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                                                                  Exhibit 10.44

                          FINANCING PARTNER AGREEMENT

Financing Partner

                                                        Agreement No.:  AA010600

Name:      Aspen Technology, Inc.
Address:   Ten Canal Park
           Cambridge, MA 02141

     IBM Credit Corporation (IBM Credit, we, us, our) is the United States
provider of IBM Global Financing's (IGF) financing offerings and with this
agreement (Agreement) establishes our financing relationship with Aspen
Technology, Inc. (you, your).

     Our financing relationship with you is intended to assist your customers
in obtaining financing from us for the acquisition of information technology
equipment, programs and/or services ("Products") from you.

     This Agreement describes the financing partner program (Program) and sets
forth the mutual understanding and undertakings in connection with the Program.

1.  Your Referral

     You select the customers that you wish to refer to us for financing. At
your discretion, you may either: (i) provide the customer's name to us and our
representatives will contact the customer directly, or (ii) complete and submit
a financing request (Financing Request) to us.  The following information will
be required under either option:

     a)  customer's full and legal name and address;

     b)  Products to be financed, as well as the cost of the Products and any
         additional charges or fees associated with each specific Product or its
         installation; and

     c)  the anticipated installation date(s).

2.  Our Responsibilities

     We shall evaluate the Financing Request and will promptly notify you and
the customer of an approval, rejection or request for additional information.
We will offer financing to those customers that meet the credit and other
relevant criteria that we establish for our financial offerings. We will
provide financial selling education to your field sales force.

3.  Your Responsibilities

You agree to:

     a.)  Use reasonable efforts to provide contacts and assistance, if
          required, to assist us in obtaining required credit evaluation
          financial from your referred customers and providing them with copies
          of our agreements.

     b.)  Provide documentation, to either the customer or to us, that
          accurately and completely lists the Products you are providing, and
          the initial costs or fees associated with each specific Product. This
          includes providing us or assisting us in obtaining customer invoices
          for all Products which we are financing for the customer.
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                          FINANCING PARTNER AGREEMENT

4. Customer Default

     If one of your customers fails to make payment to us due to the failure of
your Products to perform as specified in the warranty sections of your sales,
license and/or services agreements and following your reasonable opportunity to
cure such Product nonperformance you become obligated to refund amounts under
such agreement, you agree to pay to us instead of your customer, with your
customer's written approval, any warranty refund payments due under your
agreement terms to the extent such amounts were financed by us.

5. Trademarks, Trade Names, Advertising or Promotional Materials

     Neither party shall have the right to use the other party's trademark to
trade name in any advertising or promotional materials, or otherwise, without
the other party's prior written consent. However, each party hereby consents to
the other party identifying it by name, naming you as a Financing Partner
under this program and the use of trade names (including use of the IGF trade
name) in the following situations:

          1. Communications to each party's sales and sales support teams
             (sales/administrative procedures and processes; newsletter, etc.);
          2. Communication to IBM Business partners who promote/sell financing;
          3. Our websites;
          4. Presentations to internal audiences;
          5. Presentations to external audiences (Business partners/
             distributors/customers);
          6. IBM websites;
          7. Your Websites;
          8. Marketing literature and brochures for internal events;
          9. Marketing literature and brochures for customer events.

You agree to comply with the IGF Advertising Guidelines, that are attached, in
the above situations as well as other situations where your compliance with the
IGF Advertising Guidelines will be deemed to constitute our prior written
consent for such usage.

6. General

     This Agreement may be terminated, by either party, with 90 days' prior
written notice and may only be modified in writing, signed by both parties.

     We reserve the right, with 90 days prior written notice to you, to
terminate this Program. However, the terms of this Agreement shall continue in
effect with respect to any financing already in place for Aspen Technology,
Inc. products and/or services financed by IBM Credit Corp.

     We reserve the right, without liability to you, to discontinue or vary the
terms of financing proposals to any or all customers.

     You reserve the right, without liability to us, to discontinue or vary
the offerings available to your customers.

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                          FINANCING PARTNER AGREEMENT

     We retain absolute discretion not to accept all or part of any request or
application for financing for any reason.

     It shall be your responsibility to report, collect, and remit any taxes
levied in connection with your selling/licensing software programs or providing
taxable services.

     Neither party has any authority to affect or change the other's contracts,
prices or terms.

     Neither party will make any representations, warranties or promises of any
type, on the other party's behalf to customers or any other party.

