EXHIBIT 10.45

                         UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
                      FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

IN RE:                         )        IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTER 11
                               )
BRIDGE INFORMATION SYSTEMS,
INC.                           )
                               )        CASE NO. 01-41593-293
             DEBTOR.           )
                               )        HONORABLE DAVID P. MCDONALD
                               )        UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
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                 STIPULATION AND ORDER BY AND AMONG MCI WORLDCOM
         COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, ITS UTILITY-AFFILIATES, AND BRIDGE
       INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS DEBTOR AND DEBTOR IN POSSESSION, AND
                       SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION



         STIPULATION  AND  ORDER  by  and  among  MCI  WorldCom   Communications
Corporation and certain of its utility-affiliates  (collectively,  but excluding
MCI  International,  Inc.,  "MCI") and UUNet  Technologies,  Inc.  ("UUNET"  and
together  with MCI, the "Service  Providers")  and Bridge  Information  Systems,
Inc.,  as  debtor  and  debtor  in  possession   (the   "Debtor"),   and  Savvis
Communications  Corporation  ("Savvis"),  executed  as of this 23rd day of March
2001.

                               FACTUAL BACKGROUND

         WHEREAS,  on February 15, 2001 (the  "Petition  Date"),  the Debtor and
certain of its debtor-affiliates  (collectively, the "Debtors" and together with
Savvis, the "Customers")  filed voluntary  petitions for relief under Chapter 11
of the United States  Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.  101, et.seq.  (the "Bankruptcy
Code") in the  United  States  Bankruptcy  Court  for the  Eastern  District  of
Missouri, Eastern Division (the "Court").

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         WHEREAS, the Debtors provide high performance, global, data, networking
and  internet  services for  multinational  corporations  and  internet  service
providers.

         WHEREAS, the Service Providers furnish  telecommunications  services to
business,  consumer and other  customers,  through  their network of fiber optic
cables, digital microwave, and fixed and transportable satellite earth stations.
The products and services  furnished by the Service  Providers  include switched
and dedicated long distance  products,  800 services,  calling  cards,  operator
services, domestic and international private lines, and internet access.

         WHEREAS,  prior to the Petition  Date, the Service  Providers  provided
telecommunications  services to the Debtor pursuant to a Carrier Global Services
Agreement  executed by the Debtor on September  14, 1999,  and by MCI on October
18, 1999 (the "Carrier Agreement").

         WHEREAS, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement executed by
the Debtor and Savvis in February 2000 and by MCI in March 2000 (the "Assignment
and  Assumption   Agreement"),   the  Debtor  "absolutely  and   unconditionally
assign[ed] and  transfer[red] to Savvis all of the [the Debtor's]  right,  title
and interest in and to the [Carrier] Agreement."

         WHEREAS,  Savvis agreed to "accept[]  said transfer and  assignment and
[to] assume[] all the duties,  obligations  and  liabilities  of [the Debtor] to
[MCI] under the [Carrier] Agreement."

         WHEREAS, MCI consented to the assignment and assumption and "release[d]
[the Debtor] from any further obligations under the [Carrier] Agreement."

         WHEREAS, UUNet provides  telecommunications services to Savvis pursuant
to a Master  Internet  Service  Agreement  dated as of June 4, 1999 (the "Master
Internet Services  Agreement") and UUDIRECToOC12  Burstable Agreement dated June
28, 2000 (the "Burstable Agreement" and collectively with the Carrier Agreement,
the  Assignment  and  Assumption  Agreement,  and the Master  Internet  Services
Agreement, and any other service agreements, the "Agreements").

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         WHEREAS,  Savvis has numerous  open and  delinquent  accounts  with the
Service Providers.

         WHEREAS,  the Debtors also have open and  delinquent  accounts with the
Service  Providers.  WHEREAS,  as of the Petition  Date,  the Service  Providers
assert that Savvis owed an  aggregate  unpaid  balance in the amount of at least
$8,810,216.62.

         WHEREAS, Savvis' average consumption of the Service Providers' services
results in invoices charges in the approximate amount of $4,400,000 per month.

         WHEREAS,  the  Service  Providers  assert that the Debtor owes at least
$320,000  to the Service  Providers  as of the  Petition  Date.  Currently,  the
Service  Providers  have been  providing  approximately  $36,224.16  in  monthly
telecommunications  services to the Debtor since the date of the  Assignment and
Assumption Agreement.

