Price rise for VMware too

Virtualisation vendor VMware has confirmed that, like fellow US-based software giant Citrix, it is currently raising its prices in countries outside the United States due to the declining value of the US dollar.

This morning ZDNet.com.au revealed Citrix was hiking prices by 10 per cent in all countries except the US, due to the US dollar's weakness, with most changes to come into effect by 1 September.

Subsequently, industry sources revealed VMware was also raising its prices.

"In line with regular industry business practice, VMware is adjusting its international price list to appropriately reflect these recent currency fluctuations in local markets relative to the US dollar," VMWare senior director of pricing, licensing and launch management Ryan Knauss confirmed this afternoon.

"We are currently informing our partners and customers and will complete the transition by early September. There is no change to our pricing in markets that use the US dollar."

Like Citrix, VMware blamed the price rise, the amount which was not disclosed, on the US dollar.

"VMware's list prices for products are in US dollars, which has weakened significantly relative to most international currencies in recent months," said Knauss. "For example, the US dollar has declined against the Euro over the last year by nearly 15 per cent."

Many other corporate technology vendors which sell products in the Australian market have their headquarters in the US (for example, giants Oracle and Cisco), however, it remains unclear how many are planning imminent price increases in line with those revealed today by Citrix and VMware.

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