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EXHIBIT 10.17

                       Magnitude Information Systems, Inc.
                  401 State Route 24, Chester, New Jersey 07930

December 1, 2003

Mr. Murray Zaroff
17281 Boca Club Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33487

Dear Mr. Zaroff:

This letter shall serve as an engagement  agreement,  subject to approval of the
Board of Directors of Magnitude  Information  Systems,  Inc.,  pursuant to which
Magnitude  Information Systems,  Inc. (the '"Company") engages you ("Consultant"
or "you") to act on a non-exclusive basis, to render specified senior consulting
and sales representation services.

1. ENGAGEMENT: The Company hereby engages you, and you agree to devote your best
efforts to, perform the following services:

(a) to  assist  the  Company  in  identifying  opportunities  for the  sale  and
licensing of the Company's software products;

(b) to act on a non-exclusive basis as a general business consultant, including,
but not limited to  promoting  the Company to  business  collegues,  friends and
associates, as potential investors in the public trading marketplace.

2. TERM:  Your  engagement  hereunder  shall  commence  on the date first  above
written and shall  continue  through the next twelve  months (the  "Term").  The
parties may amend the Term by up to two successive six-months periods.

3. COMPENSATION:  In consideration for his services hereunder,  Consultant shall
receive the following compensation:

(a) For  sales  and/or  licensing  of our  software  products  to  clients  (the
"Approved  Prospects")  that had been  referred  to us by you and -  subject  to
individual  approval by us - are included in a  periodically  updated  "Prospect
List",  where  such sales or  licensing  is  consummated  during the Term or any
renewal thereof or within twelve months after  termination of this Agreement,  a
cash  commission of five percent (5%) on the gross  proceeds to the Company from
such  transaction less freight charges,  taxes,  returns or allowances,  payable
within 30 days after receipt by the Company of such proceeds.

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(b) For his efforts with respect to his  services  under 1 (b) above  Consultant
shall be entitled to a flat fee remuneration of 1,100,000  restricted  shares of
the common stock of Magnitude  Information  Systems,  Inc., such shares to carry
piggy-back  registration  rights.  If the Term is  amended  as  provided  for in
Section 2 above,  Consultant shall receive 550,000  restricted  shares for every
following six months period.

4.  ASSIGNMENT:  Consultant may assign any of his rights to compensation  earned
under  this  Agreement  provided  he  advises  the  Company  in  writing of such
assignment  and  furthermore  provided that any such assignees have the right to
receive such compensation in accordance with ail applicable  disclosure laws and
rules,  and subject to all  disclosure  regulations  requiring the disclosure of
such assignees' interest in any proposed transaction.

5. CONSULTANT REPRESENTATIONS:  Consultant agrees and represents: (a) that he is
an  independent  contractor  and not an employee of the Company,  that in acting
pursuant to this  engagement he will not legally bind or obligate the Company in
any  manner  whatsoever;  (b)  that  the  execution  and  delivery  of  and  his
performance  under,  this  Agreement  shall not violate or breech any agreement,
contract or obligation  currently in existence  between the  Consultant  and any
third party, and; (c) Consultant hereby acknowledges that he is not a registered
broker dealer with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")
nor registered with any state securities  commission as a broker dealer and that
when  performing his duties under this  Agreement in connection  with any equity
financing  identified in Section 3(c) above,  Consultant's role and duties shall
be strictly limited to providing  introductions  of potential equity  investment
sources to the Company and shall not engage in any negotiations,  discussions or
sales effort with respect  thereto,  all of which activities shall be undertaken
by the authorized officers of the Company.

6.  CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETE:  Except as contemplated by the terms hereof
or as required by applicable  law, you shall keep  confidential  during the Term
and for a period of twelve months thereafter all non-public information provided
to you by the Company,  and shall not  disclose  such  information  to any third
party, other than such of your partners, employees and advisors as you determine
to have a need to know and shall not use any such  information  for any  purpose
other than the purpose of  performing  your  services  for the Company as herein
contemplated.  In  addition,  Consultant  hereby  agrees not to compete,  either
directly or indirectly as a shareholder of another company,  with the Company in
the field of  Ergonomic  Productivity  Software or solicit any of the  Company's
employees to leave the Company during the Term and for a period of twelve months
thereafter.