         WHEREAS,  on the Petition  Date, the Debtor filed a Motion for Entry of
Order (1) Determining Adequate Assurance of Payment for Future Utility Services;
and (2) Prohibiting Utility Companies from Discontinuing,  Altering, or Refusing
Service Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 366 (the "Utility Motion").

         WHEREAS,  pursuant to the Utility  Motion,  this Court entered an Order
(1) Restraining Utilities from Discontinuing,  Altering or Refusing Service, and
(2)  Establishing  Procedure for  Determining  Adequate  Assurance (the "Utility
Order").

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         WHEREAS, the Service Providers filed a Motion For An Order (A) Vacating
The Order (1)  Restraining  Utilities From  Discontinuing,  Altering Or Refusing
Service Pursuant To 11 U.S.C.  Section 366, And (2) Establishing  Procedures For
Determining  Adequate Assurances And (B) Providing That MCI WorldCom Is Entitled
To Terminate The Provision Of Services To Savvis Communications  Corporation,  A
Non-Debtor, And The Debtors (the "Motion to Vacate").

         WHEREAS, this Court held a hearing on the Motion to Vacate on March 14,
2001, and indicated that it would enter an order vacating the Utility Order.

         WHEREAS, the Service Providers furnish telecommunications services that
are essential to Savvis' and the Debtors' continued business operations.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows

         1.  Incorporation of Recitals.  The foregoing recitals are incorporated
by reference.

         2. Wire  Instructions.  The  Customer  shall make all  payments  to the
Service  Providers  under this  Stipulation  and Order in immediately  available
funds by wire transfer to the following account so that each payment is received
by the Service  Providers on or before noon  prevailing  Central time on the due
date (the "Wire Instructions"),  except for the March 22 payment, which has been
made.

         3. Cure Payments. The Debtors and/or Savvis shall make cure payments to
the  Service  Providers  pursuant  to the  Wire  Instructions  in the  following
amounts,  which  are not  subject  to any  dispute,  credit,  offset,  right  of
recoupment,  or  other  defense,  on the  following  due  dates  (each  a  "Cure
Payment"):

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            a. TWO MILLION  FORTY NINE  THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY  SEVEN
DOLLARS ($2,049,377),  due on or before Thursday, March 22, 2001, the "March 22,
Payment").

            b. ONE MILLION TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN  HUNDRED  THIRTY  SEVEN  DOLLARS
($1,002,737),  due on or before Friday, March 30, 2001;

            c. TWENTY THREE  THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE DOLLARS AND FORTY
CENTS ($23,769.40), due on or before Friday, March 30, 2001;

            d. THREE  MILLION FIVE HUNDRED  FIFTEEN  THOUSAND  FOUR HUNDRED NINE
DOLLARS  ($3,515,409),  due on or before  April 2, 2001;  and

            e. ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY  THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED  SEVENTY FIVE
DOLLARS AND NINETEEN CENTS ($1,650,175.19), due on or before April 16, 2001.

         4. Outstanding Dispute. In addition to the amount of the Cure Payments,
UUNet asserts that Savvis owes an additional $114,359 in overdue invoice charges
(the  "Disputed  Amount").  Savvis  asserts that the Disputed  Amount is due and
owing to UUNet. The parties are attempting  amicably to resolve this dispute. In
the event that such dispute is not resolved on or before April 30, 2001,  Savvis
shall pay the Disputed Amount to UUNet on May 1, 2001,  subject to the terms and
provision of paragraph 14 below.

         5. Payments for April  Services.  The Debtors  and/or Savvis shall make
the following  payments for services  provided by the Service  Providers  during
April 2001 (each an "April Service Payment") pursuant to the Wire Instructions:

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            a.   approximately   THREE  MILLION  SIX  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
($3,600,000),  which may be adjusted as reflected in MCI's actual invoices,  and
which is due on or before April 30, 2001; and

            b. approximately  EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS  ($800,000),  which
may be adjusted as reflected in UUNet's actual invoices, and which is due on May
30, 2001.

