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BYLAWS

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                             ACCRUE SOFTWARE, INC.
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ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES...................................................................    1

         1.1      Registered Office.............................................................    1
         1.2      Other Offices.................................................................    1

ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS...........................................................    1

         2.1      Place Of Meetings.............................................................    1
         2.2      Annual Meeting................................................................    1
         2.3      Special Meeting...............................................................    1
         2.4      Notice Of Stockholders' Meetings..............................................    2
         2.5      Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees and Other Stockholder Proposals........    2
         2.6      Intentionally Omitted.........................................................    3
         2.7      Manner Of Giving Notice; Affidavit Of Notice..................................    3
         2.8      Quorum........................................................................    3
         2.9      Adjourned Meeting; Notice.....................................................    4
         2.10     Conduct Of Business...........................................................    4
         2.11     Voting........................................................................    4
         2.12     Waiver Of Notice..............................................................    4
         2.13     Stockholder Action By Written Consent Without A Meeting.......................    5
         2.14     Record Date For Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents...................    5
         2.15     Proxies.......................................................................    5

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS.........................................................................    6

         3.1      Powers........................................................................    6
         3.2      Number of Directors...........................................................    6
         3.3      Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors.......................    6
         3.4      Resignation and Vacancies.....................................................    6
         3.5      Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone......................................    7
         3.6      Regular Meetings..............................................................    8
         3.7      Special Meetings; Notice......................................................    8
         3.8      Quorum........................................................................    8
         3.9      Waiver of Notice..............................................................    9
         3.10     Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting.............................    9
         3.11     Fees and Compensation of Directors............................................    9
         3.12     Approval of Loans to Officers.................................................    9
         3.13     Removal of Directors..........................................................    9
         3.14     Chairman of the Board of Directors............................................   10
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ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES.........................................................................   10

         4.1      Committees of Directors.......................................................   10
         4.2      Committee Minutes.............................................................   11
         4.3      Meetings and Action of Committees.............................................   11

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS............................................................................   11

         5.1      Officers......................................................................   11
         5.2      Appointment of Officers.......................................................   11
         5.3      Subordinate Officers..........................................................   11
         5.4      Removal and Resignation of Officers...........................................   12
         5.5      Vacancies In Offices..........................................................   12
         5.6      Chief Executive Officer.......................................................   12
         5.7      President.....................................................................   12
         5.8      Vice Presidents...............................................................   13
         5.9      Secretary.....................................................................   13
         5.10     Chief Financial Officer.......................................................   13
         5.11     Representation Of Shares Of Other Corporations................................   14
         5.12     Authority And Duties Of Officers..............................................   14

ARTICLE VI - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS................   14

         6.1      Indemnification Of Directors And Officers.....................................   14
         6.2      Indemnification Of Others.....................................................   14
         6.3      Payment Of Expenses In Advance................................................   15
         6.4      Indemnity Not Exclusive.......................................................   15
         6.5      Insurance.....................................................................   15
         6.6      Conflicts.....................................................................   15

ARTICLE VII - RECORDS AND REPORTS...............................................................   16

         7.1      Maintenance And Inspection Of Records.........................................   16
         7.2      Inspection By Directors.......................................................   16
         7.3      Annual Statement To Stockholders..............................................   16

ARTICLE VIII - GENERAL MATTERS..................................................................   17

         8.1      Checks........................................................................   17
         8.2      Execution Of Corporate Contracts And Instruments..............................   17
         8.3      Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares........................................   17
         8.4      Special Designation On Certificates...........................................   18
         8.5      Lost Certificates.............................................................   18
         8.6      Construction; Definitions.....................................................   18
         8.7      Dividends.....................................................................   18
         8.8      Fiscal Year...................................................................   19
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         8.9      Seal..........................................................................   19
         8.10     Transfer Of Stock.............................................................   19
         8.11     Stock Transfer Agreements.....................................................   19
         8.12     Registered Stockholders.......................................................   19

ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS.........................................................................   19
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                                     BYLAWS

                                       OF

                             ACCRUE SOFTWARE, INC.

                   (AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF MAY 23, 1999)
                    (AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF MAY 1, 2001)

                                   ARTICLE I

                               CORPORATE OFFICES

      1.1   REGISTERED OFFICE.

            The registered office of the corporation shall be in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The name of the registered
agent of the corporation at such location is Prentice-Hall Corporation System,
Inc.

      1.2   OTHER OFFICES.

            The Board of Directors may at any time establish other offices at
any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.

                                   ARTICLE II

                            MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

      2.1   PLACE OF MEETINGS.

      Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or outside the
State of Delaware, designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any
such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the registered office
of the corporation.

      2.2   ANNUAL MEETING.

      The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on any date, time and
place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by
resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. At the meeting,
directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.

