New York Red Cross Needs Tech

gnat on 2001-09-13T20:28:39

hfb writes "New York Red Cross Needs Tech. American Red Cross is in dire need of technology equipment and services. The field workers and sites have little, if any, means of communication and the central office is processing way too much on completely paper systems. Your help in acquiring these resources would be greatly appreciated."

(As seen on NY IP list, TechTV, etc.)

Following is the list of equipment that the Red Cross needs for its field workers and expanded Emergency Operations Centers. It also needs certified Citrix engineers and Microsoft-certified consultants.

• 40 IBM computers and laptops (with NICs)
• Monitors (with desktops)
• Any storage solutions
• 25 10/100 hubs (8+ Ports)
• 100 Cat5 cables (All lengths)
• 50 power strips
• Any IBM-compatible memory
• Any 3Com wireless NIC cards and LAN products
• 30 desktop-size UPSs
• 15 LaserJet printers (HP 1100 or faster) and printer supplies
• 20 external Zip drives and disks
• Any diskettes and R/W CDs
• 5 external CD burners
• 5 duplex document scanners
• 25 extension cords
• any colored tie wraps
• any Velcro cable wraps
• 50 Citrix client licenses
• 12 PCMCIA LAN cards for IBM P20 ThinkPads, preferably 3Com (in addition to those in the new PCs)
• 50 Microsoft Exchange CALs
• 35 Microsoft SQL CALs
• 50 Microsoft Office Professional licenses
• 15 PC Anywhere licenses
• DSL lines
• PDAs with wireless capacity and service
• Nextel cellphones and service

[Nat Torkington adds: Don't bother calling the software companies--I did, and they're already onto it. Do offer what hardware you can, though.]

Thanks in advance for your generous assistance. Any donation will help greatly.

If you can help, please contact:

Joe Leo, Assistant Director, Business Applications, IT
American Red Cross in Greater New York
phone: 212.875.2409
email: jleo@arcgny.org
150 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023

PLEASE NOTE: His email is slammed, so don't resend your messages over and over again.