WebDesk2000 runs under Inergy's IOS2000, which the company dubs an Internet operating system. We are going into someone's living room and teaching them how to use their television as a computing device. It's a whole new industry. None of it resides on a user's computer, set-top box or other device. It runs entirely from an Internet server.
Users access the applications and store information on the server.
Analysts say Inergy is unique. E-mail software for TVs and other devices is common. Calif.-based GeoCities Inc. offer remote Web page design and hosting. But there isn't a remote suite of software like Inergy's. But potential rivals loom.