7. SHORT POSITION: During the term of this engagement and for a period of twelve
months thereafter, Consultant will not maintain a net short position at any time
in the Company's  shares.  This net position  includes freely trading shares and
any preferred shares and warrants on an "as converted" basis.

8.  ASSISTANTS  TO  CONSULTANT:  Should the  Consultant,  in  Consultant's  sole
discretion,  deem it necessary to engage  assistants,  or third parties,  to aid
Consultant  in the  performance  of the  Services,  the parties  agree that such
assistants are engaged solely by the Consultant,  and that  Consultant  alone is
responsible for providing compensation for such assistants.

9.  AGREEMENT:  This Agreement may not be amended or modified  except in writing
and shall be deemed to have been made and  delivered in the State of New Jersey,
and this letter and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed as to
validity, interpretation, construction, effect, and in all other respects by the
internal laws of the State of New Jersey. Any legal action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be  instituted  exclusively  in the  Superior  Court.  County of Morris or
County of Somerset,  State of New Jersey or in the United States  District Court
for the District of New Jersey,  and the parties hereby  expressly submit to the
jurisdiction of said courts.

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10. COMPLETE AGREEMENT: This Agreement supercedes and replaces any and all prior
agreements between the parties.

If the foregoing  correctly sets forth the understanding and agreements  between
the Company and you.  please so indicate in the space  provided for that purpose
below, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement as of the date
first above written.

Magnitude-Information Systems. Inc.

By: /s/ Steven D. Rudnik
    ----------------------------
    Steven D. Rudnik
    President and CEO
                                               Agreed to:
                                               CONSULTANT:

                                               /s/ Murray Zaroff
                                               ------------------------------EXHIBIT 10.18

                            THE RESEARCH WORKS, INC.
                  623 Ocean Avenue, Sea Girt, New Jersey 08750
                         Telephone: (732) 682-4950 Web:
                             www.stocksontheweb.com

November 28, 2003

Mr. Steven D. Rudnik
Chief Executive Officer
Magnitude Information Systems, Inc.
401 State Route 24
Chester, New Jersey 07930

Dear Steven:

This letter agreement (the "Agreement") will confirm our understanding regarding
the engagement of THE RESEARCH WORKS, INC. ("RW"), a New Jersey corporation,  to
provide  equity  research  services  to  MAGNITUDE   INFORMATION  SYSTEMS,  INC.
("Client") a Delaware corporation.

Whereas RW is an independent  research firm that provides research services with
respect to the securities of its clients, and whereas Client has publicly traded
securities  and desires RW to provide equity  research  services with respect to
its common stock, in  consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, RW and Client hereby agree as follows:

1.   TERM.  The term of this  Agreement  ("Term")  shall commence on the date of
     your  signing of this  Agreement  and shall  continue  through the one-year
     anniversary  of the release of the first RW equity  research  report on the
     Client  ("End of the Full  Term"),  unless  either  party  terminates  this
     Agreement,  with or without cause,  at an earlier date ("Early  Termination
     Date") upon  delivery  of written  notice to the other party at the address
     set forth hereinbelow.

2.   RW  SERVICES.  RW  shall  prepare  an  equity  research  report  on  Client
     ("Report")  in  substantially  the same form as  samples  of RW's  research
     reports  presently  displayed  at RW's Web  site  (www.stocksontheweb.com).
     Client shall have no editorial  control over the opinions  expressed in the
     Report, and RW shall not supply a draft copy of the Report to Client.

     RW shall  complete and post a copy of the  finished  Report at its Web site
     within two (2) months of the date of this  Agreement  and shall  update the
     Report on its Web site on  approximately  a monthly basis for the remainder
     of the Term.  Client may make suggestions for changes regarding the factual
     content of the Report at any time after

Initials: WJR             ; Client [GRAPHIC]

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     the  initial  Report  is  posted  on RW's  Web  site,  but RW is  under  no
     obligation  to accept  such  proposed  changes,  and RW  retains  exclusive
     control over the opinions expressed in the Report.

