IBM next month plans to release a new software product designed to bring business intelligence-style data views to the masses.Formerly code-named "Teton," the new offering has been officially christened IBM Workplace for Business Strategy Execution.

The software is not a separate BI application, but will have a BI look and feel, with dashboard analytics and views of data pulled from Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft data warehouses. Whereas top executives and project leads typically use a BI enterprise app, "this [application] is on everyone's desktop," said Larry Bowden, vice president of IBM Workplace Software Solutions at the IBM Software Group.

"It gives more power to people to move on objectives and manage achievements themselves," Bowden said.

Prashanth RaiTags(s):BI,Desktop