Technology Briefs

Computerworld - Citrix, SAP Release Joint Offering
Citrix Systems Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and SAP America Inc. in Newtown Square, Pa., last week announced a joint product offering to provide small and medium-size businesses with remote access to SAP's accounting, sales, CRM and manufacturing software. The two will bundle SAP's Business One with the Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server to provide remote access to the applications for companies with up to 250 employees.
Wyse Thin-Client Terminal Upgraded
Wyse Technology Inc. last week released a new version of its thin-client terminal. About the size of a paperback book, the Winterm S30 is 30% smaller than its predecessor and comes with the Windows CE 5.0 operating system, according to the San Jose-based company. Wyse said the terminal's performance has been boosted thanks to improvements in chips from Advance Micro Devices Inc. and upgraded RAM. Pricing starts at $399.
OpenVMS for Integrity Debuts
Hewlett-Packard Co. last week released a production version of OpenVMS 8.2 for its Integrity server line. It's the first production release of the operating system for the servers.
New ZipLip E-mail Archiving Software
ZipLip Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., is expected to announce Version 5.0 of its Unified E-mail Archival Suite, with new features designed to help users comply with government regulations. Those features include attorney-client-privilege flagging and logs, according to ZipLip. The software costs $15,000 for 25 users.