      2.3   SPECIAL MEETING.

      A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President, or the holders of
shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent of the votes at the meeting.
No other person or persons are permitted to call a special meeting. No business
may be conducted at a special meeting other than the business
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brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board,
the President or the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten
percent of the votes at the meeting.

      2.4   NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS.

      All notices of meetings with stockholders shall be in writing and shall be
sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.7 of these bylaws not less
than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to
each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the
place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Upon request by any person
or persons entitled to call a special meeting, the Chairman of the Board,
President, Vice President or Secretary shall cause within twenty (20) days after
receipt of the request cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to
vote that a special meeting will be held at a time requested by the person or
persons calling the meeting, but not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than
sixty (60) days after receipt of the request.

      2.5   ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES AND OTHER STOCKHOLDER
            PROPOSALS.

            Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 2.5 shall be eligible for election as directors.
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation
may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the
election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 2.5. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in
writing to the secretary of the Corporation. Stockholders may bring other
business before the annual meeting, provided that timely notice is provided to
the secretary of the Corporation in accordance with this section, and provided
further that such business is a proper matter for stockholder action under the
General Corporation Law of Delaware. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall
be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the
anniversary date of the prior year's meeting; provided, however, that in the
event that (i) the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days prior to or
more than 60 days after such anniversary date, and (ii) less than 30 days notice
or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to
stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not
later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such
notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.
Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the
stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a directors, (i)
the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the
principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of
shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person and (iv)
any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed
in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (including, without limitation, such person's written consent to being name
in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);
(b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the


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meeting, a brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made (i) the name and address of the
stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of such beneficial
owner and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned
of record by such stockholder and beneficially by such beneficial owner. At the
request of the Board of Directors any person nominated by the Board of Directors
for election as a director shall furnish to the secretary of the Corporation
that information required to be set forth in a stockholder's notice of
nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for
election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. The chairman of the meeting shall,
if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was
not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Bylaws, and if he
or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the
defective nomination shall be disregarded.

            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.5, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to
matters set forth in this Section 2.5.

      2.6   Intentionally Omitted.

      2.7   MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE.

      Written notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation. An
affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of
the corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud,
be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

      2.8   QUORUM.

      The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled
to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a
quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business
except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation.
If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the
stockholders, then either (i) the Chairman of the meeting or (ii) the
stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or
represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or
represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at
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      2.9   ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE.

      When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws
otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time
and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business that
might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for
more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

      2.10  CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.

      The Chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of
business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the
manner of voting and the conduct of business.

      2.11  VOTING.

      The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14 of these bylaws,
subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners
of stock and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).

      Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock
held by such stockholder.

      2.12  WAIVER OF NOTICE.

      Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to
notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting
of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so
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      2.13  STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.

      Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action
required by this chapter to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the corporation, or any action that may be taken at any annual
or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without
prior notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less
than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take
such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were
present and voted.

      Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by
less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.

      2.14  RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS.

      In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof,
or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting,
or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful
action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall
not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such
meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.

      If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date:

            (i)   The record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if
notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which the meeting is held.

            (ii)  The record date for determining stockholders entitled to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior
action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the
first written consent is expressed.

            (iii) The record date for determining stockholders for any other
purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

      A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote
at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting.

      2.15  PROXIES.


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      Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to
express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may
authorize another person or persons to act for him by a written proxy, signed by
the stockholder and filed with the secretary of the corporation, but no such
proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless
the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the
stockholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature,
typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the
stockholder's attorney-in-fact. The revocability of a proxy that states on its
face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

                                   ARTICLE III

                                    DIRECTORS

      3.1   POWERS.

            Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
and any limitations in the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws relating
to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding
shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all
corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of
Directors.

      3.2   NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.

            Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Board of Directors shall consist of four persons until changed by a
proper amendment of this Section 3.2. No reduction of the authorized number of
directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's
term of office expires.

      3.3   ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS.

            Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, directors shall
be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next
annual meeting. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the
certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for
directors may be prescribed. Each director, including a director elected to fill
a vacancy, shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified
or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

            Elections of directors need not be by written ballot.

      3.4   RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES.

            Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the
attention of the Secretary of the corporation. When one or more directors so
resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date, a majority of the
directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power
to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when


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such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so
chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other
vacancies.

            Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws:

            (i)   Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the
stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director.

            (ii)  Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or
series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of
the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of
such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors
elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole
remaining director so elected.

            If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause,
the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any
stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder,
or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate
of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply
to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided
in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

            If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of
the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then
the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
holding at least ten (10) percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships,
or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid,
which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.

      3.5   PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE.

            The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both
regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.

            Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by
the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors,
or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting.

      3.6   REGULAR MEETINGS.


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            Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without
notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined
by the board.

      3.7   SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE.

            Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or
purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the president,
any vice president, the secretary or any two directors.

            Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered
personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or
telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director's address
as it is shown on the records of the corporation. If the notice is mailed, it
shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the
time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by
telephone or by telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to
the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the
holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be
communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director
who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate
it to the director. The notice need not specify the purpose or the place of the
meeting, if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the
corporation.

      3.8   QUORUM.

            At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the
authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at
which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as
may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time
to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
is present.

            A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to
transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action
taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that
meeting.


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      3.9   WAIVER OF NOTICE.

            Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to
notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting
of the directors, or members of a committee of directors, need be specified in
any written waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate of
incorporation or these Bylaws.

      3.10  BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.

            Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting
if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of
the board or committee. Written consents representing actions taken by the board
or committee may be executed by telex, telecopy or other facsimile transmission,
and such facsimile shall be valid and binding to the same extent as if it were
an original.

      3.11  FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.

            Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the
compensation of directors. No such compensation shall preclude any director from
serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.

      3.12  APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS.

            The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of,
or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its
subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the
corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such
loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the
corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without
interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of
Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of
stock of the corporation. Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to
deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at
common law or under any statute.

      3.13  REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

            Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the certificate of
incorporation or by these Bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors
may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors;


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provided, however, that if the stockholders of the corporation are entitled to
cumulative voting, if less than the entire Board of Directors is to be removed,
no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal
would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of
the entire Board of Directors.

            No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the
effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director's term
of office.

      3.14  CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

            The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of
Directors, a chairman of the Board of Directors who shall not be considered an
officer of the corporation.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                   COMMITTEES

      4.1   COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS.

            The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of
the whole board, designate one or more committees, with each committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may
designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may
replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In
the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or
members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether
or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent
provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the
corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the
Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all
papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority to (i) amend the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee
may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the
issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in
Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, fix the designations
and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends,
redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the
conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class
or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of
stock of the corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or
authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), (ii) adopt an
agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease
or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and
assets, (iv) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or (v) amend the Bylaws of the corporation; and,
unless the board resolution establishing the committee, the Bylaws or the
certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have
the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the


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issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to
Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

      4.2   COMMITTEE MINUTES.

            Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report
the same to the Board of Directors when required.

      4.3   MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES.

            Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held
and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.5 (place of meetings
and meetings by telephone), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special
meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), and
Section 3.10 (action without a meeting) of these Bylaws, with such changes in
the context of such provisions as are necessary to substitute the committee and
its members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided, however, that
the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by
resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee, that
special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of
Directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given
to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the
committee. The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any
committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                    OFFICERS

      5.1   OFFICERS.

            The officers of the corporation shall be a chief executive officer,
a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may
also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, one or more vice
presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers,
and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.3 of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by
the same person.

      5.2   APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.

            The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 or 5.5 of these
Bylaws, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, subject to the rights, if
any, of an officer under any contract of employment.

      5.3   SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.

            The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive
officer or the president to appoint, such other officers and agents as the
business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such
period, have such authority, and perform such


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duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine.

      5.4   REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS.

            Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of
employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an
affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or
special meeting of the board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the
Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be
conferred by the Board of Directors.

            Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
attention of the Secretary of the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect
at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that
notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is
without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract
to which the officer is a party.

      5.5   VACANCIES IN OFFICES.

            Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be
filled by the Board of Directors.

      5.6   CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

            Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the
Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if any, the chief executive
officer of the corporation shall, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and
the officers of the corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at
all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have the general powers and
duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of
a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed
by the Board of Directors or these bylaws.

      5.7   PRESIDENT.

            Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the
Board of Directors to the chairman of the board (if any) or the chief executive
officer, the president shall have general supervision, direction, and control of
the business and other officers of the corporation. He or she shall have the
general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of
president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed
by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.


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      5.8   VICE PRESIDENTS.

            In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer and
president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the
Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board
of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and when so acting
shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the
president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the
Board of Directors, these Bylaws, the president or the chairman of the board.

      5.9   SECRETARY.

            The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the corporation or such other place as the Board of
Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of
directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes shall show the
time and place of each meeting, the names of those present at directors'
meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at
stockholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof.

            The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation's
transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of
Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of
all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by
each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number
and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

            The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required to be given
by law or by these Bylaws. He or she shall keep the seal of the corporation, if
one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these
Bylaws.

      5.10  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

            The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be
kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the
properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of
its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital
retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable
times be open to inspection by any director.

