EXHIBIT 23.1

                                [KPMG LLP LETTERHEAD]




            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Computer Associates International, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our audit report dated June 7, 2004 on the consolidated
financial statements and schedule supporting such consolidated financial
statements of Computer Associates International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
March 31, 2004 and 2003, and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended March 31, 2004, incorporated by reference herein.

Our report dated June 7, 2004 contains explanatory paragraphs indicating that
effective April 1, 2003 the Company adopted the fair value method of accounting
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," as amended by SFAS No. 148,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure - an
amendment of SFAS 123" and effective April 1, 2002, the Company adopted the
provisions of SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets."


/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP

New York, New York
November 29, 2004