Exhibit 23.1 - Consent of Ernst & Young LLP





                 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 15, 1997, 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, 1997.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Fort Worth, Texas
July 25, 1997