EXHIBIT 10.3


                             SAGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                               SECURITY AGREEMENT

            This SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of April 15, 2003 (as amended,
modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, this "Security Agreement")
is executed by Sagent Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its
principal executive offices at 800 West El Camino Real, Suite 300, Mountain
View, California 94040 ("Debtor"), in favor of Group 1 Software, Inc., a
Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices at 4200 Parliament
Place, Suite 600, Lanham, Maryland, 20706 ("Secured Party").

                                    RECITALS

            A. Pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof
between Debtor and Secured Party (the "Note Purchase Agreement"), Debtor will
issue to Secured Party, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Note Purchase Agreement, one or more secured promissory notes in the aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $7,000,000 (collectively, the "Notes").

            B. In order to induce Secured Party to extend the credit evidenced
by the Notes, Debtor has agreed to enter into this Security Agreement and to
grant to Secured Party the security interest in the Collateral described below,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Security Agreement.

                                    AGREEMENT

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, Debtor hereby agrees with Secured Party as follows:

            1. Definitions. When used in this Security Agreement, the following
terms have the following respective meanings:

            "Accounts" means "accounts" as such term is defined in the UCC.

            "Collateral" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3 hereof.

            "Obligations" means all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations owed by Debtor to Secured Party pursuant to the terms of the Notes
and the other Transaction Documents, including, all interest, fees, charges,
expenses, attorneys' fees and costs and accountants' fees and costs chargeable
to and payable by Debtor thereunder, in each case, whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, and whether or not arising after
the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11
U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (including
post-petition interest), and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in
any such proceeding.

            "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
California and State of Delaware from time to time, as applicable. All
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings given in the Notes. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined
in the UCC have the respective meanings given to those terms in the UCC.

            2. Term and Termination.

            (a) Term. The term of this Security Agreement shall begin on the
date stated above and shall continue and be binding upon Debtor until all the
Obligations have been indefeasibly fully paid and satisfied in accordance with
the terms hereof and of the Notes.

            (b) Termination Statement. Upon payment in full of the Obligations,
Secured Party shall, upon request, deliver to Debtor a termination statement
releasing the Collateral from the liens created by this Agreement and do all
further acts and execute and deliver all instruments and documents necessary to
terminate the security interests granted herein.

            3. Grant of Security Interest. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Security Agreement, as security for the Obligations, Debtor pledges to
Secured Party and grants to Secured Party a security interest in all right,
title and interests of Debtor in and to the property described in Attachment 1
hereto, whether now existing or hereafter from time to time acquired
(collectively, the "Collateral"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the security
interest granted herein shall not extend to and the term "Collateral" shall not
include any property, rights or licenses to the extent the granting of a
security interest therein (i) would be contrary to applicable law, (ii) is
prohibited by or would constitute a default under any agreement or document
governing such property, rights or licenses (but only to the extent such
prohibition is enforceable under applicable law), or (iii) the outstanding
capital stock of a "controlled foreign corporation" (as defined in the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) in excess of 65% of the voting power of all
classes of capital stock of such controlled foreign corporation entitled to
vote.

            4. Representations and Warranties. Debtor represents and warrants to
Secured Party that:

            (a) Debtor is the owner of the Collateral (or, in the case of
after-acquired Collateral, at the time Debtor acquires rights in the Collateral,
will be the owner thereof). There are no Liens on any of the Collateral, other
than Permitted Liens;

            (b) Upon the filing of UCC-1 financing statements in the appropriate
filing offices, Secured Party will have (or in the case of after-acquired
Collateral, at the time Debtor acquires rights therein, will have) a perfected
security interest in the Collateral to the extent that a security interest in
the Collateral can be perfected by such filing, except for Permitted Liens;

            (c) All accounts receivable and payment intangibles are genuine and
enforceable against the party obligated to pay the same; and

            (d) All Collateral consisting of tangible personal property is
located at the Company's offices listed on Attachment 2, except for Collateral
which is mobile by nature.

