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Exhibit 10.1




May 14, 1998



Mr. Michael G. Puls
President and CEO
3020 Arbor Oaks
Arlington, Texas  76006


     Re:  Amendment to Bonus Agreement between InnoServ Technologies, Inc. (the
          "Company") and Michael G. Puls (the "Executive") dated December 20,
          1996, as amended (the "Bonus Agreement") and to Employment Offer
          Agreement between the Company and the Executive dated December 8, 1995
          (the "Offer Agreement," and together with the Bonus Agreement, the
          "Agreements").

Dear Mike:

The Company is currently engaged in discussions with General Electric Company 
("GE") concerning a possible merger of the Company with an indirect, 
wholly-owned subsidiary of GE.  As part of such discussions, GE has requested 
that certain provisions in the Agreements be amended.  This Letter Agreement 
is to confirm our understanding and agreement with respect to the following 
amendments, which amendments shall be effective only upon occurrence of the 
effective date (the "Effective Date") of the aforementioned merger:

AMENDMENT TO BONUS AGREEMENT:

     1.   The first sentence of Paragraph 1.a. is hereby deleted in its entirety
          and the following inserted in place thereof:

               "If Executive is a full-time employee of the Company in good
          standing on the closing of a Sale of the Company (as defined in
          paragraph 3 below), then Executive will be entitled to a one-time
          bonus of $307,500, less all applicable withholdings (the "Bonus").

AMENDMENT TO OFFER AGREEMENT:

     1.   The first two sentences of the second paragraph on page 2 are hereby
          deleted and the following inserted in place thereof:

               "The Company may, at any time and for any reason, terminate your
          employment without any liability to you whatsoever except as expressly
          provided in this letter.  If your employment is terminated by the
          Company for any reason other than for cause (which shall mean for all
          purposes herein fraud, dishonesty or willful misconduct), the Company
          will pay to you, within 5 business days after the date of such
          termination, a lump sum payment equal to the pro rata 

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          portion of your base salary (as set forth in the first sentence of 
          the second paragraph of this letter) (a) for the period beginning on 
          the date of such termination and ending on the twenty month 
          anniversary of the Effective Date if such termination occurs on or 
          before the eight month anniversary of the Effective Date; or (b) for 
          the period beginning on the date of such termination and ending on the
          first year anniversary of such termination if such termination occurs 
          after the eight month anniversary of the Effective Date.  If at any 
          time following the 60th day after the Effective Date, you choose 
          voluntarily to terminate your employment, the Company will pay to you,
          within 5 business days after the date of such termination, a lump sum 
          payment equal to the pro rata portion of your base salary (as set 
          forth in the first sentence of the second paragraph of this letter) 
          for the period beginning on the date of such termination and ending 
          on first year anniversary of such termination."

     3.   The first, second and third sentences of the third paragraph on page 2
          are hereby deleted and the following inserted in place thereof:

               "Furthermore, if (a) at any time after the Effective Date and
          before the eight month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company
          terminates your employment other than for cause or (b) if at any time
          following the 60th day after the Effective Date and before the eight
          month anniversary of the Effective Date you choose to voluntarily
          terminate your employment, the Company will pay to you, within 5
          business days after the date of such termination, a lump sum payment
          equal to $42,000."
     
AMENDMENT APPLICABLE TO BOTH AGREEMENTS:

     4.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreements (as amended
          by this Letter Agreement), any and all payments to the Executive under
          the Agreements (as modified by this Letter Agreement), shall be
          reduced (but not below zero) so that the present value, as determined
          in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of
          1986, as amended (the "Code"), of such payments plus any other
          payments that must be taken into account for purposes of any
          computation relating to the Executive under Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
          of the Code, shall not in the aggregate, exceed 2.99 times the
          Executive's "base amount", as such term is defined in Section
          280G(b)(3) of the Code.  The Company and the Executive agree that the
          Executive's "base amount" for these purposes equals $251,606. 
          Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no reduction in payments
          under the limitation contained in the immediately preceding sentence
          shall be applied to payments hereunder which do not constitute "excess
          parachute payments" within the meaning of the Code.  Any payments in
          excess of the limitation of this Section 4 or otherwise determined to
          be "excess parachute payments" made to the Executive hereunder shall
          constitute a loan from the Company to the Executive, resulting in an
          amount owing from the Executive to the Company with interest from the
          date of receipt by the Executive to the date of repayment (or offset)
          at the applicable federal rate under Section 1274(d) of the Code,
          compounded semi-annually, which shall be payable to the Company upon
          demand.  It is the Company's intent not to make any payments to the
          Executive that constitute "excess parachute payments" under Section
          280G of the Code, and this Section 4 shall be construed strictly in
          favor of such intent.

If the foregoing accurately sets forth the principal terms of our mutual 
intentions and understandings with respect to these amendments to the 
Agreements, please execute and return an copy of this Letter Agreement.

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Sincerely yours,



InnoServ Technologies, Inc.



By:  /s/ DUDLEY RAUCH              
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     Name:  Dudley Rauch
     Title:  Chairman of the Board


CONFIRMED, ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
ON THIS 15th DAY OF MAY, 1998.


/s/ MICHAEL G. PULS                
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     Michael G. Puls










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