With the latest release candidate out for OpenOffice 3, the open source office suite is picking up steam, and along with Firefox, it is proving to be far and away the most popular piece of open source software out there.

It’s no secret that after several years of net losses when it comes to earnings, Overland Storage has been struggling a bit of late. However, the company’s profile has now sunk so low that it is in danger of being de-registered from Nasdaq.

According to a new study from IDC, datacentre energy costs are on the rise, with Western European organisations spending an estimated €1.6 (AU$2.85) billion in 2007 to power servers.

Data protection and restoration specialist Unitrends has announced new additions to its disaster recovery platform, promising unparalleled simplicity and support for upwards of 40 operating environments.

Estonian startup Zimplit has created what is claimed to be the “easiest” software platform for building a a content-managed Web site.

Xenos Group has launched a new Enterprise Server for electronic information infrastructure and management in the complex modern enterprise.

Pegasus Imaging Corporation has announced a major upgrade to Prizm Viewer, the browser-based image viewer.

HP is to acquire LeftHand Networks, a provider of storage virtualisation and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions, for $US360 million in cash

IBM is acknowledging the appeal of cloud computing with a new commitment to extend its traditional software delivery model.

Quantum and Riverbed have announced that they have resolved their de-duplication patent dispute, with both companies dropping their lawsuits against each other.