press release here.

Hat tip to Intel and its partners. Intel is an honorary Ramboid.