Exhibit 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Board of Directors and Stockholders
IBS Interactive Inc.
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Amendment No. 1)
of our report dated June 1, 1999 relating to the consolidated financial
statements of IBS Interactive, Inc. appearing in the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K; of our report dated March 29, 1999, relating to the consolidated
financial statements of IBS Interactive, Inc. appearing in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1998; our report dated May
26, 1999 relating to the December 31, 1998 financial statements of Spectrum
Information Systems, Inc. appearing in the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K/A; our report dated February 22, 1999 relating to the financial statements
of Halo Network Management LLC appearing in the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K/A and our report dated November 30, 1998 relating to the financial
statements of DesignFX Interactive, LLC appearing in the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K/A.

We also  consent  to the  reference  to us under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Prospectus.


/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO SEIDMAN, LLP

Woodbridge, New Jersey
June 24, 1999