Exhibit 10.55

                      NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                               GRANTED PURSUANT TO
                    THE 2000 OMNIBUS STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN
                              FOR AUTHORISZOR INC.

         THIS OPTION AGREEMENT (the  "Agreement") is entered into as of the Date
of Grant (as defined herein),  by and between Donald D. Box (the  "Participant")
and Authoriszor Inc. (the "Corporation").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS,  the  Corporation  has  adopted  the 2000  Omnibus  Stock  and
Incentive  Plan of  Authoriszor  Inc. (the  "Plan"),  which is  incorporated  by
reference into and forms a part of this Agreement,  and the Participant has been
selected pursuant to the Plan to receive a Non-Qualified  Stock Option under the
Plan;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  IT IS AGREED,  by and between the Corporation and the
Participant as follows:

         1.  Definitions.  Terms  otherwise  not defined  herein  shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Plan.

         2. Terms of Award.  A  Non-Qualified  Stock Option (the "Option") for a
total of 100,000  shares  ("Shares")  of the common  stock,  par value $0.01 per
share, of the Corporation,  is hereby granted to the Participant at the exercise
price  determined  as  provided  in, and in all  respects  subject to the terms,
definitions and provisions of, the Plan in consideration  for the  Participant's
service  to the  Corporation  and to provide  incentive  to the  Participant  to
continue service to the Corporation.

         (a) Exercise Price. The "Exercise Price" is $7.75 for each Share.


         (b) Date of Grant.  This Option is granted as of November 10, 2000 (the
"Date of Grant").

                  (c) Award and Exercise  Price.  This  Agreement  specifies the
terms of the Option  granted to the  Participant  to purchase  the Shares at the
Exercise  Price  per  share as set  forth in  Section  2(a).  The  Option is not
intended to constitute an "incentive  stock option" as that term is used in Code
section 422.

         (d) Date of Exercise.  The Option shall be  immediately  exercisable in
whole or in part according to the provisions of the Plan.

         3.       Expiration of Option Period.
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                  (a) The unexercised portion of this Option shall automatically
         and without  notice  terminate  and become null and void at the time of
         the earliest to occur of the following:

                           (i) November 10, 2003;

                           (ii) the  resignation of Participant as a director of
                  the Corporation ;

                           (iii) the removal of the Participant as a director of
                  the Corporation by the stockholders of the Corporation;

                           (iv) the failure of the  Participant to be elected as
                  a director of the  Corporation at any meeting of  stockholders
                  of the Corporation at which directors are elected;

                           (v) the Board of Directors of the  Corporation in the
                  exercise of its fiduciary  duties shall have  determined  that
                  Participant should be removed for cause;

                           (vi) Thirty (30) days after the date that Participant
                  ceases to be a director of the Corporation,  regardless of the
                  reason  thereof,  other  than  as  provided  for  in  Sections
                  3(a)(ii) - (viii) hereof;

                           (vii)  one (1)  year  after  the  date on  which  the
                  Participant   suffers  a  mental  or  physical  disability  as
                  determined   by  a   medical   doctor   satisfactory   to  the
                  Corporation; or

                           (viii)  either  (y) one (1) year  after the date that
                  the Participant  ceases to be a director of the Corporation by
                  reason of the death of the Participant,  or (z) six (6) months
                  after  the date on which the  Participant  shall  die,  if the
                  Participant's  death  shall  occur  during the thirty (30) day
                  period  described in Section  3(a)(vi) or the one-year  period
                  described in Section 3(a)(viii) hereof.

                  (b) The  Corporation  in its sole  discretion  may,  by giving
         written notice (a  "Cancellation  Notice") to the Participant  prior to
         the  consummation  of any  of the  transactions  described  in  Section
         4(b)(i)  or  4(b)(ii)  below,  cancel,  effective  upon the date of the
         consummation  of any  such  transactions,  all or any  portion  of this
         Option that remains  unexercised on such date. Such Cancellation Notice
         shall be given to the Participant a reasonable  period of time (but not
         less than 15 days) prior to the  effective  date of such  cancellation,
         and may be given either  before or after  stockholder  approval of such
         transaction.

                           (i) Any transaction  (which shall include a series of
                  related  transactions  occurring  within 60 days or  occurring
                  pursuant  to a plan) that has the result that  stockholder  of
                  the Corporation  immediately  before such transaction cease to
                  own at least 51% of (x) the voting stock of the Corporation or
                  (y) any entity that results from the participation of the

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                  Corporation  in  a  reorganization,   consolidation,   merger,
                  liquidation or any other form of corporate transaction.