     Following the initial posting of the Report on its Web site, RW shall print
     and   distribute   the  Report  at  its  own  expense  to  individual   and
     institutional   investors   whom   RW   believes   have  an   interest   in
     small-capitalization  stocks.  The date of such  printing and  distribution
     shall be at RW's sole  discretion.  RW shall  also  mail 100  copies of the
     Report to Client,  and Client shall have permission to duplicate the Report
     at its own expense or to purchase  additional original copies from RW for a
     nominal fee.

     FEE. In  consideration  of RW's services,  the Client shall pay to RW a fee
     ("Fee")  consisting of eight hundred thousand  (800,000) shares of Client's
     common  stock.  This Fee is due and payable upon the date on which you sign
     this  Agreement.  The shares  shall be issued in  certificate  form for The
     Research  Works,  Inc.  (623  Ocean  Avenue,  Sea  Girt,  NJ  08750;  tax #
     22-3173901).

     RW  acknowledges  that the common shares issued  pursuant to this Agreement
     (a) have not been  registered  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
     (the  "Act"),   (b)  cannot  be  offered  or  sold  except  pursuant  to  a
     registration  statement  under the Act or an  exemption  from  registration
     under the Act,  and (c) are being  acquired for  investment  and not with a
     view to the distribution  thereof.  RW represents that it is an "accredited
     investor" as such term is defined by Rule 501 (a) of  Regulation D and also
     acknowledges  that its officers and directors are capable of evaluating the
     merits and risks of an investment in Client's common shares.

     The Client  agrees to  piggy-back  the  registration  of the shares  issued
     pursuant to this  Agreement  onto the first  registration  statement  filed
     subsequent to the date on which the Client signs this Agreement.

     Should the Client  terminate  this  Agreement  prior to the End of the Full
     Term for any reason other than RW's failure to perform in  accordance  with
     the terms set forth in this Agreement,  then no portion of the Fee shall be
     refunded to the Client,  except,  however,  that the Client may cancel this
     Agreement  without  penalty  within  five  (5)  business  days of  Client's
     entering into this  Agreement,  provided  that the Client  provides RW with
     written  notice  of such  cancellation  in  accordance  with  the  terms of
     Paragraph 6 of this Agreement.

     Should the Client  terminate  this  Agreement  prior to the End of the Full
     Term for RW's failure to perform in accordance  with the terms set forth in
     this  Agreement,  then a  percentage  of the Fee shall be  refunded  to the
     Client;  this  percentage  is the  product  of 50% times the  result of the
     division  of the number of days from the Early  Termination  Date until the
     End of the Full Term by the  number of days  from the  commencement  of the
     Term until the End of the Full Term.

Initials: WJR ____ ; Client   A L/

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     Notwithstanding the foregoing,  Client shall recover the entire Fee from RW
     if Client  terminates  this Agreement  based on RW's failure to release the
     initial Report in accordance with the time and manner mandated by Paragraph
     2.

     Should RW terminate this Agreement  prior to the End of the Full Term, then
     a percentage  of the Fee shall be refunded to the Client;  this  percentage
     shall be the product of 50% times the result of the  division of the number
     of days from the Early  Termination  Date until the End of the Full Term by
     the number of days from the  commencement  of the Term until the End of the
     Full Term.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing,  RW shall refund the entire Fee to Client if
     RW terminates this Agreement prior to the release of the initial Report for
     any reason other than Client's  failure to perform in  accordance  with the
     terms set forth in this Agreement.

