As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 1996
                                    Registration No. 333-        
                                                                          

                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
                       ____________________

                             FORM S-8
                      REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                            Under the
                      Securities Act of 1933
                       ____________________

             SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Utah                                    87-0284979
(State or other jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer 
  incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)   
                        ____________________

                      311 North State Street
                        Orem, Utah  84057
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices,
                       including Zip Code)

                                 
             SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
                1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                     (Full title of the plan)

          Robert K. Bench                            Copy to: 
             President                             RICHARD G. BROWN 
Sento Technical Innovations Corporation    Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee
        311 North State Street                185 South State Stret, Suite 1300
          Orem, Utah  84057                     Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 
            (801) 977-3100                          (801) 532-7840
    (Name, address and telephone
    number, including area code,
        of agent for service)
                               ____________________

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                                  Proposed 
                                    Proposed       Maximum  
Title of                            Maximum       Aggregate 
Securities to     Amount to be   Offering Price   Offering       Amount of 
be Registered     Registered     per Share(1)    Price(1)   Registration Fee(1) 

Common Stock, 
$.25 par value   200,000 shares      $4.63        $926,000          $320.00


(1)      Pursuant to Rules  457(h)(1) and 457(c),  the offering price per share,
         aggregate offering price and registration fee are computed on the basis
         of the average of the bid and asked prices as reported on September 23,
         1996.
                                                                       
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                              PART I

       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


Item 1.  Plan Information.*

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

         *  Information required by Part I  to be contained in the Section 10(a)
            prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
            with  Rule  428  under  the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the
            "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.


                             PART II

        INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following  documents filed by Sento Technical  Innovations  Corporation
(the  "Registrant")  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

     (1)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April
          30, 1996.

     (2)  The Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on From 10-KSB/A for
          the year ended April 30, 1996.

     (3)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 1996.

     (4)  The Registrant's Amendment No.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A  dated
          April 18, 1996.

     (5)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 18, 1996.

     (6)  The Registrant's Report on Form 10-C dated June 27, 1996.

     (7)  The  Registrant's  Transition Report on Form 10-QSB for the transition
          period from May 1, 1996 through June 30, 1996.

     (8)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 10, 1996.

     (9)  The description  of  the Registrant's  Common  Stock, $0.25 par value,
          contained in the Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form 10 filed
          under the Securities Exchange Act  of 1934, as  amended (the "Exchange
          Act"), including any amendment or report filed under the Exchange  Act
          for the purpose of updating such description.

     In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement  contained in a
document  incorporated  by  reference  herein  shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement  contained  herein
(or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which also is  incorporated  by

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reference  herein)  modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any  statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as
so modified or superseded.

     The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Sento  Technical  Innovations
Corporation and Subsidiaries  (formerly Spire  International  Corp.) as of April
30, 1996 and 1995, and for each of the years then ended,  have been incorporated
by  reference  herein in  reliance  upon the  report of KPMG Peat  Marwick  LLP,
independent  certified public accountants,  incorporated by reference herein and
upon the  authority of said firm as experts in accounting  and auditing.  To the
extent that KPMG Peat Marwick LLP audits and reports on financial  statements of
Sento  Technical  Innovations   Corporation  and  Subsidiaries  (formerly  Spire
International  Corp.) issued at future  dates,  and consents to the use of their
report thereon, such financial statements also will be incorporated by reference
in the registration statement in reliance upon their report and said authority.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.


Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.


