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Exhibit 10.33

FIRST AMENDMENT TO STANDARD OFFICE LEASE

        This FIRST AMENDMENT TO STANDARD OFFICE LEASE ("Amendment") is made as
of April            , 2002 ("Effective Date") by and between PACIFIC CORPORATE
TOWERS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Landlord"), and EN POINTE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant").

RECITALS

        A. Pursuant to that certain Standard Office Lease, dated as of April 30,
2001, by and between Landlord and Tenant ("Lease"), Landlord currently leases to
Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord, certain premises consisting of
approximately thirty-six thousand ninety (36,090) rentable square feet located
on the ninth (9th) floor ("9th Floor Premises") and nineteenth (19th) floor
("19th Floor Premises") of that certain building located at 100 N. Sepulveda
Boulevard, El Segundo, California ("Building") situated in that certain project
commonly known as Pacific Corporate Towers ("Project"). The 9th Floor Premises
and 19th Floor Premises are more particularly described on Exhibits "A-1" and
"A-2" of the Lease and are collectively referred to in the Lease as the
"Premises."

        B. Tenant desires to terminate the Lease as to the 9th Floor Premises.
Landlord is willing to agree to the early termination of the Lease as to the 9th
Floor Premises. Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to set forth the
terms and conditions upon which the Lease (A) shall terminate as to the 9th
Floor Premises and (B) continue in full force and effect as to the 19th Floor
Premises.

        C. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in the Lease unless otherwise defined in this Amendment.

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other
consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto amend, modify and supplement the Lease as follows:

        1. Contraction of Premises. Landlord hereby agrees that the Lease shall
terminate as to the 9th Floor Premises as of April 30, 2002 ("9th Floor Premises
Termination Date"). From and after the 9th Floor Premises Termination Date, for
all purposes of the Lease (as amended by this Amendment), the "Premises" under
the Lease shall consist solely of the 19th Floor Premises. Landlord and Tenant
hereby agree and acknowledge that the 19th Floor Premises consists of
approximately twenty-four thousand five hundred six (24,506) rentable square
feet.

        2. Consideration for 9th Floor Premises Early Termination. Tenant hereby
agrees and acknowledges that, as consideration for Landlord's agreement to
terminate the Lease with respect to the 9th Floor Premises, (A) Landlord shall
have no obligation to provide the Allowance in the amount of Two Hundred Seventy
Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($270,675.00) or make all or any
portion of the Allowance available for Tenant's use pursuant to Section 4.1 of
the Work Letter Agreement attached as Exhibit "C" to the Lease and (B) the Work
Letter Agreement shall be null and void and of no force or effect as of the 9th
Floor Premises Termination Date.

        3. Adjusted Basic Rental. Commencing on June 1, 2002 ("Contraction
Date"), Tenant shall pay Basic Rental for the Premises (as contracted by this
Amendment) as follows ("Adjusted Basic Rental"):

Lease Month

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  Base
Annual Rent

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  Monthly
Installments

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  Monthly
Rental Rate

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12-30   $ 735,180.00   $ 61,265.00   $ 2.50/RSF 31-60   $ 764,587.20   $
63,715.60   $ 2.60/RSF

        The Adjusted Basic Rental shall be paid in the same manner as set forth
in Article 3.1 of the Lease.

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        4. Tenant's Adjusted Proportionate Share. Commencing on the Contraction
Date, Tenant's Proportionate Share (as set forth in Article 1.5 of the Lease)
shall be two and forty-five one hundredths percent (2.45%) of Phase I ("Adjusted
Proportionate Share"). Tenant hereby agrees and acknowledges that Landlord may
re-measure the Project in the future and adjust the Adjusted Proportionate Share
accordingly so long as Landlord adjusts the proportionate share of all other
similarly situated tenants in Phase I by the same methods.

        5. Parking. From and after the Contraction Date, the number of
unreserved parking spaces to which Tenant is entitled under Article 1.9 and
Article 23 of the Lease shall be decreased to a total of ninety-eight
(98) unreserved spaces. Additional parking spaces will be made available to
Tennant at the price noted in Article 23 of the Lease.

