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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
  
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2000
  
  
  
                              VITRIA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                                     DELAWARE
                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
  
         0-27207                                           77-0386311
   (Commission File No.)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
                                 945 STEWART DRIVE
                                SUNNYVALE, CA 94086
               (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 212-2700
  
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  ITEM 4.         CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
            (a) Previous independent accountants
  
                  (i)   On March 20, 2000, the Registrant dismissed
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its independent accountants.
  
                  (ii)  The Registrant intends to form a strategic relationship
  with PWC Management Consulting Services Group.
  
                  (iii) The reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on the
  Registrant's financial statements as of December 31, 1999 and for each of the
  years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999 contained no adverse
  opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to
  uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
  
                  (iv)  The decision to dismiss PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was
  approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors upon recommendation by the
  Audit Committee.
  
                  (v)   During the Registrant's two most recent fiscal years,
  there have been no disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on any matter
  of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or
  auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the
  satisfaction of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP would have caused them to make
  reference thereto in their report.
  
                  (vi)  During the two most recent fiscal years and through
  December 31, 1999, there have been no reportable events (as defined in
  Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).
  
                  (vii) The Registrant has requested that PricewaterhouseCoopers
  LLP furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "SEC") stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. Such
  letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.
  
             (b)  New independent accountants
  
                  (i)   Upon the recommendation of the Registrant's Audit
  Committee, the Board of Directors of the Registrant engaged Ernst & Young LLP as
  its independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2000.
  
                  (ii)  The Company has not consulted with Ernst & Young LLP
  during the last two years or subsequent interim period regarding either (i) the
  application of accounting principles to a specified transaction or transactions,
  either completed or proposed, or (ii) the type of audit opinion Ernst & Young
  LLP might render on the Company's financial statements.
  
       This 8-K includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks,
  uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
  materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such
  factors include, but are not limited to, risks related to market acceptance of
  our product, deployment delays or errors associated with these products,
  hardware platform incompatibilities, reliance on a limited number of customers
  for a majority of revenue, need to maintain and enhance certain business
  relationships with system integrators and other parties, ability to manage
  growth, activities by Vitria and others regarding protection of proprietary
  information, release of competitive products and other actions by competitors
  and economic downturns in either domestic or foreign markets. These forward-
  looking statements are generally identified by words such as "expect,"
  "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "hope," "assume," "estimate" and other
  similar words and expressions.
  
  ITEM 7.         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
         (a)        Exhibits
  
                    Exhibit No.       Description
  
                    16.1              Letter dated March 20, 2000 from
                                      PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Registrant's
                                      former accountants to the SEC.
  
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                                    SIGNATURES
  
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                          VITRIA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  
  
  
  Dated: March 23, 2000                   By: /s/ Paul R. Auvil, III
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                                              Paul R. Auvil, III
                                              Vice President, Finance Chief
                                              Financial Officer and Secretary
  
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                                  Exhibit Index
  
  Exhibit No.       Description
  
  16.1              Letter dated March 20, 2000 from
                    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Registrant's
                    former accountants to the SEC.
  
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text: 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
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2000
  
                              VITRIA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                     DELAWARE
                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
         0-27207                                           77-0386311
   (Commission File No.)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
                                 945 STEWART DRIVE
                                SUNNYVALE, CA 94086
               (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 212-2700
  
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  ITEM 4.         CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
            (a) Previous independent accountants
  
                  (i)   On March 20, 2000, the Registrant dismissed
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its independent accountants.
  
                  (ii)  The Registrant intends to form a strategic relationship
  with PWC Management Consulting Services Group.
  
                  (iii) The reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on the
  Registrant's financial statements as of December 31, 1999 and for each of the
  years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999 contained no adverse
  opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to
  uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
  
                  (iv)  The decision to dismiss PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was
  approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors upon recommendation by the
  Audit Committee.
  
                  (v)   During the Registrant's two most recent fiscal years,
  there have been no disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on any matter
  of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or
  auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the
  satisfaction of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP would have caused them to make
  reference thereto in their report.
  
                  (vi)  During the two most recent fiscal years and through
  December 31, 1999, there have been no reportable events (as defined in
  Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).
  
                  (vii) The Registrant has requested that PricewaterhouseCoopers
  LLP furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "SEC") stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. Such
  letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.
  
             (b)  New independent accountants
  
                  (i)   Upon the recommendation of the Registrant's Audit
  Committee, the Board of Directors of the Registrant engaged Ernst & Young LLP as
  its independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2000.
  
                  (ii)  The Company has not consulted with Ernst & Young LLP
  during the last two years or subsequent interim period regarding either (i) the
  application of accounting principles to a specified transaction or transactions,
  either completed or proposed, or (ii) the type of audit opinion Ernst & Young
  LLP might render on the Company's financial statements.
  
       This 8-K includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks,
  uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
  materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such
  factors include, but are not limited to, risks related to market acceptance of
  our product, deployment delays or errors associated with these products,
  hardware platform incompatibilities, reliance on a limited number of customers
  for a majority of revenue, need to maintain and enhance certain business
  relationships with system integrators and other parties, ability to manage
  growth, activities by Vitria and others regarding protection of proprietary
  information, release of competitive products and other actions by competitors
  and economic downturns in either domestic or foreign markets. These forward-
  looking statements are generally identified by words such as "expect,"
  "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "hope," "assume," "estimate" and other
  similar words and expressions.
  
  ITEM 7.         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
         (a)        Exhibits
  
                    Exhibit No.       Description
  
                    16.1              Letter dated March 20, 2000 from
                                      PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Registrant's
                                      former accountants to the SEC.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                          VITRIA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  
  Dated: March 23, 2000                   By: /s/ Paul R. Auvil, III
                                          ------------------------------------
                                              Paul R. Auvil, III
                                              Vice President, Finance Chief
                                              Financial Officer and Secretary
  
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  Exhibit Index
  
  Exhibit No.       Description
  
  16.1              Letter dated March 20, 2000 from
                    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Registrant's
                    former accountants to the SEC.
  
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