            The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other
valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such
depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall
disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of
Directors, shall render to the president, the chief executive officer, or the
directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as chief
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financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the bylaws.

      5.11  REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.

            The chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the
president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the secretary or
assistant secretary of this corporation, or any other person authorized by the
Board of Directors or the chief executive officer or the president or a vice
president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this
corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation
or corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority granted
herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person
authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person
having such authority.

      5.12  AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

            In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of
the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties
in the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from
time to time by the Board of Directors or the stockholders.

                                   ARTICLE VI

       INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS

      6.1   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

            The corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner
permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, indemnify each of its
directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person
is or was an agent of the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.1, a
"director" or "officer" of the corporation includes any person (i) who is or was
a director or officer of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (iii) who was a
director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the
corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation.

      6.2   INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS.

            The corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in
the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, to indemnify
each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers) against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding,
arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the
corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an "employee" or "agent" of the
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director or officer) includes any person (i) who is or was an employee or agent
of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, or (iii) who was an employee or agent of a
corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another
enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

      6.3   PAYMENT OF EXPENSES IN ADVANCE.

            Expenses incurred in defending any action or proceeding for which
indemnification is required pursuant to Section 6.1 or for which indemnification
is permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 following authorization thereof by the
Board of Directors shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified as
authorized in this Article VI.

      6.4   INDEMNITY NOT EXCLUSIVE.

            The indemnification provided by this Article VI shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office, to the extent that such
additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the certificate of
incorporation

      6.5   INSURANCE.

            The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred
by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.

      6.6   CONFLICTS.

            No indemnification or advance shall be made under this Article VI,
except where such indemnification or advance is mandated by law or the order,
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstance
where it appears:

            (a)   That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the
certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders or
an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the
action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other
amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or


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            (b)   That it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly
imposed by a court in approving a settlement.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                              RECORDS AND REPORTS

      7.1   MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS.

            The corporation shall, either at its principal executive offices or
at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record
of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class
of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date,
accounting books, and other records.

            Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent,
shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the
right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the
corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and
records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to
inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or
such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on
behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of
business.

      7.2   INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS.

            Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation's stock
ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a
purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director. The Court of
Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a
director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the
corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the
stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The
Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with
reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court
may deem just and proper.

      7.3   ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

            The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at
any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the
stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the
corporation.


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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                GENERAL MATTERS

      8.1   CHECKS.

            From time to time, the Board of Directors shall determine by
resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other
orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are
issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so
authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.

      8.2   EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS.

            The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these
Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into
any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency
power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or
authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its
credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

      8.3   STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES.

            The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates,
provided that the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide by
resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of
its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the
corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of
Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request
every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate
signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the chairman or vice-chairman of
the Board of Directors, or the chief executive officer or the president or
vice-president, and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer, or
the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation representing the
number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on
the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same
effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the
date of issue.

            The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as
partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be
paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to
represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the
corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount
of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be
stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the
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partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage
of the consideration actually paid thereon.

      8.4   SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES.

            If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of
stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations,
the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth
in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the
corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be
set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the
corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the
powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and
the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights.

      8.5   LOST CERTIFICATES.

            Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new certificates for
shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the
latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The
corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the
place of any certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost,
stolen or destroyed certificate, or the owner's legal representative, to give
the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be
made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such
certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

      8.6   CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS.

            Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules
of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall
govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this
provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes
the singular, and the term "person" includes both a corporation and a natural
person.

      8.7   DIVIDENDS.

            The directors of the corporation, subject to any restrictions
contained in (i) the General Corporation Law of Delaware or (ii) the certificate
of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital
stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the
corporation's capital stock.

            The directors of the corporation may set apart out of any of the
funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any
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any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing
dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, and meeting
contingencies.

      8.8   FISCAL YEAR.

            The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of
the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.

      8.9   SEAL.

            The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which may be altered at
pleasure, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof, to be
impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

      8.10  TRANSFER OF STOCK.

            Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the
corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper
evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the
duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.

      8.11  STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.

            The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any
agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of
the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation
of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not
prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

      8.12  REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS.

            The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right
of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends
and to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and
assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   AMENDMENTS

            The Bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by
the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the corporation may,
in its certificate of incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal
Bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon
the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their
power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.


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               CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF BYLAWS

                                       OF

                              ACCRUE SOFTWARE, INC.

      The undersigned, being the Secretary of Accrue Software, Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that the Bylaws of the Company were amended and
restated effective November 1, 2002 to read in their entirety as set forth
above.

      Executed November 8, 2002.

                                           /s/ John V. Bautista
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                                           John V. Bautista, Secretary
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