Maya Roney reports that while the server market is expected to slow, IBM is expected to be one of the companies that manages to grow server marketshare in the long term.

Forbes: Two Picks In Servers For The Long Term

Merrill Lynch research analyst Richard Farmer continues to expect modest deceleration in server unit growth as the corporate replenishment “echo” of the Y2K boom fades.

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Farmer said Sun Microsystems’ earnings are most exposed to a slowdown in the server market. However, “new products could offset the market trend,” he noted. The research analyst expects IBM and Dell to be long-run share gainers.