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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                                 April 20, 1999 
                                 ---------------
                                 Date of Report
                        (Date of Earliest Event Reported)


                             TAVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                             -----------------------
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


        Colorado                     0-19167                  84-1042227 
        --------                    ---------                -------------
 (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)     File No.)               I. D. Number)


7887 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 820
       Englewood, Colorado                                       80111       
-------------------------------------                          ---------
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (zip code)
 
                 (303)  771-9794                             
   --------------------------------------------
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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Item 5.  Other Events.

     As announced in its Press Release  dated April 21, 1999,  which is filed as
Exhibit 20.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference, on April 20, 1999 TAVA
Technologies, Inc. ("TAVA") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
pursuant to which TAVA will be merged with an indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary
of Real Software NV ("Real Software"),  a Belgian corporation,  in a cash merger
transaction in which each outstanding  share of TAVA will be exchanged for $8.00
cash (the  "Merger").  Upon  completion  of the  Merger,  TAVA will no longer be
traded on NASDAQ.

     Approval of the  Agreement  requires the  affirmative  vote of holders of a
majority of TAVA's  outstanding  shares. The meeting date will be announced at a
later time.

     TAVA hopes to submit  preliminary  Proxy  Materials to the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission in early to mid-May 1999. Under U.S. antitrust  regulations,
TAVA and Real  Software  also are  required  to submit  pre-merger  notification
materials  to  the  Federal  Trade  Commission,  under  the  Hart  Scott  Rodino
Anti-Trust Improvements Act.

     A Special Committee  consisting of three of TAVA's  non-employee  directors
unanimously  resolved on April 20, 1999 to  recommend  to the Board of Directors
that the  Agreement be approved.  The Board of  Directors  unanimously  voted to
approve the Agreement and to submit the Agreement for vote to a Special  Meeting
of TAVA Shareholders.

     Prudential  Securities,  Inc.  served as  financial  advisor to the Special
Committee and delivered its opinion that the merger consideration to be received
by the holders of TAVA's  Common  stock is fair to such holders from a financial
point of view.  A copy of that  opinion  will be filed as an  exhibit  to TAVA's
Proxy Statement.

     Consummation  of the Merger is subject  to certain  conditions,  including,
without  limitation:  (i) TAVA  shareholder  approval:  (ii) the  receipt of all
requisite approvals by applicable public and regulatory  !uthorities;  and (iii)
certain other  conditions,  including  absence of any material adverse change in
TAVA's  business,  prospects or financial  condition,  and a requirement by Real
Software that four of TAVA's executive  officers (John Jenkins,  President & CEO
Kevin Fallon, COO, Larry B. Hagewood,  Executive Vice President,  and Douglas H.
Kelsall,  CFO)  enter  into  employment  agreements  with TAVA as the  surviving
corporation  on terms no less favorable to those  executives  than their current
employment contracts.

     As a condition  to the Merger,  Real  Software  has  required the four TAVA
executives  to retain  (rather  than tender for cash in the  Merger)  options to
purchase shares representing approximately 2.5 percent of TAVA, and has required
Mr.  Fallon  to  retain  (rather  than  tender  for cash in the  Merger)  shares
representing  approximately 1.5% of TAVA. There will be significant  contractual
restrictions on sale of management shares following the Merger.

     The foregoing  summary of certain terms of the proposed Merger is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the
form of Management Agreement, which are filed as exhibits.

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Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (a)  Not applicable

     (b)  Not applicable

     (c)  Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Report:

          2.1  Agreement  and  Plan of  Reorganization  dated  April  20,  1999.
          Schedules  7.2.1(a) and 7.2.1(b) are filed  herewith.  Other schedules
          containing  disclosures  described in Artile II of this  Agreement are
          not filed. Any such omitted  schedule will be furnished  supplmentally
          to the Commission upon request.

          2.1.1  Management  Voting & Exchange  Agreement dated April 20,
          1999.

          20.1   Press Release dated April 21, 1999



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                           TAVA Technologies, Inc.



