Exhibit 10.10
                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$3,750,000                                             Jericho, New York
                                                       July 9, 2002

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED UNLESS SO REGISTERED OR AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED,  the  undersigned,  NetWolves  Acquisitions,  Inc. (the
"Company"), promises to pay to Norstan, Inc., or its assigns ("Norstan"), at its
offices at 5101  Shady Oak Road,  Minnetonka,  Minnesota  55343 or at such other
place as the holder of this Note may designate  from time to time, the principal
sum  of  Three  Million  Seven  Hundred  Fifty   Thousand  and  00/100   Dollars
($3,750,000).

     1. The entire  principal  amount of this Note which is  outstanding  on the
first  anniversary  of the date hereof (the "Maturity  Date"),  shall be due and
payable in full on the Maturity  Date.  Payments of principal and all other sums
due and owing under this Note shall be made in lawful money of the United States
of America.

     2.  This Note has been  issued  pursuant  to that  certain  Stock  Purchase
Agreement,  dated January 30, 2002, by and among the Company,  Norstan,  Norstan
Network  Services,  Inc. ("NNS") and NetWolves  Corporation (the "Stock Purchase
Agreement").

     3. The Note shall be subject to "Default  Interest" after the Maturity Date
if the entire  principal amount of the Note is not paid as of the Maturity Date,
irrespective of any early acceleration hereunder.  The Default Interest shall be
interest of twelve percent (12%) per annum,  compounded annually,  on the unpaid
principal  (including any previously accrued Default Interest one year after the
Maturity Date) of the Note.

     4. Notwithstanding  anything in this Note to the contrary,  on the Maturity
Date,  Norstan  shall be  entitled  to  payment  of all  principal  and  Default
Interest,  if applicable,  and shall have any and all rights to ask, demand, sue
for, take or receive such payment.

     5. This Note is subject  to certain  setoff  rights  vested in the  Company
pursuant  to the  terms  and the  conditions  set  forth in the  Stock  Purchase
Agreement.

     6. The  Company's  obligations  hereunder  are secured by: (i) that certain
security  agreement by and between Norstan and NNS; and (ii) that certain pledge
agreement by and between the Company and Norstan, each of even date herewith.

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     7. By its acceptance of this Note,  Norstan represents and warrants that it
is acquiring this Note for its own account, for investment,  and not with a view
to the  distribution  of the  Note,  and  Norstan  agrees  not to sell,  pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise transfer, dispose of, or offer for sale the Note in the
absence of an effective  registration statement covering it under the Securities
Act of 1933,  as amended,  or a written  opinion of counsel  for Norstan  that a
registration statement is not required.

     8. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of  Minnesota;  this Note may not be  amended  or  modified  except
pursuant to a written instrument executed by each of Norstan and the Company.

     9. This Note may be assigned by Norstan  without the consent of the Company
but no such assignment shall change the non-negotiable nature of this Note.

     10.  This Note may not be amended by Norstan  and the Company in any manner
adverse to the interests of the holder of the Superior  Indebtedness without the
consent of such holder.

                              NETWOLVES ACQUISITIONS, INC.

                              By: /s/ Walter M. Groteke
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                               Its:       President
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