11.   Ruettgers said the pooling-of-interests structure of the acquisition made it impossible to spin off the server business for the next two years.

12.   Senior Vice President Mike Lambert, who is credited with giving Dell a leading position in the much-coveted server business, will retire later this year.

13.   To build its server business, Sun took advantage of its own strengths as the leading seller of workstations.

14.   Today, Zia runs one of the most promising pieces of Digital, its video server business.

15.   King cited strength in the computer server business and the leadership of chief executive Carly Fiorina.