Inferno FAQ [Image] [Image] ----------- Here are the answers to some of the questions you may have about inferno. 1. What is Inferno? 2. What is the marketing plan for Inferno? 3. Who is part of the new Inferno business unit? 4. Will Inferno dramatically change the industry? 5. Is Inferno available now? 6. Who do you see as your top competitors? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Inferno? Inferno is a network operating system to develop and deploy intelligent devices in any networked environment. The Inferno Network Operating System provides all organizations with a small, secure, and efficient network operating system and programming environment. Designed to harness the power of any network and to enable intelligent devices, Inferno leverages an organization's existing hardware and software investments and significantly reduces client system administration. Inferno was developed by the scientists at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies' research and development arm. The Computer Science Research Center of Bells Labs created Inferno - this same Center developed UNIX, C and C++ programming languages and workstation technologies. Bell Labs received over 25,000 patents and holds the patents on every major telephony and networking innovation. Inferno is the latest revolutionary technology to be released from this impressive pipeline of innovations. -------------------------------- What is the marketing plan for Inferno? The Inferno business is currently licensing Inferno to network and internet service providers, as well as electronic device manufacturers, applications developers and content providers. -------------------------------- Who is part of the new Inferno business unit? Mike Skarzynski is the vice president and general manager of the Inferno team. The team is rapidly approaching 100 people representing the necessary range of R&D, business, and marketing expertise to make Inferno a success. This team draws upon resources within Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs to implement the business plan. -------------------------------- Will Inferno dramatically change the industry? There's no question that Inferno is a high-impact software innovation that will make interactive network communications dramatically easier and more cost effective. -------------------------------- Is Inferno available now? The complete Inferno network operating system is commercially available now. You can order the complete Inferno suite by telephone. Click here for ordering information -------------------------------- Who do you see as your top competitors? Inferno is a complete unique operating system. Several products compete with Inferno on specific, individual levels such as: OS9, QNX, JAVA OS, and GEOS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [What's New?] [Image] [Download] [Support] [Contacts] [Home] [Image] Send comments to: infernoweb@lucent.com Copyright ©1997, Lucent Technologies. [Image]