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Hewlett Packard

March 19, 1998

Bill Arnett
SysGold Inc.
430-150-6th Ave S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H7

Dear Bill,

Congratulations! The Distributor Authorized Reseller application you submitted
has been approved. You have been authorized to sell the HP products listed below
under the terms of Hewlett-Packard's DAR program.

Distributor Name: Ingram Micro Inc.

DAR Number: CAN00931

Effective Date: March 19, 1998

Expiration Date: March 19, 1999

Products: HP9000

Value-add: Energy Warehouse Program/Outsourcing IT Services

Target Geography: British Colombia

Target Market: (A) Restricted to only selling HP Products into accounts
purchasing your Energy Warehouse Program or Outsourcing IT Services as per
Business Plan submitted with DAR Application.

(B) Requires written HP-RSM approval to sell Outsourcing IT Services into
existing HP accounts

DAR Account Type: Solution Implementor

You are expected to ensure that all sales are made as specified in the
application with the above value-add into the above geography. Please be advised
that this authorization is for a 12-month period beginning on the Effective Date
and ending on the Expiration Date listed above, and providing your business
focus has not changed.

To secure authorization status, you have six months to become compliant with the
HP certification requirements of a minimum of one HP certified sales
professional, one HP certified presales technical consultant and one HP
certified postsales technical consultant per selling region in which you are
authorized. Certification is required by product line (HP9000 workstations and
servers), is based on the product line being resold, and is effective for one
year; annual recertification is required. Please refer to the training and
certification overview enclosed.

To help our resellers remain up-to-date with Hewlett-Packard products and
programs, a regular communication plan is also being established. Please
complete and return the enclosed faxback form to ensure that the appropriate
people in your company are kept informed of HP update training sessions, video
and audioconferences. We appreciate your interest in the DAR program and look
forward to your success with Hewlett-Packard products.

Regards,

Jay Khaira
Distribution Account Manager
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.

cc:      Geoff Coutts      Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.
         Alan Taylor       Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.

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         Deanna Hicken     Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.
         Judy Morellato    Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.
         Bernie Schmidt    Ingram Micro Inc.
         Fred Shaw         Ingram Micro Inc.
         Liz Groves        Ingram Micro Inc.
         Andrew Skidd      Ingram Micro Inc.