India, March 24 -- IBM is reportedly laying off as many as 9000 workers at various locations around the United States in the latest round of corporate restructuring.

According to a report by 'The Register', the employees that the company is letting go include a quarter of staff working on the corporation's Cloud Classic operation.

While the report said that the company is keeping the exact number of layoffs private, an estimate suggests that almost 9000 jobs are at risk of the axe.

Affected teams are said to include those responsible for consulting, corporate social responsibility initiatives, cloud infrastructure offerings, sales, and folks who report to IBM's CIO and work on internal systems.

According to the report, one of the reas...