            5. Covenants Relating to Collateral. Debtor hereby covenants and
agrees:

            (a) Subject to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, to perform all
acts that may be necessary (including such actions as Secured Party may
reasonably request) to maintain, preserve, protect and perfect the Collateral,
the Lien granted to Secured Party therein and the perfection and priority of
such Lien, except for Permitted Liens, it being agreed and understood that
Debtor is not required to obtain account control agreements in favor of Secured
Party;

            (b) Not to create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Collateral,
except Permitted Liens;

            (c) Not to use or permit any Collateral to be used (i) in violation
in any material respect of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or (ii) in
violation of any policy of insurance covering the Collateral;

            (d) To pay promptly when due all taxes and other governmental
charges, all Liens and all other charges now or hereafter imposed upon or
affecting any Collateral;

            (e) Without written notice to Secured Party, (i) not to change
Debtor's name, place of business (or, if Debtor has more than one place of
business, its chief executive office), location of any material portion of the
Collateral or the office in which Debtor's records relating to accounts
receivable and payment intangibles are kept, (ii) not to change Debtor's state
of incorporation;

            (f) To procure, execute and deliver from time to time any
endorsements, assignments, financing statements and other writings reasonably
deemed necessary or appropriate by Secured Party to perfect, maintain and
protect its Lien hereunder and the priority thereof;

            (g) Not to surrender or lose possession of (other than to Secured
Party), sell, encumber, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any
Collateral or right or interest therein, and to keep the Collateral free of all
Liens except Permitted Liens; provided that Debtor may sell, lease, transfer,
license or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral in the ordinary course of
business consisting of (i) the sale of inventory, (ii) sales of worn-out or
obsolete equipment, (iii) non-exclusive licenses and similar arrangements for
the use of the property of Debtor and (iv) the sale or factoring of the
promissory notes that were issued to the Company by former employees of the
Company;

            (h) To collect, enforce and receive delivery of the accounts
receivable and payment intangibles in accordance with past practice until
otherwise notified by Secured Party;

            (i) To maintain, at its expense, insurance policies insuring the
Collateral against loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, sprinklers and all
other hazards and risks, such policies to (i) be of a type and in coverage
amounts as are customary to businesses similar to Company's and (ii) name
Secured Party as loss payee thereunder;

            (j) To comply with all material requirements of law relating to the
production, possession, operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral;
and

            (k) To permit Secured Party and its representatives the right, at
any time during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit
and inspect the properties of Debtor and its corporate, financial and operating
records, and make abstracts therefrom, and to discuss Debtor's affairs, finances
and accounts with its directors and officers.

            6. Default.

            (a) Default. Debtor shall be deemed in default under this Security
Agreement upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
(as defined in the Notes).

            (b) Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any such Event of Default, Secured Party shall have the rights of
a secured creditor under the UCC, all rights granted by this Security Agreement
and by law, including the right to:

            (i) Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with account
      debtors for amounts, upon terms and in whatever order that the Security
      Party reasonably considers advisable;

            (ii) Make such payments and do such acts as Secured Party considers
      necessary or reasonable to protect its security interest in the
      Collateral. Debtor agrees to assemble the Collateral if Secured Party so
      requires, and to make the Collateral available to Secured Party in a
      mutually convenient location as Secured Party may designate. Debtor
      authorizes Secured Party to enter the premises where the Collateral is
      located, to take and maintain possession of the Collateral, or any part of
      it, and to pay, purchase, contest or compromise any encumbrance, charge or
      Lien, which in Secured Party's determination appears to be prior or
      superior to its security interest and to pay all expenses incurred in
      connection therewith. With respect to any of the Debtor's owned or leased
      premises, the Debtor hereby grants Secured Party a license to, upon the
      occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, enter into possession
      of such premises and to occupy the same, without charge, in order to
      exercise any of Secured Party's rights or remedies provided herein, at
      law, in equity or otherwise;

            (iii) Ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair,
      prepare for sale, advertise for sale and sell (in the manner provided for
      herein) the Collateral. Secured Party is hereby granted a license or other
      right, solely pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6(b), to use,
      without charge, the Debtor's intellectual property, or any property of a
      similar nature, as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production
      of, advertising for sale and selling any Collateral and, in connection
      with Secured Party's exercise of its rights under this Section 6(b),
      Debtor's rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall
      inure to Secured Party's benefit;

