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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Forms S-8) and related Prospectuses pertaining to the Home Financial Network,
Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, 1996 Stock Plan, the
1988 Stock Option Plan, the 1992 Director Stock Option Plan, the 1991 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, the 1991 Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
the Powersoft Corporation 1984 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Powersoft
Corporation 1994 Amended and Restated Incentive and Non-Qualified Stock Option
Plan, the Letter Agreement between Powersoft Corporation and William P. Miller
dated April 5, 1991, the Complex Architectures, Inc. Stock Option Plan and the
Letter Agreement dated February 25, 1994 between Complex Architectures, Inc. and
Frank A. Sola, and the Expressway Technologies 1987 Stock Option Plan, of our
report dated January 20, 2000, except for Note Thirteen as to which the date is
February 2, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Sybase, Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
December 31, 1999.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Sybase, Inc. listed
in Item 14(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion,
the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation
to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly
in all material respects the information set forth therein.

                                            /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Walnut Creek, California
March 28, 2000