1 EXHIBIT 10.61 FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Reference is made to that certain Agreement dated August 28, 1997 between the undersigned, Jeremiah J.J. van Vuuren, as "Executive" and Wang Laboratories Ireland B.V. as the "Company." Based on...

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.61




                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     Reference is made to that certain Agreement dated August 28, 1997 between
the undersigned, Jeremiah J.J. van Vuuren, as "Executive" and Wang Laboratories
Ireland B.V. as the "Company."

     Based on good and valid consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, and with the intent to be bound hereby, the parties
agree as follows:

(1)  Paragraph 8 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in full as
     follows:

     The terms and conditions of (i) this Agreement, (ii) that certain agreement
between you and Wang Laboratories, Inc., entered into contemporaneously with
this Agreement, regarding your employment within the United Kingdom, and (iii)
that certain Agreement between you and WLI, dated as of February 23, 1994, and
as amended, set forth the entire understanding of the parties in connection with
your employment by the Company and its affiliates and, by your signature below,
you expressly acknowledge that such terms and conditions supersede and restate
the terms and conditions set forth in the 1993 Employment Agreement.

     The parties hereby ratify the Agreement as amended hereby without further
changes. This Amendment to the Agreement is executed as a document under seal
this __ day of July, 1998.

                                           Wang Laboratories Ireland B.V.,

                                           By: ___________________________
                                               Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                               Director

AGREED:

By: ________________________
    Jeremiah J.J. van Vuuren