VMware 'not in Ireland for tax reasons'

From the old barracks in Ballincollig VMware is plotting to become one of the world’s largest companies by annexing a large portion of the $50bn (€38.8bn) cloud and virtualisation markets in the near future.

VMware’s chief financial officer, Jonathan Chadwick, was in Cork yesterday where he insisted that the firm was not in Ireland for tax reasons.

“We don’t run our business based on tax, we run our business based on the opportunity that is out there, from an overall market perspective.