SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D

        Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.     )*

                         SAVOIR TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                    COMMON STOCK, Par Value $.01 per share
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                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   958648107
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                                (CUSIP NUMBER)

                                JOHN M. HARKINS
                       INNOVATIVE BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC.
                             4955 Corporate Drive
                          HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA  35806
                                (205) 890-2000
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  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                              and Communications)

                                WITH A COPY TO:
                            Elizabeth W. Abel, Esq.
                        Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.
                                P. O. Box 2087
                          Huntsville, Alabama  35804
                                (205) 535-1100

                                 June 5, 1998
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            (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

      If  the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
      report  the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
      filing this  schedule  because  of  Rule  13d-1(b)  (3) or (4), check the
      following box / /.

      Note:   Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits,  should  be
      filed with  the  Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom
      copies are to be sent.

      * The remainder of  this  cover  page shall be filled out for a reporting
      person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
      securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
      would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

      The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
      deemed to be "filed" for the purpose  of  Section  18  of  the Securities
      Exchange  Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities  of
      that section  of  the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of
      the Act (however, see the Notes).



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CUSIP No.  958648107
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      1     NAMES OF REPORTING  PERSONS.   I.R.S.  IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE
            PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY):    John M. Harkins
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      2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
                                                                  a     /  /
                                                                  b     /  /
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      3     SEC USE ONLY
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      4     SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)                           00
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      5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
            IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2 (d) or 2 (e)                 /  /
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      6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                 United States
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            NUMBER                7     SOLE VOTING POWER
            OF                          450,000 shares            (see Item 5)
            SHARES               ----------------------------------------------
            BENEFICIALLY          8     SHARED VOTING POWER
            OWNED                       NONE
            BY                   ----------------------------------------------
            EACH                  9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
            REPORTING                   450,000 shares            (see Item 5)
            PERSON               ----------------------------------------------
            WITH                 10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                        NONE
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      11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY
            EACH REPORTING PERSON                        450,000  (see Item 5)
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      12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
            EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)                  /  /
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      13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED
            BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                        5.2%     (see Item 5)
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      14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)                    IN
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Item 1.  Security and Issuer.
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      The class of equity  securities  to  which  this statement relates is the
common  stock,  par  value  $.01  per  share (the "Common  Stock"),  of  Savoir
Technology Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation  (the  "Issuer").   The Issuer's
principal  executive  offices  are located at 254 East Hacienda Ave., Campbell,
California  95008.

Item 2.  Identity and Background.
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      (a), (b), (c) and  (f).  The  person   filing  this  Schedule is  John M.
Harkins, an individual.  Mr. Harkins' principal occupation is the President and
Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Innovative Business Systems,  Inc.,  an  Alabama
corporation.    Mr.  Harkins'  business  address  is  4955   Corporate   Drive,
Huntsville, Alabama  35806.  Mr. Harkins is a citizen of the United States.

      (d) - (e).  At no time  during  the  last  five  years  was  Mr.  Harkins
convicted  in  a  criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or  similar
misdemeanors) or a  party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative
body of competent jurisdiction  and  as  a  result of such proceeding was or is
subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or
prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities law
or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
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      Mr. Harkins owned 50% of the capital stock  of  MCBA  Systems,  Inc.,  an
Alabama   corporation   ("MCBA").    Pursuant  to  an  Agreement  and  Plan  of
Reorganization  by  and  among  Savoir  Technology   Group,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation  and  successor-in-interest to Western Micro  Technology,  Inc.,  a
California corporation, STG  Acquisition,  Inc., a  Delaware  corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of  the  Issuer,  MCBA,  John M. Harkins and Michael N.
Gunnells, dated as of November 22,  1997,  and  as amended by a First Amendment
dated  March  27,  1998, and a Second Amendment dated April 23, 1998  (filed as
Exhibit A to the Issuer's  Proxy Statement  on  Schedule  14A  filed  with  the
Commission  on  April 30, 1998), on June  6, 1998, the Issuer acquired from the
two sole shareholders of  MCBA  all of MCBA's  capital stock.  As consideration
for the  acquisition of his capital stock in MCBA, Mr. Harkins received 450,000
newly issued  shares of the Issuer (the "Stock").  Immediately upon issuance of
the Stock, 23,573  of  those shares were transferred to the Issuer in repayment
of a loan made to MCBA on March 31, 1998.  The number of shares received by Mr.
Harkins  on June 5, 1998, after such repayment were 426,427.

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction.
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      Mr. Harkins acquired beneficial ownership of the Stock for the purpose of
investment.

      Except as set forth herein, Mr. Harkins has no present plans or proposals
which  relate  to,  or  would  result  in:   the  acquisition  by any person of
additional  securities of  the Issuer, or  disposition  of  securities  of  the
Issuer;   an   extraordinary   corporate   transaction,   such   as  a  merger,
reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or  any  of its
subsidiaries;  a change in the present board of directors or management of  the
Issuer, including  plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors
or to fill any existing  vacancies  on  the  board;  a  material  change in the
present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; or any other  material
change  in  the  Issuer's  business  or  corporate  structure;  a change in the
Issuer's  certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other actions  which  might
impede the  acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; causing a class
of securities  of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange
or cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a
registered national securities association; a class of equity securities of the
Issuer becoming  eligible  for  termination of registration pursuant to Section
12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange  Act  of 1934; or any action similar to any
of those enumerated above.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
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      (a)  Upon consummation of the  acquisition, Mr. Harkins became the direct
owner  of 450,000 shares of Common Stock representing  5.2%  of  the  8,697,302
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of June 5, 1998.

      (b)   Mr.  Harkins  will  have  the  sole  power  to  vote or direct  the
disposition of up to 450,000 shares of Common Stock.

      (c)  Immediately upon issuance of the Stock, 23,573 of those  shares were
transferred  to  the  Issuer  in repayment of a loan made to MCBA on  March 31,
1998.  The number of shares received by Mr. Harkins on June 5, 1998, after such
repayment were 426,427.   No other transactions of Common  Stock  were effected
 by Mr. Harkins during the past 60 days.

      (d)   No person other  than Mr. Harkins  has  the right to receive or the
power to direct the receipt of dividends or the proceeds  from  the sale of the
securities being reported herein.

      (e)  Not applicable.

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships  with Respect
         to Securities of the Issuer.
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         Not applicable.

Item 7.  Materials To Be Filed as Exhibits.
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         Not applicable.

                                   SIGNATURE
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      After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

Dated: June 11, 1998


                                    John M. Harkins
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                                    John M. Harkins