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With the new VMWare ESX infrastructure now live in our Melbourne hosting centre (see previous post) we have updated our hosting prices to reflect the new options for virtual dedicated servers. If you haven't seen the new price sheet contact me. In essence the pricing is broadly the same - but customers will receive a better solution - virtual dedicated servers instead of shared servers. For some configurations the new pricing is even a little lower.

We have added the option to sign 1, 2 or 3 year contracts (previously hosting did not require a contractual commitment to any period other than a month). Longer term contracts attract bigger discounts off the standard prices, so there is some incentive for customers to sign longer terms with us, save some money and get a better solution.

Due to the increased costs of running our business, including salary rises for you, we have announced our price increases for 2007. For reference, the CPI is currently running at 3.5%.

Hosting price increases take effect from September, and these have been already communicated to customers. Our hosting prices have been increased more than CPI to address the correct market pricing (we are still cheaper than Webcentral and they provide a volume service), as well as to allow us to provide our own greater levels of service. Customers wanting to lock in the old pricing are able to prepay a year or two in advance if they are interested.

In line with Keith's new role and authorised iMIS partners now present in Malaysia and Singapore, we have established formal iMIS pricing for Singapore and for Malaysia. These are separate price lists, based off the US iMIS 15 price book. In both cases, we quote and invoice in AUD$. Keith has all the details.

Please find attached iMIS Customer End of Year Promotions 2006.pdf the current iMIS Promotions for all customers until December 21, 2006. These promotions include:

1. Discounts on purchasing two (2) iMIS web modules as part of the same sale
2. Marketing Suite module trial package
3. Customer Only (CRM) user block discount offer

If you know of any customers that should be taking advantage of one of these offers, feel free to mention the offers to the customer and also please let the appropriate Customer Care Manager (or me) know so that we can follow-up with them.