CANTERBURY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. 
                  PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING FISCAL 1997
                   Please sign and return immediately


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the undersigned being a
stockholder of Canterbury Information Technology, Inc., Medford, New
Jersey do hereby constitute and appoint Stanton M. Pikus and Kevin J.
McAndrew, or either one of them (with full power to act alone), my
true and lawful attorney(s) with full power of substitution to attend
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of said Corporation to be held at
The Mansion on Main Street, Plaza 3000 at Main Street, Voorhees, New
Jersey on September 9, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. or any and all adjournment
thereof, and to vote all stock owned by me or standing in my name,
place and stead on the proposals specified in the notice of meeting
dated July 28, 1998 or any and all adjournments thereof, with all the
power I possess if I were personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said proxy or proxies may be in my name, place
and stead as follows:

IMPORTANT: SIGNATURE REQUIRED ON REVERSE SIDE

1.  Election of Directors*

To elect seven (7) Directors, each for a term of one (1) year or
until the next Annual Meeting:

Stanton M. Pikus, Kevin J. McAndrew, Jean Zwerlein Pikus, Alan B.
Manin, Stephen M. Vineberg, Paul L. Shapiro and Frank A. Cappiello

    It is specifically directed that this Proxy be voted:
    FOR ALL NOMINEES [ ]  WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES [ ]

    INSTRUCTION:  To withhold authority to vote for any individual
nominee, write that nominee's name in the space provided below:

2.  Proposal to ratify Ernst & Young, LLP, as the Company's
Independent Public Auditors.

    IN FAVOR OF [ ]     AGAINST [ ]    ABSTAIN [ ]

*In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such
other business as may properly come before the meeting.

IF NO DESIGNATIONS ARE MADE IN THE SPACES PROVIDED ABOVE, THIS PROXY
WILL BE VOTED "IN FAVOR OF" THE ABOVE PROPOSALS.  The shares 
represented by a properly executed Proxy will be voted as directed.


THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; IT MAY
BE REVOKED PRIOR TO ITS EXERCISE.

_______________________________________(L.S.) DATE: _______, 1998
(Print Name)

_______________________________________(L.S.) DATE: _______, 1998
(Signature of Stockholder)

NOTE:  ALL JOINT OWNERS MUST SIGN INDIVIDUALLY. WHEN SIGNING AS
ATTORNEY, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN,
PLEASE GIVE FULL TITLE.  IF MORE THAN ONE TRUSTEE, ALL SHOULD SIGN.