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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Delano Technology Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-38602) pertaining to the Delano Technology Corporation Stock Option
Plan and Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-38726) pertaining to the
Delano Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Program of our report
dated March 1, 2000, with respect to the financial statements of Digital
Archaeology Corporation for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, included
in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 28, 2000 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                      /s/      Ernst & Young LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
December 26, 2000