EXHIBIT 10.30

                         ALPHANET SOLUTIONS, INC.




                 LEASE TERMINATION AND SURRENDER AGREEMENT


         AGREEMENT,  dated as of this 6th day of October  1999  between 460 WEST
34TH STREET  ASSOCIATES,  having an office c/o Kaufman Management  Company,  450
Seventh Avenue, New York, New York (hereinafter called "Landlord"), and ALPHANET
SOLUTIONS,  INC.,  a New Jersey  corporation,  having an office at 460 West 34th
Street, New York, New York (hereinafter called "Tenant").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS:

         Landlord and Tenant's  predecessor-in-interest  THE LANDE GROUP,  INC.,
executed that certain lease dated as of December 23, 1996 (the "Lease") covering
the entire nineteenth (19th) floor in the building (the "Premises") known as 460
West 34th Street,  New York, New York (the  "Building")  for a term to expire on
April 30, 2008 (the "Expiration Date");

         Tenant and Robert A. M. Stern  Architects  ("Subtenant")  entered  into
that certain  sublease dated as of November 20, 1998 (the  "Sublease"),  wherein
approximately  9,400 square feet on the nineteenth  (19th) floor of the Building
(the "Sublet Premises") was sublet to Subtenant;

         Landlord  and Tenant are now the present  landlord and tenant under the
Lease and  desire  for  Tenant to  surrender  possession  of the  balance of the
Premises to Landlord (the "Remaining Premises"),  (i.e. the Premises without the
Sublet  Space),  to have Tenant assign its interest in the Sublease to Landlord,
and to enter into certain other agreements incidental thereto upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter provided.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  mutual  covenants  herein
contained, it is agreed as follows:

         FIRST: On or prior to November 1, 1999 (the "Surrender  Date"),  Tenant
shall surrender the Remaining  Premises to Landlord in accordance with the Lease
provisions pertinent to the surrender of the entire Premises including,  without
limitation,  Article 22  entitled  "End of Term".  In  furtherance  thereof  and
provided  Tenant timely  surrenders  possession of the Remaining  Premises on or
prior to the Surrender Date and otherwise  performs its  obligation  pursuant to
Article  FOURTH  hereof,  then the Lease shall be terminated as of the Surrender
Date with the same force and effect as if said date were the Expiration Date.

         SECOND:  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  to the  contrary  in the
Lease, all fixtures,  equipment,  improvements and appurtenances  attached to or
built into the  Remaining  Premises  as of the date hereof  (including,  without
limitation, all "built-ins", carpeting, paneling, partitions, lighting fixtures,
special cabinet work, doors, drapes, wall treatments,  decorations, shelving and
kitchen equipment) shall be and remain a part of the Remaining  Premises,  shall
be deemed the property of Landlord and shall not be removed by Tenant.

         THIRD:  Effective  as of the  Surrender  Date,  Tenant  hereby  assigns
transfers,  sets  over  and  conveys  all  its  right,  title  and  interest  as
Sublandlord  under  the  Sublease  to  Landlord.  Accordingly,  from  after  the
Surrender  Date,  Landlord hereby assumes all of the obligations of Tenant under
the Sublease and agrees to indemnify  and save Tenant  harmless from and against
any and all claims by Subtenant arising under the Sublease but accruing from and
after the Surrender Date.

         FOURTH:  In  consideration  of  Tenant's  agreement  to  surrender  the
Remaining  Premises to Landlord  and to assign its  interest in the Sublease and
additional  rent, and provided Tenant duly performs all of the terms,  covenants
and  conditions  of the Lease and this  Agreement  through the  Surrender  Date,
including, without limitation, payment of all fixed rent and additional rent due
under the Lease through the Surrender Date, then, Landlord shall (a) on or prior
to the Surrender Date, pay to Tenant the sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
AND 00/100  ($125,000.00)  and (b) promptly after the Surrender Date,  return to
Tenant the security  deposit in the sum of FORTY THREE  THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED
THIRTY THREE AND 33/100 ($43,333.33) DOLLARS, together with any accrued interest
thereon.

         FIFTH: Subject to the provisions hereof,  Landlord and Tenant do hereby
release each other from any and all  obligations  under the Lease  accruing from
and after the Surrender Date.

         SIXTH:  This  Agreement  shall take  effect as of the date  hereof.  As
amended hereby the Lease is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

         SEVENTH:  Tenant represents and warrants that no broker was responsible
for bringing about this Agreement.

         EIGHTH: This Agreement may not be changed, modified or cancelled orally
and shall  inure to the benefit of and be binding  upon the  parties  hereto and
their respective successors and assigns.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have hereunto set their hands
and seals as of the day and year first above written.

                                LANDLORD:
                                460  WEST  34TH  STREET ASSOCIATES


                                By: /s/ Edward J. Hart
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                                        EDWARD J. HART



                                TENANT:
                                ALPHANET SOLUTIONS, INC.


                                By: /s/ Jack P. Adler
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                                        JACK P. ADLER
                                        Senior Vice President