Company hopes to help the people in Thailand rebuild their lives

Dell announced that it will contribute to the Thailand flood relief efforts with a donation of Bt10.7 million (USD350,000) to the UNICEF Thailand Disaster Relief. The funds will be used to provide emergency relief and post-flood assistance to affected children and families in the areas of health, water supply and sanitation, hygiene promotion and education.

"Our thoughts and concerns are with our fellow Thai people and businesses as they face the challenges of rebuilding their homes and companies and we hope to provide aid to them through our contributions., said Anothai Wettayakorn, Managing Director, Dell Corporation (Thailand) and General Manager for Indochina.

In addition to the partnership with UNICEF, Dell is putting together other initiatives to support recovery. These include:

· Encouraging Dell volunteers to help with public flood mitigation and rectification activities

· Up to 60% cost reduction for many spare parts, including motherboards, memory and keyboards help partners and customers re-establish their businesses

· The introduction of "Dell Doctor IT" program as a repair initiative for partners' and customers' affected systems including desktops and notebooks

· The introduction of an IT-based benevolent strategy to helping a variety of its clients deal with flood-hit operations

· The establishment of special Disaster Recovery Team to help business partners and customers affected by floods. The responsibilities[i] of the special Disaster Recovery Team include:

o Running system diagnosis for clients, check server

o Offering uploaded storage at Dell's Data Centre to allow partners and customers to re-activate their systems

o Helping to relocate systems to another site

o E-mail recovery or e-mail set up on cloud system

o Data Center renovation to include checking of air conditioning system, floor, server, storage, and repairs where appropriate

· The employee giving program, matched by Dell, which has raised nearly USD20,000 from employees globally in support of the people of Thailand

Dell's contribution to the Thailand flood relief effort is an example of the key tenets associated with the company's Powering the Possible strategy. The program is designed to provide support to underserved communities, and one of the pillars of this strategy is to deliver disaster assistance to communities where we work and serve our customers.