            (iv) Sell the Collateral at either a public or private sale, or
      both, by way of one or more contracts or transactions, for cash or on
      terms, in such manner and at such places (including Debtor's premises) in
      a commercially reasonable manner, and apply any proceeds to the
      Obligations in whatever manner or order Secured Party deems appropriate;

            (v) Credit bid and purchase at any public sale in accordance with
      the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction; and

            (vi) Notify any Person owing funds to the Debtor of Secured Party's
      security interest in such funds and verify the amount of such Account and
      Debtor agrees to collect all amounts owing to Debtor for Secured Party,
      receive in trust all payments as Secured Party's trustee and immediately
      deliver such payments to Secured Party in their original form as received
      from the account debtor, with proper endorsements for deposit.

            Any deficiency that exists after disposition of the Collateral as
provided above will remain due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Notes.

            (c) Power of Attorney. Effective only during the existence of an
Event of Default, Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints Secured Party (and any of
Secured Party's designated officers or employees) as Debtor's true and lawful
attorney to:

            (i) send requests for verification of Accounts or notify account
      debtors of Secured Party's security interest in the Accounts;

            (ii) endorse Debtor's name on any checks or other forms of payment
      or security that may come into Secured Party's possession;

            (iii) sign Debtor's name on any invoice or bill of lading relating
      to any Account, drafts against account debtors, schedules and assignments
      of Accounts, verifications of Accounts and notices to account debtors;

            (iv) after acceleration of the Obligations, dispose of any
      Collateral;

            (v) make, settle and adjust all claims under and decisions with
      respect to Debtor's policies of insurance;

            (vi) settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting the accounts
      directly with account debtors, for amounts and upon terms which Secured
      Party determines to be reasonable;

            (vii) after acceleration of the Obligations, to transfer the
      Intellectual Property into the name of Secured Party or a third party to
      the extent permitted under the UCC; and

            (viii) to file, in its sole discretion, one or more financing or
      continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the
      Collateral; provided that Secured Party may exercise such power of
      attorney to sign the name of Debtor on any of the documents described in
      Section 8 of this Security Agreement regardless of whether an Event of
      Default has occurred.

            The appointment of Secured Party as Debtor's attorney-in-fact, and
each and every one of Secured Party's rights and powers, being coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable until all of the Obligations have been fully satisfied
and performed.

            7. Material Adverse Effect. In the event that there shall have
occurred any event, condition or state of facts that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, then Secured Party shall have the
right to take any and all actions as are reasonably necessary to protect Secured
Party's interest in the Collateral, including the right to:

            (a) Make such payments and do such acts as Secured Party considers
necessary or reasonable to protect its security interest in the Collateral;

            (b) Notify any Person owing funds to the Debtor of Secured Party's
security interest in such funds and verify the amount of such Account; and
Debtor agrees to collect all amounts owing to Debtor for Secured Party, receive
in trust all payments as Secured Party's trustee and immediately deliver such
payments to Secured Party in their original form as received from the account
debtor, with proper endorsements for deposit; and

            (c) Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with account
debtors for amounts, upon terms and in whatever order that the Security Party
reasonably considers advisable.

            8. Authorization to File; Delivery of Additional Documentation
Required. Debtor authorizes Lender to file financing statements without notice
to Company, with all appropriate jurisdictions, as Lender deems appropriate, in
order to perfect or protect Lender's security interest in the Collateral. The
Company shall execute and deliver to Lender, at the request of Lender, all
documents that Lender may reasonably request, in form satisfactory to Lender, to
perfect and continue perfected Lender's security interest in the Collateral and
in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated under the
Transaction Documents.