7. RATE BUY-DOWN OFFERING

     You may want to provide your customers with a more attractive financing
proposal for Products than our standard offerings. Both parties agree that
under the terms of this Offering, we offer you the option to buy-down the
rate/$1000 (Rate) for financing under the following terms: Upon our acceptance
of this Agreement, we will use the Rate Buy-Down Percent indicated below, which
may be 0%, to determine a reduction in the Rate that we offer to your customer
for Products financing transactions, unless you notify us otherwise prior to
our presenting the reduced Rates to the customer. We will document the details
of the transaction on a confirming Rate Buy-Down Schedule (Schedule) and the
reduced Rate will be valid and effective provided the financing transaction is
accepted by the customer prior to the Schedule Expiration Date that is
specified in such schedule. When the customer accepts our financing services
agreement, we will deduct an amount equal to the sum of the Unit Amount
Financed multiplied by the Rate Buy-Down Percent for each item financed (Total
Rate Buy-Down Amount) from the amount due under your invoice for the items we
are financing and remit the remainder to you upon receipt of all required
financing documents.

     On a case by case basis, you may request to buy down a proposed Rate for a
transaction at a different Rate Buy-Down Percent than that indicated below. To
request such change, you must indicate the modified Rate Buy-Down Percent on a
Schedule and return the signed Schedule to us prior to our presenting the Rates
to the customer.

Neither party hereunder is under any obligation to either offer or accept a
Rate Buy-Down proposal with regard to any specific customer transaction.

Rate Buy-Down Percent - 0%
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                          FINANCING PARTNER AGREEMENT

Please indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Program, as described
herein, by signing below.

ACCEPTED BY

IBM Credit Corporation                         Aspen Technology, Inc.

By: /s/ Matt J. Gonsen                         By: /s/ Lisa W. Zappala
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      Authorized Signature                           Authorized Signature

Matt J. Gonsen       6/15/00                   Lisa W. Zappala       6/15/00
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                                                                   Exhibit 10.48

                        DIRECT VENDOR PROGRAM AGREEMENT

     THIS DIRECT VENDOR PROGRAM, AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is dated as of November
18, 1999 by and between GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION ("GE CAPITAL"), a
New York corporation, with an address at 10 Riverview Drive, P.O. Box 3199,
Danbury, CT 06810-3199, telecopy number 203-749-4522, Attn: Manager of
Operations, Vendor Financial Services, Diversified Industries Group, and ASPEN
TECHNOLOGY, INC. ("ASPEN"),  a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of
business and address at 10 Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141, telecopy number
(617) 949-1030, Attn: Lisa W. Zappala, Chief Financial Officer, together with
their respective successors and assigns.

     ASPEN AND GE CAPITAL are entering into this Agreement with the principal
objective of providing a customer financing capability to support the licensing
of certain software products manufactured or distributed by ASPEN and the
provision of certain services which are related to such software (the
"Program").

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and of the
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, the parties hereby
agree as follows:

