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EXHIBIT 23.3
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
FirstSense Software, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of Concord Communications, Inc. for the registration of 785,000 shares
of Common Stock for the Concord Communications 1997 Stock Plan and 1997
Non-Employee Director Stock Plan of our report dated April 5, 2000, with respect
to the balance sheets of FirstSense Software, Inc. as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related statements of operations, stockholders' (deficit) equity,
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of Concord Communications, Inc.
dated February 4, 2000 and filed on April 19, 2000 and in Form 8-K/A of Concord
Communications, Inc. dated April 25, 2000 and filed on May 2, 2000.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
June 26, 2000
