Exhibit 10.30

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AND CONSENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AND CONSENT(this
"Amendment"), dated as of October 9, 2002, is entered into by and betweenFOOTHILL CAPITAL
CORPORATION, a California corporation, as agent (in such capacity, "Agent") for the Lenders (defined below), and EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES SALES,
 INC., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower").

RECITALS

A.    Borrower,
Agent and the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (the "Lenders") have previously entered
into that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2001, as amended by that First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated July 30, 2002 (as amended, the
"Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans and financial accommodations available to Borrower. Capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.

B.    Borrower
and Tabin Corporation, an Illinois corporation ("Seller"), have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated
October 9, 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which Borrower will purchase from Seller the
Purchased Assets (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

C.    Under
the terms of Sections 7.1, 7.6 and 7.13 of the Loan Agreement, Borrower and Parent are prohibited from entering into the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement and therefore Borrower has requested that Agent consent to such transactions and amend the Loan Agreement as appropriate.

D.    Agent
and Borrower wish to further amend the Loan Agreement and Agent is willing to consent to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, all under the
terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment. Borrower is entering into this Amendment with the understanding and agreement that, except as specifically provided herein, none of Agent's or any
Lender's rights or remedies as set forth in the Loan Agreement is being waived or modified by the terms of this Amendment.

AMENDMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows (initially capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given in the Loan Agreement):



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2.Consent.Agent consents to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

3.Effectiveness of Amendment.Agent must have received the following items, in form and content acceptable to
Agent, and the following conditions shall have been satisfied, before this Amendment is effective, and before any Lender is required to extend any credit to Borrower as provided for by this Amendment.



4.Conditions Subsequent.Failure by Borrower to satisfy the following conditions subsequent in the time periods
specified shall constitute an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement:



5.Representations and Warranties.The Borrower represents and warrants as follows:



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6.Choice of Law.The validity of this Amendment, its construction, interpretation and enforcement, the rights
of the parties hereunder, shall be determined under, governed by, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California governing contracts only to be performed in that State.

7.Counterparts.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties and
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

8.Reference to and Effect on the Financing Agreements.



9.Ratification.Borrower hereby restates, ratifies and reaffirms each and every term and condition set forth in
the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Financing Agreements effective as of the date hereof.

10.Estoppel.To induce Agent to enter into this Amendment and to continue to make advances to Borrower under
the Loan Agreement, Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to this Amendment, as of the date hereof, there exists no Event of Default and no right of offset, defense,
counterclaim or objection in favor of Borrower as against Agent with respect to the Obligations.

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

| |  | EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES SALES, INC.,a Delaware corporation       
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| |  | By:                                                             
| |  | Name:                                                           
| |  | Title:                                                          
| |  | FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION,
a California corporation,
as Agent
| |  | By:                                                             
| |  | Title:                                                          

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY GUARANTORS        Dated as of October 9, 2002

Each of the undersigned, being a Guarantor (each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the
"Guarantors") under their respective Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated December 28, 2001 and made in favor of Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders (each a "Guaranty" and collectively, the "Guaranties"), hereby acknowledges and agrees to the
foregoing Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the "Amendment") and confirms and agrees that its Guaranty is and shall continue to be, in
full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that, upon the effectiveness of, and on and after the date of the Amendment, each reference in such Guaranty to the
Loan Agreement (as defined in the Amendment), "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like import referring to the "Loan Agreement", shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended or
modified by the Amendment. Although Lender has informed Guarantors of the matters set forth above, and Guarantors have acknowledged the same, each Guarantor understands and agrees that Lender has no
duty under the Loan Agreement, the Guaranties or any other agreement with either Guarantor to so notify any Guarantor or to seek such an acknowledgement, and nothing contained herein is intended to or
shall create such a duty as to any advances or transaction hereafter.

| |  | EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.         
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| |  | By:                                  
| |  | Title:                               
| |  | EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES VENTURES, INC.
| |  | By:                                  
| |  | Title:                               

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EXHIBIT A

Asset
Purchase Agreement

See
attached.

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