     1.   DEFINITIONS.

     (a)  "Agreement" means this Direct Vendor Program Agreement and any riders,
addends, and written amendments hereto. (b) "Application" means information
regarding a prospective Customer and any other information required by GE
CAPITAL to evaluate a proposed Transaction, (c) "Customer" means a qualified
customer of ASPEN who is an obligor under a DFC or a guarantor of such obligor.
(d) "Default by ASPEN" means a breach by ASPEN of any term or condition of this
Agreement or of any Software License Agreement described in a DFC. (e) "Default
by GE CAPITAL" means a breach by GE CAPITAL of any term or condition of this
Agreement. (f) "DFC" means a Direct Finance Contract between GE CAPITAL and a
Customer which evidences the Customer's obligation to repay to GE CAPITAL the
amounts required under the applicable Software License Agreement for the
Software License and the Service Fees, if applicable. (g) "Event of
Cancellation" means (i) a Material Adverse Change in financial condition,
business or operations of ASPEN since the date of this Agreement or of a
Customer since the date of the related Application, or (ii) the occurrence of an
event which causes a representation made by ASPEN under this Agreement or by a
Customer under a DFC to be false in any material respect when made or, although
true when made, not to be true at the time the Software and Services are
accepted by such Customer, or (iii) a Default by ASPEN, or (iv) notification by
such Customer to ASPEN or to GE CAPITAL of its intent to cancel all or any part
of such Transaction or to refuse to accept any part of the Software or Services.
(h) "Final Document Package" means such properly completed and duly executed
documentation, including the DFC and a copy of the Software License Agreement,
as GE CAPITAL shall require in order to finalize a Transaction and to pay the
Purchase Price to ASPEN, (i) "Material Adverse Change" means a significant
negative change of ASPEN or GE CAPITAL from the date of this Agreement or of a
Customer from the date of the related Application in its financial condition or
its properties, assets, business, operations or business prospects. (j) "Net
Book Value" with respect to a DFC means: (i) all accrued and unpaid amounts then
due under the applicable DFC, plus (ii) all remaining amounts which shall become
due under the applicable DFC, discounted to present value at the applicable
Standard Discount Rate, plus (iii) any out-of-pocket expenses (including actual
attorney's fees) incurred by GE CAPITAL with respect to such DFC. (k) "Software
License Agreement" means the agreement between Aspen and the applicable Customer
described in a DFC which entitles the Customer to use the Software in accordance
with the terms of the Software License and to receive the Services described
therein. (l) "Purchase Price" means the present value of the aggregate payments
scheduled to be made under a DFC for the Software License and the Service Fees,
if applicable, discounted at the Standard Discount Rate applicable thereto (or
any non-Standard Discount Rate previously approved by GE CAPITAL in writing).
(m) "Service Fees" means the fees charged by ASPEN to a Customer under a
Software License Agreement for the provision of Services. (n) "Services" means
any and all of the software maintenance services described in the applicable
Software License Agreement which are financed by GE CAPITAL. (o) "Software"
means ASPEN's proprietary computer programs (including any accompanying
documentation, manuals, upgrades, releases, databases, enhancements and
instructions), plus any accompanying hardware security devices and third party
software and documentation. (p) "Software License" means the license to the
Software granted by Aspen to a Customer under a Software License Agreement. (q)
"Standard Discount Rate" means the rate of interest established by GE CAPITAL at
which GE CAPITAL discounts the Purchase price to be paid for a Transaction. (r)
"Termination Event" means a Default by GE CAPITAL which is not cured within
thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice, or a Default by ASPEN
which is not cured within thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice,
or a Material Adverse Change of GE CAPITAL or ASPEN. (s) "Transaction" means the
financing by GE CAPITAL of a Software License and Service Fees, if applicable,
on behalf of a Customer, the repayment obligations of which are evidenced by a
DFC.

     2.   ORIGINATING TRANSACTIONS. GE CAPITAL and ASPEN agree that provided
that no Termination Event has occurred. GE CAPITAL may enter into Transactions
to finance the Software Licenses and Service Fees of Customers. While ASPEN
agrees to recommend GE CAPITAL as a financing source, nothing contained herein
shall require ASPEN to attempt to dissuade those prospective Customers who have
either elected to purchase the Software License and Service Fees for cash or to
select another financing source, and nothing contained herein shall require GE
CAPITAL to approve any prospective Customer referred by ASPEN.

     3.   REVIEW.  ASPEN will cause a prospective Customer to complete and
deliver to GE CAPITAL any information required to complete an Application. Upon
receipt, GE CAPITAL will review the information and either approve or reject the
Application and will notify ASPEN of its determination. Upon notification, ASPEN
will advise the Customer of the approval or rejection of the Application, and
will deliver to GE CAPITAL the Final Document Package for any approved
Application.

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     4.   CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. Approvals for all Applications will remain
valid for a period of sixty (60) days, unless extended by GE CAPITAL in its sole
discretion. GE CAPITAL may revoke its approval of an Application and transfer to
ASPEN any right, title or interest which it acquired in such Application or the
related Final Document Package if (a) GE CAPITAL does not receive the Final
Document Package within sixty (60) days after the date GE CAPITAL notifies ASPEN
of its approval of such Application; or (b) prior to the payment by GE CAPITAL
of the applicable Purchase Price, GE CAPITAL determines, in its good faith
judgment, that an Event of Cancellation has occurred. Upon revocation of its
approval for an Application, GE CAPITAL shall have no further liability to the
Customer or to ASPEN in connection with the proposed Transaction.

     5.   FUNDING.  Provided that GE CAPITAL has not revoked its approval of an
Application pursuant to Section 4 and that the amount requested to be funded
does not exceed the amount approved for such Application, GE CAPITAL will pay
ASPEN the Purchase Price of the applicable Transaction within one (1) business
day (or such other period as the parties mutually determine) following GE
CAPITAL's receipt of the Final Document Package.