     Section  16-10a-902  ("Section 902") of the Corporation Act provides that a
corporation  may  indemnify any  individual  who was, is, or is threatened to be
made a named defendant or respondent (a "Party") in any  threatened,  pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal (a "Proceeding"),  because he is or
was a director of the corporation or, while a director of the corporation, is or
was serving at its request as a director,  officer, partner, trustee,  employee,
fiduciary  or agent of another  corporation  or other  person or of an  employee
benefit plan (an "Indemnifiable Director"), against any obligation incurred with
respect to a Proceeding,  including any judgment,  settlement,  penalty, fine or
reasonable expenses (including  attorneys' fees),  incurred in the Proceeding if
his conduct was in good faith,  he reasonably  believed that his conduct was in,
or not opposed to, the best  interests of the  corporation,  and, in the case of
any criminal  Proceeding,  he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful;   provided  however,   that,   pursuant  to  Subsection   902(4),  (i)
indemnification  under Section 902 in connection  with a Proceeding by or in the
right of the corporation is limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including
attorneys'  fees)  incurred  in  connection  with  the  Proceeding  and (ii) the
corporation  may not indemnify an  Indemnifiable  Director in connection  with a
Proceeding  by or in the right of the  corporation  in which  the  Indemnifiable
Director was adjudged liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other
Proceeding charging that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal
benefit,  whether or not  involving  action in his official  capacity,  in which
Proceeding  he was  adjudged  liable on the basis that he  derived  an  improper
personal benefit.

     Section  16-10a-903  ("Section  903") of the Corporation Act provides that,
unless limited by its articles of  incorporation,  a corporation shall indemnify
an Indemnifiable Director who was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of any  Proceeding,  or in the defense of any claim,  issue or matter in
the  Proceeding,  to which he was a Party because he is or was an  Indemnifiable
Director of the corporation,  against reasonable expenses (including  attorneys'
fees) incurred by him in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to
which he has been successful.

     In  addition  to the  indemnification  provided  by  Sections  902 and 903,
Section 16-10a-905  ("Section 905") of the Corporation Act provides that, unless
otherwise limited by a corporation's articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable
Director may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or
to another court of competent  jurisdiction.  On receipt of an  application  and
after giving any notice the court considers  necessary,  (i) the court may order

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mandatory  indemnification under Section 903, in which case the court shall also
order  the  corporation  to pay the  director's  reasonable  expenses  to obtain
court-ordered  indemnification,  or (ii) upon the court's determination that the
director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the
relevant circumstances and regardless of whether the director met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Section 902 or was adjudged liable as described
in  Subsection  902(4),  the  court  may  order  indemnification  as  the  court
determines  to be proper,  except that  indemnification  with respect to certain
Proceedings  resulting  in  a  director  being  found  liable  as  described  in
Subsection 902(4) is limited to reasonable expenses (including  attorneys' fees)
incurred by the director.

     Section  16-10a-904  ("Section 904") of the Corporation Act provides that a
corporation  may  pay  for  or  reimburse  the  reasonable  expenses  (including
attorneys'  fees)  incurred  by an  Indemnifiable  Director  who is a Party to a
Proceeding  in advance of the final  disposition  of the  Proceeding  if (i) the
director  furnishes  the  corporation  a written  affirmation  of his good faith
belief that he has met the applicable  standard of conduct  described in Section
902,  (ii) the director  furnishes  to the  corporation  a written  undertaking,
executed  personally or in his behalf,  to repay the advance if it is ultimately
determined  that he did not meet the required  standard of conduct,  and (iii) a
determination   is  made  that  the  facts  then  known  to  those   making  the
determination would not preclude indemnification.

     Section   16-10a-907  of  the  Corporation  Act  provides  that,  unless  a
corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, (i) an officer of the
corporation  is entitled to mandatory  indemnification  under Section 903 and is
entitled to apply for court ordered  indemnification  under Section 905, in each
case to the same extent as an Indemnifiable  Director,  (ii) the corporation may
indemnify and advance  expenses to an officer,  employee,  fiduciary or agent of
the  corporation to the same extent as an  Indemnifiable  Director,  and (iii) a
corporation  may also  indemnify and advance  expenses to an officer,  employee,
fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent than
the  right  of  indemnification  granted  to  Indemnifiable  Directors,  if  not
inconsistent  with  public  policy,  and if  provided  for by  its  articles  of
incorporation,  bylaws,  general or specific action of its board of directors or
contract.

