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CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Talarian Corporation
We consent to the use of our report, incorporated herein by reference, dated
March 17, 2000, except as to note 10, which is as of July 15, 2000, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Talarian Corporation and subsidiary as of
September 30, 1998 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended September 30, 1999, which report appears in the
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34694) of Talarian Corporation.
Mountain View, California
July 20, 2000