        6. Tennant's Adjusted Security Deposit—Tennant has deposited with
Landlord cash in the amount of Ninety-three Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Four
Dollars ($93,834.00) as noted in Article 1.6 and Article 4 of the Lease, this
amount being equivalent to one nomth's Basic Monthly Rent Installment as
reflected in the Lease for months 31-60. Upon Vacation and Surrender of the 9th
Floor Premises, the Security Deposit will be reduced to Sixty-three Thousand
Seven Hundred Fifteen Dollars and 60 cents ($63,715.60), an amount equivalent to
one month's Adjusted Basic Rental Installment for months 31-60 pursuant to this
amendment. The difference between the initial security deposit and the Adjusted
Security Deposit of Thirty Thousand One Hundred Eighteen Dollars and 40 cents
($30,118.40) shall be refunded to Tennant by Landlord within fifteen (15) days
following Vacation and Surrender of the 9th Floor Premises.

        7. Vacation and Surrender of 9th Floor Premises. On or before the 9th
Floor Premises Termination Date, Tenant shall surrender and vacate the 9th Floor
Premises in the condition required by Article 29 of the Lease. If Tenant has not
vacated and surrendered the 9thFloor Premises in accordance with Article 29 of
the Lease on or before the 9th Floor Premises Termination Date, then, at
Landlord's option (in Landlord's sole discretion), (i) this Amendment (and
Tenant's right to terminate the Lease as to the 9th Floor Premises) shall be
null and void and the Lease shall continue in full force and effect as to both
the 9th Floor Premises and 19th Floor Premises or (ii) Tenant shall become a
tenant at sufferance as to the 9th Floor Premises, subject to the terms and
conditions of Article 5 of the Lease. Tenant acknowledges that it currently
keeps certain telecommunications equipment and other items of personal property
belonging to Tenant in the storage room located on the ninth (9th) floor of the
Building ("9th Floor Storage Room"). Tenant shall remove any and all equipment
or other articles of personal property belonging to Tenant from the 9th Floor
Storage Room on or before the 9th Floor Premises Termination Date. Subject to
this Section 6 above, the Lease shall terminate on the 9th Floor Premises
Termination Date as to the 9th Floor Premises and, thereafter, neither party
shall have any further obligation under the Lease with respect to the 9th Floor
Premises, except for those obligations under the Lease which survive the
termination or expiration of the Lease.

        8. Brokers. Landlord and Tenant agree that Landlord shall not be
obligated to pay any broker leasing commissions, consulting fees, finder fees or
any other fees or commissions arising out of or relating to this Amendment.

        9. Corporate Authority. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Amendment, Tenant shall provide Landlord with written evidence satisfactory
to Landlord that the individuals executing this Amendment on behalf of Tenant
are authorized to execute this Amendment and bind En Pointe Technologies, Inc.

        10. Use of Terms. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in
this Amendment, from and after the Contraction Date, the term "Premises" as used
in the Lease shall refer solely to the 19th Floor Premises.

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        11. ERISA Certificate. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Amendment, Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord an ERISA
Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A".

        12. No Option. The submission of this Amendment by Landlord, its agent
or representative for examination or execution by Tenant does not constitute an
option or offer to terminate the Lease as to the 9th Floor Premises or a
reservation of the right to terminate the Lease as to the 9th Floor Premises in
favor of Tenant, it being intended hereby that this Amendment shall only become
effective upon the execution hereof by Landlord and delivery of a fully executed
counterpart hereof to Tenant.

        13. Effect of Amendment. Except as modified herein, the terms and
provisions of the Lease shall remain unmodified and continue in full force and
effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this
Amendment and the terms and provisions of the Lease, the terms and provisions of
this Amendment shall prevail.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the date set forth above.

    TENANT:
 
 
EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
By:
    

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    Its:     

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                LANDLORD:
 
 
PACIFIC CORPORATE TOWERS LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
 
By: SSR Realty Advisors, Inc., its manager
 
 
 
 
By:
    

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Vice President

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