Editing Colorado Springs, Colorado (section)

===High-tech industry===
A large percentage of Colorado Springs's economy is still based on manufacturing [[high-tech]] and complex electronic equipment. The high-tech sector in the Colorado Springs area has decreased its overall presence from 2000 to 2006 (from around 21,000 to around 8,000), with notable reductions in information technology and complex electronic equipment.<ref>{{cite web |title=2006–2007 Southern Colorado Economic Forum Publication |url=http://web.uccs.edu/scef/data/scef/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514213139/http://web.uccs.edu/scef/data/scef/ |archive-date=May 14, 2008 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |page=18}}</ref> Current trends project the high-tech employment ratio will continue to decrease.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://web.uccs.edu/scef/data/scef/ SCEF – Southern Colorado Economic Forum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514213139/http://web.uccs.edu/scef/data/scef/ |date=May 14, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A barren Garden of the Gods |url=http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GSV0A5KE3CCGUQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=196902115 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095544/http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GSV0A5KE3CCGUQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=196902115 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |publisher=EETimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Heilman |first=Wayne |date=July 18, 2008 |title=Colorado jobless rate at its highest since 2005 {{pipe}} percent, rate, colorado |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/percent_38360___article.html/rate_colorado.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007065514/http://www.gazette.com/articles/percent_38360___article.html/rate_colorado.html |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Heilman |first=Wayne |date=August 30, 2008 |title=Manufacturing, tech jobs slipping away from Springs {{pipe}} manufacturing, springs, technology |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/manufacturing_40004___article.html/springs_technology.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907184247/http://www.gazette.com/articles/manufacturing_40004___article.html/springs_technology.html |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette }}</ref>{{update inline|reason=Projections are from 2007 and 2008|date=November 2021}}

High-tech corporations offering fibre-optics to the premises connections within the city include: [[Lumen Technologies]], [[Comcast]] and other providers as of 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtech.com/network/colorado-springs-colo-stands-to-gain-isp-choices-soon |url-access= |title=Colorado Springs, Colo., Stands to Gain ISP Choices Soon |last=Snouwaert |first=Jessica |date=September 15, 2022 |department=GovTech Today |website=govtech.com |publisher=Tribune Content Agency, LLC. |agency=The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=September 2, 2023 |quote= }}</ref> [[Hewlett-Packard]] still has some sales, support, and [[Storage area network|SAN]] storage engineering center for the computer industry.<ref>{{cite web |last=Laden |first=Rich |date=June 20, 2008 |title=HP plans to open centers in Arkansas, New Mexico{{pipe}} springs, colorado, new |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/springs_37486___article.html/colorado_new.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217150653/http://www.gazette.com/articles/springs_37486___article.html/colorado_new.html |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Heilman |first=Wayne |date=June 25, 2008 |title=HP to 800 Springs workers: Move to New Mexico or lose jobs {{pipe}} center, springs, employees |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/center_37622___article.html/springs_employees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011225251/http://www.gazette.com/articles/center_37622___article.html/springs_employees.html |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Heilman |first=Wayne |date=June 27, 2008 |title=HP to IT workers: Move to Fort Collins or lose job {{pipe}} move, workers, employees |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/move_37716___article.html/workers_employees.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120606140802/http://www.gazette.com/articles/move_37716___article.html/workers_employees.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette}} </ref> [[Storage Networking Industry Association]] is the home of the SNIA Technology Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=SNIA {{!}} Advancing Storage and Information Technology |url=https://www.snia.org/ |website=www.snia.org |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530233741/https://www.snia.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Keysight Technologies]], spun off in 2014 from [[Agilent]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Drake |first1=Michele |title=Agilent Technologies Spins Off Its Electronic Measurement Business, Keysight Technologies |url=https://www.investor.agilent.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2014/Agilent-Technologies-Spins-Off-Its-Electronic-Measurement-Business-Keysight-Technologies/default.aspx |website=Agilent Technologies, Inc. |access-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002527/https://www.investor.agilent.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2014/Agilent-Technologies-Spins-Off-Its-Electronic-Measurement-Business-Keysight-Technologies/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> which was itself spun off from [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] in 1999 as an independent, publicly traded company,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 18, 1999 |title=Agilents shares soar on first day |url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/11/18/companies/agilent/ |magazine=Money |access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> has its [[oscilloscope]] research and development division based in Colorado Springs. [[Intel]] had 250 employees in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heilman |first=Wayne |date=July 28, 2008 |title=1,000 Intel workers will get job-hunting help {{pipe}} intel, help, workers |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/intel_38707___article.html/help_workers.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809151505/http://www.gazette.com/articles/intel_38707___article.html/help_workers.html |archive-date=August 9, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette}}</ref> The Intel facility is now used for the centralized unemployment offices, social services, El Paso county offices, and a bitcoin mining facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://admin.elpasoco.com/wp-content/uploads/CAFR/2010-Comprehensive-Annual-Financial-Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427213203/https://admin.elpasoco.com/wp-content/uploads/CAFR/2010-Comprehensive-Annual-Financial-Report.pdf |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2010 |publisher=Budget Administration, Finance Division El Paso County, Colorado |date=2011 |access-date=November 30, 2021 }}</ref> [[Microchip Technology]] (formerly [[Atmel]]), is a chip fabrication organization.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wayne Heilman |date=December 15, 2008 |title=Atmel lays off 245 employees in Springs {{pipe}} atmel, employees, company |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/atmel_44889___article.html/employees_company.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120606140830/http://www.gazette.com/articles/atmel_44889___article.html/employees_company.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2009 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette}} </ref> The [[Apple Inc.]] facility was sold to Sanmina-SCI in 1996.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18160963.html] {{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>