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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


Board of Directors and Stockholders
of Cayenne Software, Inc.

            We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Cayenne Software, Inc. (formerly Bachman Information Systems, Inc.)
on Form S-3 of our report, which included an explanatory paragraph about the
merger of Cayenne Software, Inc. and Cadre Technologies Inc. which has been
accounted for as a pooling of interests, dated February 25, 1997, on our audits
of the consolidated financial statements of Cayenne Software, Inc. as of
December 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996, and for the six month period ended December
31, 1996 and the year ended June 30, 1996, which report is included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cayenne Software, Inc. for the transition period
ended December 31, 1996. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts".

                                                COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Boston, Massachusetts
September 26, 1997