         6. Monthly Payments. Subject to the Service Providers' right to require
Bi-Weekly  Payments  pursuant to paragraph 7 below,  commencing on May 31, 2001,
and on the last business day of each calendar month thereafter,  pursuant to the
Wire Instructions,  the Debtors and/or Savvis shall pay all outstanding invoices
for services  rendered  during that  particular  calendar month (each a "Monthly
Payment").  The Service Providers estimate that the Monthly Payment for services
provided in May 2001 will be  approximately  FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED  THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($4,400,000), as may be adjusted and reflected in the Service Providers'
actual invoices.

         7.  Right  to  Require  Bi-Weekly  Pre-Payments.  With  respect  to all
services to be provided on and after May 1, 2001,  the Service  Providers  shall
have the right, but not the obligation, in their sole discretion, to demand that
the Customers commence making bi-weekly pre-payments for services to be provided
during a two-week  period  (each a  "Bi-Weekly  Payment").  Each such  Bi-Weekly
Payment shall be due by noon prevailing Central time on the Wednesday  preceding
the two-week  period to commence on the  following  Monday (or  Tuesday,  May 1,
2001, with respect to the week commencing on April 30, 2001).

         8. Adjustment to Bi-Weekly  Payments.  The Service Providers shall also
have the right,  but not the  obligation,  to increase or decrease the amount of
future  Bi-Weekly  Payments

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based upon the  Customers'  actual  aggregate  usage of the  Service  Providers'
telecommunications  services during any preceding  bi-weekly period. The Service
Providers  shall provide  written notice to the Customers of such  adjustment in
the Bi-Weekly  Payment.  Any such  adjustments  shall take effect within one (1)
business  day  upon  the  Service  Providers'  service  of  such  notice  to the
Customers.

         9. True Ups.  Within  fifteen  (15) days after the  conclusion  of each
two-week  period for which the Debtors  and/or Savvis make a Bi-Weekly  Payment,
the Service  Providers  shall compare the amount of the Customers'  actual usage
for the two-week period with the amount of such Bi-Weekly Payment (a "True Up").
By way of  illustration,  if the Service  Providers  elect to require  Bi-Weekly
Payments, assuming that the Debtors and/or Savvis make the Bi-Weekly Payment for
the two-week  period  commencing  May 7, 2001,  and ending on May 20, 2001,  the
Service  Providers  shall,  on or before June 4, 2001,  compare  the  Customers'
actual usage to the amount of the Bi-Weekly Payment for such two-week period.

            If the Service Providers determine that the amount of the Customers'
usage during such period exceeds the amount of the Bi-Weekly Payment made by the
Customers for such two (2) week period,  the Debtors and/or Savvis shall pay any
such difference to the Service  Providers  within  forty-eight  (48) hours after
receiving  written  notice of such  difference.  Any such payment  shall be made
pursuant to the Wire Instructions.

            If the Service Providers  determine that the Customers' usage during
such period is less than the  Bi-Weekly  Payment for such period,  the Customers
shall be entitled to reduce the next Bi-Weekly Payment by such difference.

         10.  Limitation  of Use of The  Service  Providers'  Telecommunications
Services.  During  any two (2) week  period,  the  Customers  shall not  consume
telecommunications services

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in an  amount  greater than the Bi-Weekly  Payment for such two (2) week period.
If at any time, the Customers' actual use of services,  if continued for the two
week period,  would exceed the amount of service paid by the  Bi-Weekly  Payment
for such two week period,  the Service  Providers  may require the  Customers to
make an interim additional  Bi-Weekly Payment in an amount sufficient to make up
the projected shortfall.  The Customer shall make the interim additional payment
pursuant to the Wire Instructions no later than forty-eight (48) hours after the
Customers'  receipt of a written notice from the Service Providers of the amount
of the interim  additional  Bi-Weekly  Payment due.

         11.  Continued  Provision  of Services.  Except as  otherwise  provided
herein,  the Service  Providers  shall not  terminate  services to Savvis or the
Debtors on account of overdue  invoice  charges on the accounts for which Savvis
and/or the  Debtors  are  required to make Cure  Payments.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  the  Service  Providers  reserve  the right to  identify  additional
service  providers  or  accounts  and to  proceed  with the  collection  of such
accounts,  which shall not be governed by this Stipulation and Order;  provided,
however,  that such services shall not be terminated  without at least three (3)
business days notice.

