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 New Era of Networks, Inc.
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan, the New Era of Networks, Inc.
Amended and Restated 1997 Director Option Plan; New Era of Networks, Inc. 1998
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, Century Analysis Inc. 1996 Equity Incentive
Plan, Convoy Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan, Microscript, Inc. 1997 Stock
Option Plan, Home Financial Network, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, Sybase, Inc. 2003
Stock Plan, Sybase, Inc. 1999 Nonstatutory Stock Plan, Sybase, Inc. 1996 Stock
Plan, Sybase, Inc. 2001 Director Stock Option Plan, Sybase, Inc. 1992 Director
Stock Option Plan, the Sybase, Inc. 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 1991
Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 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, the Registration Statement (Form S-3) dated as of June
26, 2000, for the issuance of 7,381,917 shares in connection with Sybase's
acquisition of Home Financial Network, and the Registration Statement (Form S-4)
dated as of March 15, 2001, of our report dated January 28, 2003, except with
for Note Fourteen, as to which the date is February 25, 2004, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of Sybase, Inc. included in the Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Sybase, Inc. listed
in Item 15(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

Palo Alto
March 9, 2004