ICT SupportCisco Offers to Aid Gulf Coast Schools

Cisco Offers to Aid Gulf Coast Schools. New York Times. Online October 2005. Cisco Systems and some of its executives plan to donate $40 million in cash, equipment and services to install wireless Internet access and other high-tech services in Gulf Coast schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the chief executive, John T. Chambers, said yesterday. Cisco Systems said it will help schools in the Gulf Coast region install wireless Internet and other technologies via a $40 million package backed in part by personal donations from Chief Executive Officer John Chambers and Chairman John Morgridge. Mr. Chambers, speaking at a presentation in Jackson, Miss., said the devastation left by the storm presented an opportunity to upgrade the schools and to provide a model for other districts around the country. The program might also increase the market for Cisco products, company executives said.