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<DESCRIPTION>EX-23.3 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of our report dated April 16, 1999 with respect to the consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows of Sapient
Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1998, and the consolidated financial
statement schedule for the year ended December 31, 1998, included in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.


KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
July 9, 2001
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