     Article 9 of the Company's Bylaws provides that the Company shall indemnify
all directors and officers of the Company as permitted by the  Corporation  Act.
Under such provisions,  any director or officer, who in his capacity as such, is
made a party to any suit or proceeding, shall be indemnified if such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably  believed to be
in or not  opposed to the best  interest  of the  Company  and, in the case of a
criminal  proceeding,  he or she had no  reasonable  cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful;  provided, however, that no indemnification may be given a
director or officer where the claim or liability  arose out of that person's own
negligence or willful  misconduct,  or if such person is ultimately  adjudged in
the proceeding to be liable to the Company or liable on the basis that he or she
derived an improper  personal  benefit.  The Bylaws  further  provide  that such
indemnification  is not exclusive of any other rights to which such  individuals
may be  entitled  under  the  Articles,  the  Bylaws,  any  agreement,  vote  of
stockholders or otherwise.

     Indemnification  may be granted pursuant to any other agreement,  bylaw, or
vote of shareholders or directors.  The Company currently maintains no policy of
director's and officer's insurance for the benefit of the officers and directors
of the Company.  The foregoing  description is necessarily  general and does not
describe all details  regarding the  indemnification  of officers,  directors or
controlling persons of the Company.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.


Item 8.  Exhibits.

     See the Exhibit Index on page 7.

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Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during  any  period in  which offers  or sales are being
     made of  the  securities  registered  hereby, a post-effective amendment to
     this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include  any  prospectus  required by section 10(a)(3) of
          the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus  any  facts  or  events arising
          after the effective  date of  this Registration Statement (or the most
          recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in this Registration Statement;

               (iii)     To include any material information with respect to the
          plan  of  distribution  not  previously disclosed in this Registration
          Statement  or  any  material  change  to  such  information  in   this
          Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
      if  the  Registration  Statement  is  on  Form  S-3 or  Form S-8, and  the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs  is  contained in  periodic  reports  filed  by the  Registrant
      pursuant to Section 13 or  Section  15(d) of  the Securities Exchange  Act
      of   1934   that  are  incorporated  by   reference  in  the  Registration
      Statement.

              (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each  such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to  be  a  new  Registration  Statement  relating to the securities offered
     therein, and  the  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

              (3)   To  remove  from  registration  by means of a post-effective
     amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  Registration  Statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue. 
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                            SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Orem, State of Utah, on September 24, 1996.

                              SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION


                              By     /s/ Robert K. Bench         
                                   Robert K. Bench
                                   President


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities  and on the dates  indicated.  Each person  whose  signature  to this
Registration  Statement  appears below hereby  constitutes  and appoints Gary B.
Godfrey  and  Robert  K.  Bench,  and  each of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of  substitution,  to sign on his
behalf  individually  and in the  capacity  stated below and to perform any acts
necessary  to be done  in  order  to  file  all  amendments  and  post-effective
amendments  to this  Registration  Statement,  and any  and all  instruments  or
documents filed as part of or in connection with this Registration  Statement or
the  amendments  thereto  and each of the  undersigned  does  hereby  ratify and
confirm all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes,  shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          Signature                     Title                          Date


 /s/ Gary B. Godfrey          Chairman of the Board and       September 27, 1996
Gary B. Godfrey               Chief Executive Officer
                              (principal executive officer)



 /s/ Robert K. Bench          President, Chief Financial      September 24, 1996
Robert K. Bench               Officer and Director
                              (principal accounting and
                               financial officer)


 /s/ Brain W. Braithwaite     Secretary, Treasurer and        September 24, 1996
Brian W. Braithwaite          Director




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             SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION

                          EXHIBIT INDEX


Regulation S-K
Exhibit No.         Description

4.1                 Articles of Incorporation, as amended

4.2*                Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated 
                    by reference to the Registrant's Annual 
                    Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended 
                    April 30, 1996).

5                   Opinion of Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown 
                    & Gee, a professional corporation, as to 
                    the legality of the securities offered.


23.1                Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

23.2                Consent of Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee
                    (included in Exhibit No. 5).

