VMware Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif., virtualization firm with offices in Broomfield and Colorado Springs, began cutting 800 jobs this week. An unspecified number of jobs were in Colorado.
“We have not announced the number of positions that have been eliminated for specific locations of business units,” Michael Thacker, a company spokesman, said in an e-mail. “I can confirm we have not announced any office closures in Colorado.”
According to the city of Broomfield, employers with 158 people.
VMware rose to fame because of its virtualization software, which allowed businesses to, for example, access the Windows operating system on a Mac computer.
It expanded in the Denver area in 2008, according to an . It leased 50,000-square feet in office space at the Interlocken Business Park. At the time, it planned to add 300 jobs in the next couple of years.
VMware, whose parent EMC Corp. is . for $67 billion, announced the job cuts during its fourth-quarter earnings report on Tuesday.
In a release announcing its financial results, Jonathan Chadwick, the company’s chief financial officer, said revenues and operating margin “met or exceeded” expectations.
The release then noted the job cuts due to “a restructuring and realignment” and that Chadwick was leaving his position.
VMware will take a $55 million to $65 million charge because of the layoffs and will “reinvest the associated savings in field, technical and support resources associated with growth products.”
On its site, VMware shows offices at 380 Interlocken Crescent Blvd. in Broomfield and at 7450 Campus Drive in Colorado Springs.
The company said it employed 18,000 people worldwide at the end of 2014, according to its annual report.
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