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Dell Ranks No. 1 in Technology BusinessResearch, Inc. 3Q99 CBQ Ranking; Compaq Maintains No. 3 RankingDespite Struggling Commercial PC Business January 14, 2000 09:55 AM HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2000--Dell Computer broke its deadlock with Sun Microsystems in TBR's (www.tbri.com) Computer Business Quarter (CBQ) ranking. While last quarter the two companies were tied for the top spot, this quarter, Dell Computer DELL retained the No. 1 ranking while Sun SUNW slipped to the No. 2 spot due to continuing pressure on its product strategy score as a result of aggressive offerings by the PC server vendors. The strength of both Dell and Sun, as indicated by their leadership positions each quarter in TBR's CBQ ranking, shows that each has the ability to recast themselves to capitalize on emerging market opportunities. For example, while Dell's success over the past five years was largely due to desktop and portable sales, TBR expects that Dell's success in the next five years will be driven by services, servers, and storage. Similarly, Sun's ".com" initiative, coupled with the company's willingness to risk innovation, broadens Sun's target market well into the future. CBQ Benchmark Index for Third Quarter 1999 3Q99 Rank 2Q99 Rank 2Q99 3Q99 No. 1 Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) No. 1 6.64 6.40 No. 2 Sun (Nasdaq: SUNW) No. 1 6.64 6.14 No. 3 Compaq (NYSE: CPQ) No. 3 6.25 5.89 No. 4 Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) No. 4 5.72 5.67 No. 5 Gateway (NYSE: GTW) No. 7 5.37 5.22 No. 6 Unisys (NYSE: UIS) No. 5 5.67 5.19 No. 7 Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) No. 7 5.37 5.12 No. 8 IBM (NYSE: IBM) No. 6 5.56 5.09 No. 9 Acer Group No. 13 4.64 4.97 No. 10 Micron (Nasdaq: MUEI) No. 11 4.78 4.71 No. 11 Toshiba America No. 12 4.75 4.10 No. 12 SGI (NYSE: SGI) No. 9 5.27 4.07 Source: TBR Note: Data General (ranked No. 10 in 2Q99) is not included in