            9. Miscellaneous. (a) Notices. All notices, requests, demands,
consents, instructions or other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing and faxed or delivered by courier to each party as follows:

            if to Secured Party, to;

                  Group 1 Software, Inc.
                  4200 Parliament Place, Suite 600
                  Lanham, Maryland, 20706
                  Tel: (301) 918-0400
                  Fax: (301) 918-0430
                  Attention: General Counsel

            with a copy to:

                  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
                  100 Maiden Lane
                  New York, New York 10038
                  Tel: (212) 504-6057
                  Fax: (212) 504-6666
                  Louis J. Bevilacqua, Esq.

            or if to Debtor, to;

                  Sagent Technology, Inc.
                  800 West El Camino Real
                  Suite 300
                  Mountain View, CA, 94040
                  Tel: (650) 815-3100
                  Fax: (650) 815-3500
                  Attention: Chief Executive Officer

            with a copy to:

                  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
                  650 Page Mill Road
                  Palo Alto, CA 94304
                  Tel: (650) 493-9300
                  Fax: (650) 493-6811
                  Attention: Stephen M. Welles, Esq.

            All such notices and communications shall be effective (a) when sent
by Federal Express or other overnight service of recognized standing, on the
third business day following the deposit with such service; and (b) when faxed,
upon confirmation of receipt.

            (b) Nonwaiver. No failure or delay on Secured Party's part in
exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other
right nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any
other further exercise thereof or of any other right.

            (c) Amendments and Waivers. This Security Agreement may not be
amended or modified, nor may any of its terms be waived, except by written
instruments signed by Debtor and Secured Party. Each waiver or consent under any
provision hereof shall be effective only in the specific instances for the
purpose for which given.

            (d) Assignments. This Security Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of Secured Party and Debtor and their respective successors
and assigns; provided, however, that Debtor may not sell, assign or delegate
rights and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Secured
Party.

            (e) Payments Free of Taxes, Etc. All payments made by Debtor under
this Security Agreement shall be made by Debtor free and clear of and without
deduction for any and all present and future taxes, levies, charges, deductions
and withholdings. In addition, Debtor shall pay upon demand any stamp or other
taxes, levies or charges of any jurisdiction with respect to the execution,
delivery, registration, performance and enforcement of this Security Agreement.
Upon request by Secured Party, Debtor shall furnish evidence satisfactory to
Secured Party that all requisite authorizations and approvals by, and notices to
and filings with, governmental authorities and regulatory bodies have been
obtained and made and that all requisite taxes, levies and charges have been
paid.

            (f) Partial Invalidity. If at any time any provision of this
Security Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
respect under the law or any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement nor the
legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any
other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

            (g) Headings. Headings in this Security Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and are not part of the substance hereof or
thereof.

            (h) Construction. Each of this Security Agreement and the Notes are
the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, Debtor, Secured
Party and their respective counsel. Accordingly, this Security Agreement and the
Notes shall be deemed to be the product of all parties hereto, and no ambiguity
shall be construed in favor of or against Debtor or Secured Party.

            (i) Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, taken together, constitute and contain the entire
agreement of Debtor and Secured Party and supersede any and all prior
agreements, negotiations, correspondence, understandings and communications
among the parties, whether written or oral, respecting the subject matter
hereof.

            (j) Governing Law. This Security Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without
reference to conflicts of law rules (except to the extent governed by the UCC)
THE PARTIES HERETO, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AS TO ANY ISSUE RELATING
HERETO IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT.

            (k) Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall be deemed to constitute one instrument.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of
the date and year first written above.

                                       GROUP 1 SOFTWARE, INC.




                                       By: /s/ Mark D. Funston
                                           -----------------------------------
                                           Name:   Mark D. Funston
                                           Title:  Chief Executive Officer


                                       SAGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.




                                       By: /s/ Andre Boisvert
                                           -----------------------------------
                                           Name:   Andre Boisvert
                                           Title:  Chairman and CEO

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                                  ATTACHMENT 1

                              To Security Agreement

            All right, title, interest, claims and demands of Debtor in and to
all of its assets and properties including, without limitation, the following:

                  (i) All goods and equipment now owned or hereafter acquired,
            including, without limitation, all laboratory equipment, computer
            equipment, office equipment, machinery, fixtures, vehicles, and any
            interest in any of the foregoing, and all attachments, accessories,
            accessions, replacements, substitutions, additions, and improvements
            to any of the foregoing, wherever located;