                           (ii) A sale,  exchange or other disposition of all or
                  substantially  all the property and assets of the  Corporation
                  to an unaffiliated third party.

         4. Payment.  The exercise price of any Shares  purchased  shall be paid
solely in cash,  by certified or cashier's  check,  by money order,  with Shares
owned by the Participant for at least six (6) months  (provided that at the time
of exercise the Committee in its sole  discretion does not prohibit the exercise
of Options through the delivery of already-owned  Shares) or by a combination of
the above;  provided,  however,  that the Committee in its sole  discretion  may
accept a  personal  check  in full or  partial  payment  of any  Shares.  If the
exercise price is paid in whole or in part with Shares,  the value of the Shares
surrendered  shall be their  Fair  Market  Value  on the  date  received  by the
Corporation.  Any Shares  delivered in  satisfaction  of all or a portion of the
exercise  price shall be  appropriately  endorsed for transfer and assignment to
the Corporation.

         5. Withholding.  The Participant  shall make satisfactory  arrangements
for the withholding of any amounts  necessary for withholding in accordance with
applicable Federal or state income tax laws.

         6.  Market  Stand-Off.  The  Participant  hereby  agrees  that,  if  so
requested  by the  Corporation  or any  representative  of the  underwriters  in
connection  with  any  registration  of the  offering  (the  "Offering")  of any
securities of the Corporation  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities  Act"),  the  Participant  shall not sell or otherwise  transfer any
Shares or other  securities  of the Company  during the 180-day  period (or such
other period as may be requested  in writing by the  managing  underwriter  with
respect to the Offering  and agreed to in writing by the  Company)  (the "Market
Standoff  Period")  following the effective date of a registration  statement of
the Company filed under the Securities Act. Such restriction shall apply only to
the first  registration  statement of the Company to become  effective under the
Securities Act after the effective date of the Plan that includes  securities to
be sold on  behalf  of the  Company  to the  public  in an  underwritten  public
offering  under  the  Securities  Act.  The  Company  may  impose  stop-transfer
instructions  with respect to securities  subject to the foregoing  restrictions
until the end of such Market Standoff Period.

         7. Issuance of Shares. No person shall be, or have any of the rights or
privileges  of, a  stockholder  of the  Corporation  with  respect to any of the
Shares  subject to an Option  unless and until  certificates  representing  such
Shares shall have been issued and  delivered  to such person.  As a condition of
any  issuance  of a  certificate  for  Shares,  the  Committee  may obtain  such
agreements  or  undertakings,  if any, as it may deem  necessary or advisable to
assure  compliance with any provision of the Plan, the agreement  evidencing the
Option or any law or regulation including, but not limited to, the following:

                  (a) A representation, warranty or agreement by the Participant
         to the  Corporation  at the time any  Option  is  exercised  that he is
         acquiring the Shares to be issued to him for  investment and not with a
         view to, or for sale in connection  with, the  distribution of any such
         Shares; and

                  (b) A representation, warranty or agreement to be bound by any
         legends  that  are,  in the  opinion  of the  Committee,  necessary  or
         appropriate to comply with the provisions of any securities laws deemed
         by the Committee to be applicable to the issuance of the Shares and are
         endorsed upon the Share certificates.

         8.  Surrender  of Option.  Upon  exercise  of this  Option in part,  if
requested by the Corporation,  the Participant shall deliver this Option and any
other written  agreements  executed by the Corporation and the Participant  with
respect  to this  Option to the  Corporation  who shall  endorse  or cause to be
endorsed  thereon a notation of such  exercise and return all  agreements to the
Participant.

         9. Transferability of Option. The Option is not transferable other than
as  designated  by the  Participant  by  will  or by the  laws  of  descent  and
distribution,  and during the  Participant's  life, may be exercised only by the
Participant.

         10.  Administration.  The Plan and this Option shall be administered by
the Committee as provided for and described in the Plan.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
Date of Grant.

                                        /s/ Donald D. Box
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                                       Donald D. Box


                                       AUTHORISZOR INC.


                                       By:  /s/ Paul Ayres
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                                          Name:    Paul Ayres
                                          Title:   Chief Executive Officer
                                                   and President