     6.   STANDARD DISCOUNT RATE.  (a) GE CAPITAL will provide ASPEN with the
Standard Discount Rate used to calculate the Purchase Price for each
Transaction. (b) Following consultation between the Relationship Managers and
upon GE CAPITAL's written approval, GE CAPITAL may also approve a Purchase Price
which is calculated at a rate other than the current Standard Discount Rate. (c)
GE CAPITAL will honor the Standard Discount Rate (and any non-Standard Discount
Rate previously approved in writing by GE CAPITAL) for each Application
submitted by ASPEN which predates the effective date of a new Standard Discount
Rate, provided that the Final Document Package is received by GE CAPITAL within
thirty (30) days (or any longer period agreed to by GE CAPITAL) after the date
of approval of such Application.

     7.   GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES; RELATIONSHIP MANAGERS. (a) GE CAPITAL
will provide general administrative services in connection with Transactions,
including credit investigation, documentation review, billing and collecting. GE
CAPITAL will work with ASPEN's field sales organization to structure new
Transactions and otherwise support the Program and ASPEN sales efforts. GE
CAPITAL personnel will be available to answer Customer inquiries relating to the
Program or Transactions on business days between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30
p.m., eastern time. GE CAPITAL will endeavor to resolve (or forward to Aspen for
resolution) all Customer complaints related to Transactions within forty-eight
(48) hours of receipt and, failing that, endeavor to keep the affected Customer
informed of the progress toward resolution on a regular basis; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 7 shall require GE CAPITAL to resolve or
endeavor to resolve any Customer complaints related to Software, Software
Licenses or Services, which shall remain the sole responsibility of ASPEN. (b)
GE CAPITAL may without notice to ASPEN: (i) amend or restructure any
Transaction, defer, renew or extend the time for payment or performance or grant
any other indulgence to a Customer, or (ii) make settlements or compromises in
connection therewith. GE CAPITAL's and ASPEN's rights and obligations hereunder
shall remain unaffected by any such activity. (c) ASPEN hereby irrevocably
appoints GE CAPITAL its attorney-in-fact to endorse or sign ASPEN's name on all
checks received by GE CAPITAL with regard to Transactions. (d) ASPEN and GE
CAPITAL will each appoint a Relationship Manager to supervise the Program and to
serve as the primary management contact between ASPEN and GE CAPITAL under the
Program. The Relationship Managers will be charged with monitoring and managing
the relationship between ASPEN and GE CAPITAL, and ensuring compliance with the
terms of this Agreement.

     8.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ASPEN. ASPEN hereby represents,
warrants and covenants to GE CAPITAL, its successors and assigns, as of the date
hereof, of the related Application and throughout the term of any Transaction,
that, (a) ASPEN is a duly organized and validly existing corporation and has
full power to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions
contemplated hereby. (b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance by ASPEN of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action. (c) This Agreement constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of ASPEN enforceable in accordance with its
terms. (d) Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will constitute (i) a violation or default of
any statute, rule, or decree of any court, administrative agency or governmental
body to which ASPEN is or may be subject, or (ii) a material default with
respect to any indenture, loan agreement or other agreement to which ASPEN is
bound. (e) ASPEN possesses and will maintain throughout the term of any Software
License Agreement adequate licenses and permits to grant the Software Licenses
described in the Software License Agreement. (f) Each Software License and
Software License Agreement constitutes the genuine, legal, valid, and binding
obligation of ASPEN, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and ASPEN will
not amend any portion of a Software License or a Software License Agreement in
any manner which could adversely affect GE CAPITAL's ability to receive payments
due under the applicable DFC, without GE CAPITAL's prior written consent. (g) To
the best of ASPEN's knowledge, each DFC constitutes the genuine, legal, valid,
and binding obligation of the applicable Customer, enforceable in accordance
with its terms. (h) In all documents (including the DFC) where ASPEN is
responsible for obtaining the Customer's signature, the signature of the named
Customer is genuine, and the individual signing on behalf of the Customer holds
the office set forth below his signature. (i) There are and will be no
agreements between ASPEN or its agents and any Customer in connection with any
Transaction, except as contained in (i) the applicable Software License
Agreement and/or (ii) any agreement relating to services and/or consulting which
is not financed by GE CAPITAL, the breach or default of which by either ASPEN or
its agents will not adversely impact the Customer's obligations to GE CAPITAL
under the applicable DFC, and no express or implied warranties have been or will
be made by ASPEN or its agents to any Customer, except as contained therein. (j)
ASPEN will immediately remit to GE CAPITAL any Software License or Service Fees
which it may receive from a Customer in connection with a Transaction. (k) GE
CAPITAL will have a first priority security interest in the Customer's right to
use the Software subject to any Transaction, free and clear of all liens,
claims,  and encumbrances. (l) Neither ASPEN nor its agents have