24                  Powers of Attorney (included on page 6 hereof).

_________________________________
* Incorporated by reference
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 1996
                                    Registration No. 333-        
                                                                          

                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
                       ____________________

                             FORM S-8
                      REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                            Under the
                      Securities Act of 1933
                       ____________________

             SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Utah                                    87-0284979
(State or other jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer 
  incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)   
                        ____________________

                      311 North State Street
                        Orem, Utah  84057
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices,
                       including Zip Code)

                                 
             SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
                1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                     (Full title of the plan)

          Robert K. Bench                            Copy to: 
             President                             RICHARD G. BROWN 
Sento Technical Innovations Corporation    Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee
        311 North State Street                185 South State Stret, Suite 1300
          Orem, Utah  84057                     Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 
            (801) 977-3100                          (801) 532-7840
    (Name, address and telephone
    number, including area code,
        of agent for service)
                               ____________________

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                                  Proposed 
                                    Proposed       Maximum  
Title of                            Maximum       Aggregate 
Securities to     Amount to be   Offering Price   Offering       Amount of 
be Registered     Registered     per Share(1)    Price(1)   Registration Fee(1) 

Common Stock, 
$.25 par value   200,000 shares      $4.63        $926,000          $320.00

(1)      Pursuant to Rules  457(h)(1) and 457(c),  the offering price per share,
         aggregate offering price and registration fee are computed on the basis
         of the average of the bid and asked prices as reported on September 23,
         1996.
PART I

       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.*

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

         *  Information required by Part I  to be contained in the Section 10(a)
            prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
            with  Rule  428  under  the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the
            "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

                             PART II

        INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following  documents filed by Sento Technical  Innovations  Corporation
(the  "Registrant")  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

     (1)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April
          30, 1996.

     (2)  The Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on From 10-KSB/A for
          the year ended April 30, 1996.

     (3)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 1996.

     (4)  The Registrant's Amendment No.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A  dated
          April 18, 1996.

     (5)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 18, 1996.

     (6)  The Registrant's Report on Form 10-C dated June 27, 1996.

     (7)  The  Registrant's  Transition Report on Form 10-QSB for the transition
          period from May 1, 1996 through June 30, 1996.

     (8)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 10, 1996.

     (9)  The description  of  the Registrant's  Common  Stock, $0.25 par value,
          contained in the Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form 10 filed
          under the Securities Exchange Act  of 1934, as  amended (the "Exchange
          Act"), including any amendment or report filed under the Exchange  Act
          for the purpose of updating such description.

     In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement  contained in a
document  incorporated  by  reference  herein  shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement  contained  herein
(or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which also is  incorporated  by
reference  herein)  modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any  statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as
so modified or superseded.

     The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Sento  Technical  Innovations
Corporation and Subsidiaries  (formerly Spire  International  Corp.) as of April
30, 1996 and 1995, and for each of the years then ended,  have been incorporated
by  reference  herein in  reliance  upon the  report of KPMG Peat  Marwick  LLP,
independent  certified public accountants,  incorporated by reference herein and
upon the  authority of said firm as experts in accounting  and auditing.  To the
extent that KPMG Peat Marwick LLP audits and reports on financial  statements of
Sento  Technical  Innovations   Corporation  and  Subsidiaries  (formerly  Spire
International  Corp.) issued at future  dates,  and consents to the use of their
report thereon, such financial statements also will be incorporated by reference
in the registration statement in reliance upon their report and said authority.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section  16-10a-902  ("Section 902") of the Corporation Act provides that a
corporation  may  indemnify any  individual  who was, is, or is threatened to be
made a named defendant or respondent (a "Party") in any  threatened,  pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal (a "Proceeding"),  because he is or
was a director of the corporation or, while a director of the corporation, is or
was serving at its request as a director,  officer, partner, trustee,  employee,
fiduciary  or agent of another  corporation  or other  person or of an  employee
benefit plan (an "Indemnifiable Director"), against any obligation incurred with
respect to a Proceeding,  including any judgment,  settlement,  penalty, fine or
reasonable expenses (including  attorneys' fees),  incurred in the Proceeding if
his conduct was in good faith,  he reasonably  believed that his conduct was in,
or not opposed to, the best  interests of the  corporation,  and, in the case of
any criminal  Proceeding,  he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful;   provided  however,   that,   pursuant  to  Subsection   902(4),  (i)
indemnification  under Section 902 in connection  with a Proceeding by or in the
right of the corporation is limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including
attorneys'  fees)  incurred  in  connection  with  the  Proceeding  and (ii) the
corporation  may not indemnify an  Indemnifiable  Director in connection  with a
Proceeding  by or in the right of the  corporation  in which  the  Indemnifiable
Director was adjudged liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other
Proceeding charging that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal
benefit,  whether or not  involving  action in his official  capacity,  in which
Proceeding  he was  adjudged  liable on the basis that he  derived  an  improper
personal benefit.

