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<DESCRIPTION>EX-23.1 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement No. 333-112091 on Form S-3 of our
report dated January 19, 2004 relating to the financial statements, which
appears in Concord Communications, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 3, 2004

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