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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

            We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Cayenne Software, Inc. (formerly Bachman Information Systems, Inc.)
on Form S-8 of our reports dated August 15, 1995, except as to the information
presented in Note 17, for which the date is September 19, 1995, on our audits of
the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of
Bachman Information Systems, Inc. as of June 30, 1995 and 1994, and for each of
the three years in the period ended June 30, 1995, which reports are included in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bachman Information Systems, Inc. for the year
ended June 30, 1995.




                                             COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Boston, Massachusetts
September 16, 1996