     Section  16-10a-903  ("Section  903") of the Corporation Act provides that,
unless limited by its articles of  incorporation,  a corporation shall indemnify
an Indemnifiable Director who was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of any  Proceeding,  or in the defense of any claim,  issue or matter in
the  Proceeding,  to which he was a Party because he is or was an  Indemnifiable
Director of the corporation,  against reasonable expenses (including  attorneys'
fees) incurred by him in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to
which he has been successful.

     In  addition  to the  indemnification  provided  by  Sections  902 and 903,
Section 16-10a-905  ("Section 905") of the Corporation Act provides that, unless
otherwise limited by a corporation's articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable
Director may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or
to another court of competent  jurisdiction.  On receipt of an  application  and
after giving any notice the court considers  necessary,  (i) the court may order
mandatory  indemnification under Section 903, in which case the court shall also
order  the  corporation  to pay the  director's  reasonable  expenses  to obtain
court-ordered  indemnification,  or (ii) upon the court's determination that the
director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the
relevant circumstances and regardless of whether the director met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Section 902 or was adjudged liable as described
in  Subsection  902(4),  the  court  may  order  indemnification  as  the  court
determines  to be proper,  except that  indemnification  with respect to certain
Proceedings  resulting  in  a  director  being  found  liable  as  described  in
Subsection 902(4) is limited to reasonable expenses (including  attorneys' fees)
incurred by the director.

     Section  16-10a-904  ("Section 904") of the Corporation Act provides that a
corporation  may  pay  for  or  reimburse  the  reasonable  expenses  (including
attorneys'  fees)  incurred  by an  Indemnifiable  Director  who is a Party to a
Proceeding  in advance of the final  disposition  of the  Proceeding  if (i) the
director  furnishes  the  corporation  a written  affirmation  of his good faith
belief that he has met the applicable  standard of conduct  described in Section
902,  (ii) the director  furnishes  to the  corporation  a written  undertaking,
executed  personally or in his behalf,  to repay the advance if it is ultimately
determined  that he did not meet the required  standard of conduct,  and (iii) a
determination   is  made  that  the  facts  then  known  to  those   making  the
determination would not preclude indemnification.

     Section   16-10a-907  of  the  Corporation  Act  provides  that,  unless  a
corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, (i) an officer of the
corporation  is entitled to mandatory  indemnification  under Section 903 and is
entitled to apply for court ordered  indemnification  under Section 905, in each
case to the same extent as an Indemnifiable  Director,  (ii) the corporation may
indemnify and advance  expenses to an officer,  employee,  fiduciary or agent of
the  corporation to the same extent as an  Indemnifiable  Director,  and (iii) a
corporation  may also  indemnify and advance  expenses to an officer,  employee,
fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent than
the  right  of  indemnification  granted  to  Indemnifiable  Directors,  if  not
inconsistent  with  public  policy,  and if  provided  for by  its  articles  of
incorporation,  bylaws,  general or specific action of its board of directors or
contract.

