1.   According to Network Appliance, FAServer is the first implementation of a new direction for network file servers called file server appliances.

2.   A growing number of companies are tackling the problem with so-called thin server Internet appliances.

3.   Chip giant Intel is offering a server appliance that is used only to connect users to a printer.

4.   Jim Mazzola, a spokesman for Dell Computer, confirmed that the company is talking with Oracle about manufacturing the server appliance.

5.   Server appliances are targeted at small businesses or businesses with lots of branches that want to share Internet access and such resources as printers.

6.   When an online firm needs to boost its computing capacity, many rely on server appliances from Network Engines Inc., based in Randolph, Mass.

7.   For a while, Intel planned to sell the server appliances itself, but decided to assume a behind-the-scenes role rather than compete with key customers like HP.