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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.
Virtualisation and remote access specialist Citrix Systems yesterday told customers it would hike prices by 10 per cent in all countries except the United States, due to the changing value of the US dollar.
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