EXHIBIT 23.1
 
               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
    We  consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 No. 2-99839, No. 33-2133, No. 33-26178 and No. 33-66752) pertaining to
the Incentive  Stock  Option Plan,  Employee  Stock Purchase  Plan,  Nonemployee
Director  Stock  Incentive  Plan  and  1992  Stock  Incentive  Plan  of InnoServ
Technologies, Inc.  of our  report dated  July  24, 1996,  with respect  to  the
consolidated  financial statements  and schedule of  InnoServ Technologies, Inc.
included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended April 30, 1996.
 
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Fort Worth, Texas
July 26, 1996