Exhibit 23.2


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Ascential Software Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Ascential Software Corporation of our report dated January 29, 2003,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Ascential Software Corporation
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, 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, 2002, and the related
financial statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2002
annual report on Form 10-K of Ascential Software Corporation.


/s/ KPMG LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
September 12, 2003