EXHIBIT 23.2

                 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

         The Board of Directors
         Ascential Software Corporation

         We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Ascential Software Corporation of our report dated
March 8, 2002 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Ascential
Software Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2001, and the related financial statement schedule, which
report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of
Ascential Software Corporation.




                                                  /s/  KPMG LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
May 1, 2002