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participated in or have any knowledge of any fraudulent act in connection with
any Transaction or any Customer, (m) All credit or other information reasonably
relevant to a credit decision concerning the Customer known to ASPEN will be
disclosed to GE CAPITAL, (n) The Software will be delivered to and accepted by
the named Customer, in accordance with the standard terms and conditions
outlined in the applicable Software License Agreement. ASPEN will license,
service and maintain the Software and otherwise perform its obligations in
compliance with the terms of the applicable Software License Agreement; (o) All
sales, use, or property taxes applicable to the value, sale or use of the
Software assessed or imposed prior to the time GE CAPITAL pays the applicable
Purchase Price, will have been paid or will be timely remitted by ASPEN to the
appropriate taxing authority and ASPEN will on request provide GE CAPITAL with
proof of such payment as promptly as possible, (p) There are no suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of ASPEN, threatened in any court or
before any regulatory commission, or other administrative or governmental agency
against or affecting ASPEN which could materially impair ASPEN's ability to
perform its obligations hereunder or in connection with any Software License
Agreement, (q) The financial statements of ASPEN delivered to GE CAPITAL from
time to time fairly present the financial position of ASPEN as of the dates
thereof and the results of operations of ASPEN for the periods covered thereby,
all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis, and since the date of the latest such financial statements,
there has been no Material Adverse Change of ASPEN, (r) ASPEN will promptly
deliver to GE CAPITAL such information concerning the financial or other
condition of ASPEN as GE CAPITAL may reasonably request, and will deliver to GE
CAPITAL within one hundred twenty (120) days of the close of each fiscal year,
the balance sheet and profit and loss statement of ASPEN (including the
consolidated taxpayer group of which it is a part), certified by a recognized
firm of public accountants, and, within ninety (90) days of the close of each
fiscal quarter, its quarterly financial report, certified by its chief financial
officer, (s) ASPEN has a Year 2000 computer program with respect to its
services, products and internal systems which provides for testing of products,
development of compliant products, extension of warranties and representations
to customers, testing and selected remediation or replacement of internal
systems, and development of contingency plans. This program includes seeking
assurances from its vendors and suppliers that such vendors' and suppliers'
products and services which are material to ASPEN's operations are Year 2000
Compliant, (t) ASPEN only provides Year 2000 compliant warranties to customers
in accordance with the listing and description of software products accessed
through its internet page (www.AspenTech.com) ("Compliant Software"), which
warranty generally warrants that such product is capable of correctly (1)
processing, providing, and/or receiving date data within and between the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries for the years 1980 through 2025, (2)
handling the computer date rollover on December 31, 1999 at midnight, (3)
processing leap years through 2025, and (4) handling single century formula and
multi-century formula date inputs in a clearly defined and unambiguous manner,
provided that all non-ASPEN products (hardware, software, and firmware) used
with the Compliant Software properly exchange accurate date data with the
Compliant Software. All Software for which GE CAPITAL is requested to provide
financing under Transactions on or after the date of this Agreement is, to the
best of ASPEN's knowledge, Compliant Software, and ASPEN shall promptly notify
GE CAPITAL if ASPEN discovers that any such Software is not Compliant Software.