Date:    April 23, 1999                     By: /s/ John Jenkins           
                                                -----------------------------
                                                John  Jenkins, President and CEO
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                 April 20, 1999 
                                 ---------------
                                 Date of Report
                        (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

                             TAVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                             -----------------------
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

        Colorado                     0-19167                  84-1042227 
        --------                    ---------                -------------
 (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)     File No.)               I. D. Number)

7887 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 820
       Englewood, Colorado                                       80111       
-------------------------------------                          ---------
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (zip code)
 
                 (303)  771-9794                             
   --------------------------------------------
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 5.  Other Events.

     As announced in its Press Release  dated April 21, 1999,  which is filed as
Exhibit 20.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference, on April 20, 1999 TAVA
Technologies, Inc. ("TAVA") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
pursuant to which TAVA will be merged with an indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary
of Real Software NV ("Real Software"),  a Belgian corporation,  in a cash merger
transaction in which each outstanding  share of TAVA will be exchanged for $8.00
cash (the  "Merger").  Upon  completion  of the  Merger,  TAVA will no longer be
traded on NASDAQ.

     Approval of the  Agreement  requires the  affirmative  vote of holders of a
majority of TAVA's  outstanding  shares. The meeting date will be announced at a
later time.

     TAVA hopes to submit  preliminary  Proxy  Materials to the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission in early to mid-May 1999. Under U.S. antitrust  regulations,
TAVA and Real  Software  also are  required  to submit  pre-merger  notification
materials  to  the  Federal  Trade  Commission,  under  the  Hart  Scott  Rodino
Anti-Trust Improvements Act.

     A Special Committee  consisting of three of TAVA's  non-employee  directors
unanimously  resolved on April 20, 1999 to  recommend  to the Board of Directors
that the  Agreement be approved.  The Board of  Directors  unanimously  voted to
approve the Agreement and to submit the Agreement for vote to a Special  Meeting
of TAVA Shareholders.

     Prudential  Securities,  Inc.  served as  financial  advisor to the Special
Committee and delivered its opinion that the merger consideration to be received
by the holders of TAVA's  Common  stock is fair to such holders from a financial
point of view.  A copy of that  opinion  will be filed as an  exhibit  to TAVA's
Proxy Statement.

     Consummation  of the Merger is subject  to certain  conditions,  including,
without  limitation:  (i) TAVA  shareholder  approval:  (ii) the  receipt of all
requisite approvals by applicable public and regulatory  !uthorities;  and (iii)
certain other  conditions,  including  absence of any material adverse change in
TAVA's  business,  prospects or financial  condition,  and a requirement by Real
Software that four of TAVA's executive  officers (John Jenkins,  President & CEO
Kevin Fallon, COO, Larry B. Hagewood,  Executive Vice President,  and Douglas H.
Kelsall,  CFO)  enter  into  employment  agreements  with TAVA as the  surviving
corporation  on terms no less favorable to those  executives  than their current
employment contracts.

     As a condition  to the Merger,  Real  Software  has  required the four TAVA
executives  to retain  (rather  than tender for cash in the  Merger)  options to
purchase shares representing approximately 2.5 percent of TAVA, and has required
Mr.  Fallon  to  retain  (rather  than  tender  for cash in the  Merger)  shares
representing  approximately 1.5% of TAVA. There will be significant  contractual
restrictions on sale of management shares following the Merger.

     The foregoing  summary of certain terms of the proposed Merger is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and the
form of Management Agreement, which are filed as exhibits.
Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (a)  Not applicable

     (b)  Not applicable

     (c)  Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Report:

          2.1  Agreement  and  Plan of  Reorganization  dated  April  20,  1999.
          Schedules  7.2.1(a) and 7.2.1(b) are filed  herewith.  Other schedules
          containing  disclosures  described in Artile II of this  Agreement are
          not filed. Any such omitted  schedule will be furnished  supplmentally
          to the Commission upon request.

          2.1.1  Management  Voting & Exchange  Agreement dated April 20,
          1999.

          20.1   Press Release dated April 21, 1999

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                           TAVA Technologies, Inc.

Date:    April 23, 1999                     By: /s/ John Jenkins           
                                                -----------------------------
                                                John  Jenkins, President and CEO