         12. Termination Upon Non-Payment or Conversion.  Upon (a) conversion of
any of the Debtors' bankruptcy cases to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code,  or (b) the  Customers'  failure  to make any  portion of a payment to the
Service Providers,  including without limitation, any portion of a Cure Payment,
April Service Payment,  Monthly Payment,  Bi-Weekly Payment,  interim additional
Bi-Weekly Payment,  the Disputed Amount, or any portion of a True-Up when and as
such payments are due, the Service  Providers  shall have the right,  upon three
(3)  business  days  written  notice,  to  terminate  (i)  all  services  to the
non-paying   Customer(s)   and/or   (ii)   any  or  all   Agreements   or  other
telecommunications  services  agreements  between the Service  Providers and the
Customers.

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         13. No Injunctive  Relief.  This Court shall not enter, and neither the
Customers nor their counsel on either  Customer's  behalf,  shall seek the entry
of, an order restraining or enjoining the Service  Providers'  exercise of their
rights  under this  Stipulation  and  Order,  including  but not  limited to the
termination rights described in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that
the Customers  shall have the right to seek an order to maintain  service on the
sole  grounds  that the  Customers  have  made  the  payments  required  by this
Agreement.  The Service  Providers shall have the right to oppose the Customers'
request  for such an order and to assert,  inter  alia,  that this Court may not
enjoin the Service  Providers'  rights under Section 366(b) (with respect to any
debtor) or applicable law.

         14.  Billing  Disputes.  Except to the  extent  that the Court  makes a
finding otherwise with respect to a payment obligation  pursuant to paragraph 13
above,  notwithstanding  that  Savvis  and/or the  Debtors  dispute  the Service
Providers' determination of the amount of any payment due under this Stipulation
and Order,  Savvis' and/or the Debtors'  obligations to pay such amount in full,
when and as due is and shall be absolute. After payment if the Service Providers
and the Customers  cannot  resolve such  dispute,  the parties shall submit such
dispute to  mediation  under the rules of and before  the  American  Arbitration
Association  in New  York,  New  York.  If such  mediation  is  unsuccessful  or
unresolved  within  forty-five  (45) days,  either of the  Customers  may file a
motion in the bankruptcy  court for a determination of the proper amount of such
payment.

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         15. Notices.  Any notices pursuant to this Stipulation and Order may be
served upon the Debtors or Savvis,  respectively,  at the  following  address or
facsimile number:

         If to the Debtors:

         Bridge Information Systems, Inc.
         Attn:  Sankar Krishnan
         Chief Restructuring Officer
         Three World Financial Center
         Twenty Seventh Floor
         New York, NY  10281-1009
         Facsimile No: (212) 372-7158

                  with a copy to:

         Thomas J. Moloney, Esquire
         Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
         One Liberty Plaza
         New York, NY  10006
         Facsimile No: (212) 225-3999


         If to Savvis:

         Savvis Communications Corporation
         Attn: Steve Gallant, General Counsel
         717 Office Parkway
         St. Louis, MO  63141
         Facsimile No: (314) 468-7550

                  with a copy to:

         Robert H. Brownlee, Esquire
         Thompson Coburn LLP
         One Firstar Plaza
         St. Louis, MO  63101
         Facsimile No: (314) 552-7000

         16. Any notice sent by mail is effective  three (3) days after mailing.
Any  notice  sent  by  facsimile  is  effective  upon  completion  and  sender's
confirmation  of the facsimile  transmission.

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         17. Debtor  Deemed To Be Source of Payment.  All payments made pursuant
to this Stipulation and Order shall be deemed to be transfers of property of the
Debtor and not transfers of property of Savvis,  regardless of whether Savvis or
the Debtor  actually  makes the  payment.  For  purposes  of Section  549 of the
Bankruptcy Code, all such payments are hereby  authorized by this Court pursuant
to Section 105 and 363 of the  Bankruptcy  Code,  and such payments shall not be
avoidable in any bankruptcy case filed by, or against, Savvis.

         18. Venue of Any Savvis'  Bankruptcy.  In the event that Savvis files a
bankruptcy  petition,  venue of such case under 11 U.S.C. Section 1408 should be
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern
Division.  In the event  that  Savvis  files,  or is  subject  to, a  bankruptcy
petition in any other  jurisdiction,  Savvis  consents to transfer venue of such
bankruptcy case to the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division.