     9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF GE CAPITAL. GE CAPITAL hereby
represents, warrants and covenants to ASPEN, its successors and assigns, as of
the date hereof, of the related Application and throughout the term of any
Transaction, that: (a) GE CAPITAL is a duly organized and validly existing
corporation and has full power to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby, (b) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the performance by GE CAPITAL of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (c) This
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of GE CAPITAL
enforceable in accordance with its terms, (d) Neither the execution of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
constitute (i) a violation or default of any statute, rule, or decree of any
court, administrative agency or governmental body to which GE CAPITAL is or may
be subject, or (ii) a material default with respect to any indenture, loan
agreement or other agreement to which GE CAPITAL is bound, (e) All documents
relating to a Transaction to which GE CAPITAL is a party or by which it is bound
will be genuine, legal, valid and binding obligations of GE CAPITAL, enforceable
in accordance with their terms, (f) GE CAPITAL will honor any agreements made by
GE CAPITAL with any Customer in connection with any Transaction, (g) There are
no suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of GE CAPITAL, threatened
in any court or before any regulatory commission, or other administrative or
governmental agency against or affecting GE CAPITAL which could materially
impair GE CAPITAL's ability to perform its obligations hereunder or in
connection with any Transaction, (h) The consolidated financial statements of GE
CAPITAL fairly present the financial position of GE CAPITAL as of the dates
thereof and the results of operations of GE CAPITAL for the periods covered
thereby, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis, and since the date of the latest such financial
statements, there has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition
of GE CAPITAL.

     10. DFC DEFAULTS. Upon the occurrence of an event of a default by a
Customer under a DFC (a "DFC Default"), ASPEN acknowledges that all rights of
such Customer under the applicable Software License Agreement shall be
automatically transferred to GE CAPITAL, and ASPEN shall, upon the instruction
of GE CAPITAL, immediately terminate the Software License granted to such
Customer and cease to perform any Services on behalf of such Customer which have
not yet been performed under the applicable Software License Agreement. In
addition, ASPEN will, upon request, pay GE CAPITAL the Net Book Value of any
Service Fees financed by GE CAPITAL under the applicable Software License
Agreement which relate to Services which have not yet been performed by ASPEN
(regardless of whether or not such Service Fees are incorporated into the
Software License Fees described in the Software License Agreement). ASPEN
acknowledges that GE CAPITAL shall be free to pursue such Customer for amounts
owed by such Customer to GE CAPITAL under the applicable DFC which relate to (i)
Service Fees for Services performed by ASPEN prior to

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the date of the DFC Default and/or (ii) the Software License financed by GE
CAPITAL (excluding that portion, if any, which relates to Services not yet been
performed by ASPEN). ASPEN shall cooperate with any reasonable requests from GE
CAPITAL which enable GE CAPITAL to enforce its rights against such Customer
pursuant to this Section 10, including providing documentary evidence of the
Services actually performed by ASPEN or its agents for such Customer prior to
the date of the DFC Default.

     11. INDEMNIFICATION. ASPEN shall indemnify and hold harmless GE CAPITAL,
its officers, directors, affiliates, employees and agents, from any losses,
claims, liabilities, demands and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees
and additional tax liabilities resulting from the receipt by GE CAPITAL of
indemnities pursuant hereto, arising out of (i) any breach by ASPEN of its
representations, warranties or obligations hereunder, or (ii) any act, failure
to act, omission, representation or misrepresentation by ASPEN, its officers,
directors, affiliates or their respective employees or agents in connection with
any Software License Agreement or with the licensing, use, operation, updating,
upgrading, servicing or maintenance of the Software or provision of Services, or
(iii) the termination of any license (including the Software License) pertaining
to any Software which results from (a) ASPEN no longer having the right to
license such Software (including, any termination arising from the alleged
infringement of the Software on any third party's intellectual property rights)
or (b) an arbitrary act on the part of ASPEN which is unrelated to any material
breach on the Customer's part of the Software License Agreement or the license
granted thereunder. GE CAPITAL shall indemnify and hold harmless ASPEN, its
officers, directors, affiliates, employees and agents, from any losses, claims,
liabilities, demands and expenses, including without limitation reasonable
attorneys' fees and additional tax liabilities resulting from the receipt by
ASPEN of indemnities pursuant hereto, arising out of (i) any breach by GE
CAPITAL of its representations, warranties or obligations hereunder or (ii) any
act, failure to act, omission, representation or misrepresentation by GE
CAPITAL, its officers, directors, affiliates or their respective employees or
agents in connection with any Transaction. The indemnified party shall not be
required as a condition to receipt of payments hereunder to contest or to permit
the indemnifying party to participate in any contest in connection with the
foregoing or to attempt to recover from any Customer through legal proceedings
or otherwise. All indemnities and obligations under this Section 11 shall
survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement and the expiration or
termination of any Transaction. In no event shall ASPEN or GE CAPITAL indemnify
the other party against liability for indirect, special, consequential or
incidental damages including loss of use, revenue or profit (other than, in the
case of ASPEN's indemnity of GE CAPITAL, any amounts that are included in the
Net Book Value assigned to such Transaction by GE CAPITAL) regardless of the
form of the cause of action.

