Bear 2.0rc3 has been released (SourceForge) [LWN.net]

Version 2.0rc3 of Bear, the ROLAP server from the BEE Project, has been announced. "We are going to release stable version of the v2.0.0 during the next week. We plan to release rc1 of v2.0.1 in the same time as well. This new version will bring several new features (e.g. improved subtotals management)."

"The BEE Project is a suite of tools supporting a Business Intelligence project implementation within middle-sized companies. The project methodology includes optimal data storage with respect to data analytical yield. The infrastructure for the ETL processes (data extraction and transformation, data warehouse loading) and the multi-layer application for analytic reporting are being developed. The solution architecture is based on the ROLAP methodology (relational on-line analytical processing) with the aim to cover projects with data volume up to 50 GB effectively, using open source technologies on the Linux/Intel platform."