4.   CLIENT'S  REPRESENTATIONS  AND COVENANTS.  Client  represents and covenants
     that:

     (a) it will not use the Report in connection  with any offering of Client's
     securities in any private placement  memoranda or in any prospectus without
     the prior written consent of RW;

     (b) it and its principals  will keep  confidential  their  knowledge of the
     pending release of the Report;

     (c) it will  distribute  the Report only in its entirety and in  conformity
     with all securities laws;

     (d) it will cease any distribution of the Report when facts or management's
     expectations are materially  different from those presented or estimated in
     such Report;

     (e) it has  received  a copy  of RW's  brochure  and  Part  II of RW's  ADV
     application,  both of which  are  available  for  viewing  at RW's web site
     (www.stocksontheweb.com); and

     (f)  it  will  indemnify  and  hold  RW and  its  officers,  employees  and
     independent  contractors  harmless  from  and  against  any  loss,  damage,
     liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs
     of litigation,  regardless of outcome) arising out of or in connection with
     (i) any breach of the  representations and covenants made by Client in this
     Paragraph 4, (ii) false or misleading information provided to RW by Client,
     or (iii) claims relating to the purchase and/or sale of Clients' securities
     arising from RW's relationship  with Client.  Such  indemnifications  shall
     continue for a period of five (5) years beyond the end of the Term.

Initials: WJR             ; Client [GRAPHIC]

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5.   ARBITRATION.  Any dispute between RW and Client, either during or after the
     Term,  shall be subject to binding  arbitration  before a  three-arbitrator
     panel in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
     Prior to the selection of the arbitrators of the binding  arbitration,  the
     parties  shall  first  attempt  non-binding  mediation  before  a  mediator
     selected by said Association.  Each party shall bear its own costs relating
     to such mediation, including attorney's fees and expenses. In the event the
     parties  are  unable to  resolve  the  dispute  through  mediation  and the
     arbitrators  reach a decision in favor of one of the parties then the other
     party shall be responsible for all costs of the first party relating to the
     arbitration, including attorney's fees and expenses, subject however to the
     discretion  of the  arbitrators  to  reallocate  these costs if cause is so
     found by the  arbitrators.  Unless another location is mutually agreed upon
     by both parties,  the mediation  and  arbitration  are to take place in the
     State of New Jersey.

6.   NOTICES.  Notices to RW are to be  delivered  to  William J.  Ritger at the
     address in this  letterhead.  Notices to the Client are to be  delivered to
     the  individual to whom this letter is directed,  at the inside  address of
     this letter.  The parties to this  Agreement may change these  addresses by
     giving written notice.

7.   IMPAIRED  PROVISION.  If any  provision of this  Agreement is held invalid,
     illegal or unenforceable in any respect (an "Impaired Provision"),

     (a) such Impaired  Provision  shall be  interpreted  in such a manner as to
     preserve, to the maximum extent possible, the intent of the parties,

     (b) the validity,  legality and enforceability of the remaining  provisions
     shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and

     (c) such decision shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability
     of such Impaired Provision under other circumstances.  The parties agree to
     negotiate  in good faith and agree upon a provision to  substitute  for the
     Impaired  Provision in the circumstances in which the Impaired Provision is
     invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

8.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the
     parties  hereto with respect to the subject  matter hereof and shall not be
     modified, except by a written document signed by the parties.

9.   PARAGRAPH  HEADINGS.  The  paragraph  headings  used in this  Agreement are
     included  solely  for  convenience  and  shall  not  affect  or be  used in
     connection with the interpretation of this Agreement.

10.  GOVERNING  LAW.  This  Agreement  shall be  governed  by and  construed  in
     accordance  with the laws of the State of New Jersey  without regard to the
     principles of conflict of laws.

Initials: WJR             ; Client /

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11.  Facsimile  copies.  Duly executed  facsimile copies are fully binding under
     any and all applicable laws.

Please  confirm your  agreement  with the foregoing by signing and returning one
copy of this letter to the  undersigned  whereupon  this letter  shall  become a
binding  Agreement.  The offer to enter into this Agreement shall expire 14 days
from the date of this letter.

Very truly yours,

THE RESEARCH WORKS, INC.

By: /s/ William J. Ritger
    ---------------------------
    William J. Ritger President

MAGNITUDE^INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

            [GRAPHIC]

By: /s/ Joerg H. Klaube
    -----------------------------
    Joerg H. Klaube
    Chief Financial Officer

Date:  November 28, 2003

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REMINDER: Please remember to initial each page.

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Initials: WJR       ; Client

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