     12. TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be effective upon execution
by GE CAPITAL and ASPEN and shall continue from such effective date until
terminated by either party pursuant to the provisions hereof. This Agreement may
be terminated by either party for any reason upon ninety (90) days prior written
notice. Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written
notice to the other party if a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon
termination of this Agreement, the obligations of the parties with respect to
Transactions not funded by GE CAPITAL shall cease, but all obligations with
respect to Transactions which have been funded by GE CAPITAL shall survive. If
this Agreement is terminated following the occurrence of a Termination Event,
the terminating party shall have the right to seek any and all additional
remedies as may be available in law or in equity.

     13. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS. ASPEN may without prior written consent assign
any of its rights hereunder to payment to any party. GE CAPITAL may without
prior written consent assign any of its rights hereunder or under any
Transaction or related DFC to any party, and may in connection therewith
securitize or syndicate its rights under such DFC. Except as provided herein,
the rights and obligations of GE CAPITAL and ASPEN under this Agreement may not
be assigned without the prior written consent of the other party.

     14. CONFIDENTIALITY. From time to time GE CAPITAL or ASPEN may provide
information to the other party which is plainly marked as "confidential". GE
CAPITAL and ASPEN will take reasonable steps to preserve the confidential nature
of such information and to prevent its disclosure to third parties. Such
information shall not be considered confidential if (i) it is already in the
public domain, or (ii) it is obtained from an independent source who is not
legally bound to refrain from such disclosure, or (iii) it is independently
developed by the receiving party. GE CAPITAL and ASPEN will fulfill their
obligations hereunder if they exercise the same degree of care to preserve and
safeguard such confidential information as they use to preserve and safeguard
their own confidential information. GE CAPITAL and ASPEN may disclose
confidential information to their respective affiliates, and confidential
information relating to a specific Transaction and the related DFC may be
disclosed by GE CAPITAL to its representatives and agents, in the event that
such Transaction is referred for collection, and to any purchaser or
administrator, in the event that such DFC is syndicated or securitized, provided
that the receiving party agrees to be bound by the terms hereof. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to prohibit disclosure of confidential information that is
required by law, so long as the disclosing party, so far as practicable,
consults with the other party prior to such disclosure and takes such steps as
the other party may reasonably request to mitigate the effect of such
disclosure.

     15. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) GE CAPITAL and ASPEN acknowledge that they are
separate entities, each of which has entered into this Agreement for independent
business reasons. (b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
ASPEN and GE CAPITAL concerning the subject matter hereof. The Vendor Program
Agreement dated as of March 29, 1990, as amended, between ASPEN and GE CAPITAL
(the "Original VPA") shall continue to apply to all transactions funded under
the Original VPA, as well as to any new transactions funded on or after the date
hereof in which the repayment obligations of the Customers with respect to
Software Licenses and Service Fees (if applicable) shall be evidenced by
agreements between ASPEN and such Customers, which shall be assigned by ASPEN to
GE CAPITAL pursuant to the terms of the Original VPA. (c) ASPEN shall have no
right, and will not attempt, to accept collections under any DFC, or repossess
or consent to the return of any Software (other than for maintenance or upon the
expiration of the term of the applicable Software License Agreement). (d)
Notices to ASPEN or GE CAPITAL under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
given if sent by (i) recognized overnight delivery or registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, or

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(ii) by telecopy (promptly confirmed in writing) to the other party at the
address or telecopy number first stated above or such other address or telecopy
number as such party may have provided by notice. (e) The parties agree that
this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
(other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York. (f) If at
any time any provision of this Agreement is held by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of
no force and effect, but the illegality or unenforceability of such provision
shall not impair the enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
(g) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
concerning the subject matter hereof. The terms may not be terminated or
amended orally, but only by an instrument duly executed by each of the parties
hereto. (h) In the event there is any conflict between this Agreement and any
ancillary agreements with respect to any Software, Software Licenses or
Services, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. (h) THE
PARTIES WAIVE, THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS HEREUNDER.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective duly authorized representatives as of the date first above
written.

ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC.                  GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ Lisa W. Zappala                 By: /s/ Paul Bossidy
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Title: Sr. VP & CFO                     Title: Vice President
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