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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Ardent Software, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form
S-3 of Ardent Software, Inc. of our report dated January 22, 1999 (March 30,
1999 as to Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements) (which expresses an
unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding the
restatement of the 1996 statement of operations), appearing in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Ardent Software, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1998 and
in the registration statement No. 333-73267 on form S-4 filed on April 5, 1999.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts

Dated:  July 30, 1999





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