                  (ii) All inventory now owned or hereafter acquired, including,
            without limitation, all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies,
            packing and shipping materials, work in process and finished
            products including such inventory as is temporarily out of Debtor's
            custody or possession or in transit and including any returns upon
            any accounts or other proceeds, including insurance proceeds,
            resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the foregoing and
            any documents of title representing any of the above, and Debtor's
            books relating to any of the foregoing;

                  (iii) All contract rights, general intangibles, health care
            insurance receivables, payment intangibles and commercial tort
            claims, now owned or hereafter acquired, including, without
            limitation, all patents, patent rights (and applications and
            registrations therefor), trademarks and service marks (and
            applications and registrations therefor), inventions, copyrights,
            mask works (and applications and registrations therefor), trade
            names, trade styles, software and computer programs, trade secrets,
            methods, processes, know how, drawings, specifications,
            descriptions, and all memoranda, notes, and records with respect to
            any research and development, goodwill, license agreements,
            franchise agreements, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders,
            customer lists, route lists, infringements, claims, computer
            programs, computer disks, computer tapes, literature, reports,
            catalogs, design rights, income tax refunds, payments of insurance
            and rights to payment of any kind and whether in tangible or
            intangible form or contained on magnetic media readable by machine
            together with all such magnetic media;

                  (iv) All now existing and hereafter arising accounts, contract
            rights, royalties, license rights and all other forms of obligations
            owing to Debtor arising out of the sale or lease of goods, the
            licensing of technology or the rendering of services by Debtor
            (subject, in each case, to the contractual rights of third parties
            to require funds received by Debtor to be expended in a particular
            manner), whether or not earned by performance, and any and all
            credit insurance, guaranties, and other security therefor, as well
            as all merchandise returned to or reclaimed by Debtor and Debtor's
            books relating to any of the foregoing;

                  (v) All documents, cash, deposit accounts, letters of credit,
            letter of credit rights, supporting obligations, certificates of
            deposit, instruments, chattel paper, electronic chattel paper,
            tangible chattel paper and investment property, including, without
            limitation, all securities, whether certificated or uncertificated,
            security entitlements, securities accounts, commodity contracts and
            commodity accounts, and all financial assets held in any securities
            account or otherwise, wherever located, now owned or hereafter
            acquired and Debtor's books relating to the foregoing;

                  (vi) Any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the
            above and all substitutions for, additions and accessions to and
            proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, insurance,
            condemnation, requisition or similar payments and the proceeds
            thereof; and

                  (vii) Any Lien obtained by Debtor from any third party as
            security for the payment or enforcement of accounts.
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                                  ATTACHMENT 2
                              TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

1.    800 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA

2.    125 TownPark Drive, Suite 300, Kennesaw, GA 30144

3.    Suite 1 of 261032 Hwy 1, Ste 1, Sequim, WA 98382

4.    800 High School Way, Apt. 3, Mountain View, CA 94040

5.    West Oaks Executive Park, 3702 Pender Drive, Suite 350, Suite 350,
      Fairfax, VA

6.    2030 Main St, Ste 1300, Irvine, CA 92614

7.    One O'Hare Centre, 6250 N. River Road, Suite 8005, Rosemont, IL 60018

8.    97 State Route 18 South, Suite 3000, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

9.    4750 Walnut St., Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301-2538

10.   Building 2, Country Club Estate, Woodlands Drive, Woodmead, 2157 South
      Africa

11.   Far East Architects Building 5F, 2-12-2 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo,
      Japan 106-0031

12.   80 Raffles Place, 36th Floor, UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624

13.   100 Longwater Avenue, Green Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 6GP United
      Kingdom

14.   103 Rue Pereire, Bat A, 1er Etage, St. Germain en Laye 78105 France

15.   Muenchner Stra(beta)e 11, D-85540 Haar bei Muenchen, Germany

16.   Room 1215 Canway Building, 66 Nan Li Shi Road, Beijing, China 100045

17.   144-27 10th Floor, Bonsol Building, Samsung-Dong, Seoul, Korea

18.   Suite 7-5, Level 7, Wisma UOA II, 21 Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur 50450
      (closing in May 2003)