         19.  Non-Avoidability.  No payments to the Service Providers under this
Stipulation and Order shall be avoidable in any bankruptcy case of the Debtor or
Savvis, whether under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code, applicable state law, or
otherwise.

         20. Expiration of Stipulation. With respect to Savvis, this Stipulation
and Order  shall  expire  on  August 1,  2001,  provided  that  Savvis  has paid
(pursuant  to the  terms of this  Stipulation)  all  invoices  from the  Service
Providers  due on or before July 31, 2001.  With  respect to the  Debtors,  this
Stipulation  and Order shall expire upon the effective date of confirmation of a
plan of reorganization or the conversion of any of the Debtors' bankruptcy cases
to a case  under  Chapter  7 of the  Bankruptcy  Code.  The  expiration  of this
Stipulation and Order with respect to Savvis and/or the Debtors shall not affect
any party's rights and  obligations  arising prior to the  expiration.  All such
rights and  obligation  shall  survive the  expiration of this  Stipulation  and
Order.

         21.  Execution  in  Counterparts.  This  Stipulation  and  Order may be
executed  in any number of  counterparts  and by the  different  parties to this
Stipulation and Order on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed,
shall be deemed an original,  but all such counterparts shall constitute but one
and the same Stipulation and Order.

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         22. Jointly Drafted.  The preparation of this Stipulation and Order has
been a joint effort of the parties and the resulting  document shall not, solely
as a matter of judicial construction,  be construed more severely against one of
the parties than the other.

         23. No Third  Party  Beneficiaries.  The  rights and  benefits  of this
Stipulation  and  Order  shall  not inure to the  benefit  of any  third  party,
including  but not  limited to any other  telecommunications  service  provider.
Except to the  extent  permitted  by Section  365 of the  Bankruptcy  Code,  the
telecommunications  services  provided  by  the  Service  Providers  under  this
Stipulation  and Order or the  Agreements  shall not be resold or transferred in
violation of the Agreements.

         24. No Assignment. This Stipulation and Order is not assignable.

         25. No Effect Upon  Rights  Under  Section  365,  Etc.  Nothing in this
Stipulation and Order is intended to, or does,  affect (i) the Debtor's right to
reject, assume and/or assign the Agreements pursuant to, and in accordance with,
11 U.S.C.  Section  365,  (ii) the  Service  Providers'  rights  under 11 U.S.C.
Section  365, or (iii) any other  rights or  defenses  of the parties  under the
Bankruptcy Code.

         26. Entire  Agreement.  This  Stipulation  and Order and the Agreements
constitute the entire agreement among the parties and this Stipulation and Order
supercedes any and all prior agreements or  understandings  between or among the
parties or any of them  arising  out of or  relating  to the  Agreements  or the
provision of telecommunications  services by any of the Service Providers to the
Debtor  and may only be amended by a writing  signed by the party  against  whom
enforcement is sought.  Except to the extent  modified by this  Stipulation  and
Order, the Agreements shall be valid and enforceable.

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         27. Court Approval.  This Stipulation and Order is subject to and shall
become binding upon the approval of the Court.

         28.  Successors.  This  Stipulation and Order shall be binding upon the
Service Providers and the Debtor and each of their successors.


/s/ David A. Sosne                          /s/ Thomas J. Moloney by
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DAVID A. SOSNE                              THOMAS J. MOLONEY
SUMMERS, COMPTON,                           CLEARY, GOTTLIEB,
       WELLS & HAMBURG                         STEEN & HAMILTON
8909 Ladue Road                             One Liberty Plaza
St. Louis, MO  63124                        New York, NY  10006
(314) 991-4999                              (212) 225-2000

         and                                Counsel for the Debtors

ROBERT P. SIMONS                            /s/ Robert T. Brownlee
KURT F. GWYNNE                              ---------------------------
Pittsburgh, PA  15219-1886                  ROBERT BROWNLEE, ESQUIRE
(412) 288-3131                              THOMPSON COBURN LLP
                                            One Firstar Plaza
                                            St. Louis, MO  63101
Counsel for The Service Providers           (314) 552-6000

                                            Counsel for Savvis Communications
                                            Corporation

            AND NOW, this 23rd day of March, 2001, it is SO ORDERED.

                                        BY THE COURT:

                                       /s/ David P. McDonald
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                                       U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE


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