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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG, LLP INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Form S-8 File Nos. 33-91560, 333-4148, 333-29191, 333-56931,
333-35554 and 333-49054) pertaining to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the
1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, 1995 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option
Plan and 2000 Supplemental Stock Option Plan of Remedy Corporation of our report
dated January 18, 2001 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Remedy Corporation included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2000.

                                                     /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Palo Alto, California
March 28, 2001


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