     Article 9 of the Company's Bylaws provides that the Company shall indemnify
all directors and officers of the Company as permitted by the  Corporation  Act.
Under such provisions,  any director or officer, who in his capacity as such, is
made a party to any suit or proceeding, shall be indemnified if such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably  believed to be
in or not  opposed to the best  interest  of the  Company  and, in the case of a
criminal  proceeding,  he or she had no  reasonable  cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful;  provided, however, that no indemnification may be given a
director or officer where the claim or liability  arose out of that person's own
negligence or willful  misconduct,  or if such person is ultimately  adjudged in
the proceeding to be liable to the Company or liable on the basis that he or she
derived an improper  personal  benefit.  The Bylaws  further  provide  that such
indemnification  is not exclusive of any other rights to which such  individuals
may be  entitled  under  the  Articles,  the  Bylaws,  any  agreement,  vote  of
stockholders or otherwise.

     Indemnification  may be granted pursuant to any other agreement,  bylaw, or
vote of shareholders or directors.  The Company currently maintains no policy of
director's and officer's insurance for the benefit of the officers and directors
of the Company.  The foregoing  description is necessarily  general and does not
describe all details  regarding the  indemnification  of officers,  directors or
controlling persons of the Company.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     See the Exhibit Index on page 7.
Item 9.  Undertakings.

     (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during  any  period in  which offers  or sales are being
     made of  the  securities  registered  hereby, a post-effective amendment to
     this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include  any  prospectus  required by section 10(a)(3) of
          the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus  any  facts  or  events arising
          after the effective  date of  this Registration Statement (or the most
          recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in this Registration Statement;

               (iii)     To include any material information with respect to the
          plan  of  distribution  not  previously disclosed in this Registration
          Statement  or  any  material  change  to  such  information  in   this
          Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
      if  the  Registration  Statement  is  on  Form  S-3 or  Form S-8, and  the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs  is  contained in  periodic  reports  filed  by the  Registrant
      pursuant to Section 13 or  Section  15(d) of  the Securities Exchange  Act
      of   1934   that  are  incorporated  by   reference  in  the  Registration
      Statement.

              (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each  such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to  be  a  new  Registration  Statement  relating to the securities offered
     therein, and  the  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

              (3)   To  remove  from  registration  by means of a post-effective
     amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  Registration  Statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Orem, State of Utah, on September 24, 1996.

                              SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION

                              By     /s/ Robert K. Bench         
                                   Robert K. Bench
                                   President

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities  and on the dates  indicated.  Each person  whose  signature  to this
Registration  Statement  appears below hereby  constitutes  and appoints Gary B.
Godfrey  and  Robert  K.  Bench,  and  each of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of  substitution,  to sign on his
behalf  individually  and in the  capacity  stated below and to perform any acts
necessary  to be done  in  order  to  file  all  amendments  and  post-effective
amendments  to this  Registration  Statement,  and any  and all  instruments  or
documents filed as part of or in connection with this Registration  Statement or
the  amendments  thereto  and each of the  undersigned  does  hereby  ratify and
confirm all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes,  shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          Signature                     Title                          Date

 /s/ Gary B. Godfrey          Chairman of the Board and       September 27, 1996
Gary B. Godfrey               Chief Executive Officer
                              (principal executive officer)

 /s/ Robert K. Bench          President, Chief Financial      September 24, 1996
Robert K. Bench               Officer and Director
                              (principal accounting and
                               financial officer)

 /s/ Brain W. Braithwaite     Secretary, Treasurer and        September 24, 1996
Brian W. Braithwaite          Director
SENTO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS CORPORATION

                          EXHIBIT INDEX

Regulation S-K
Exhibit No.         Description

4.1                 Articles of Incorporation, as amended

4.2*                Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated 
                    by reference to the Registrant's Annual 
                    Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended 
                    April 30, 1996).

5                   Opinion of Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown 
                    & Gee, a professional corporation, as to 
                    the legality of the securities offered.

23.1                Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

23.2                Consent of Kimball, Parr, Waddoups, Brown & Gee
                    (included in Exhibit No. 5).

24                  Powers of Attorney (included on page 6 hereof).

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* Incorporated by reference