**Exhibit
      31.1**





**CERTIFICATION**








I,
      Zack
      B. Bergreen, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer of
      Astea International Inc. (the “Company”), certify that:





1.  I
      have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Astea International
      Inc.;


2.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
      fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
      in
      light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
      with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
      in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
      results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
      periods presented in this report;


4.  The
      registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
      maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules
      13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:





|a) | Designed
              such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
              controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
              that material information relating to the registrant, including its
              consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
              entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
              prepared;
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|b) | Evaluated
              the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
              as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual
              report
              (the “Evaluation Date”); and
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|c) | Disclosed
              in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
              financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
              fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
              to
              materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
              reporting; and
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5.  The
      registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
      registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors
      (or persons performing the equivalent function):





|a) | All
              significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control
              over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
              the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
              financial information; and
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|b) | Any
              fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
              employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
              over financial reporting.
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Date:
                  April 2, 2007By:
                  /s/ Zack B. BergreenZack
                  B. BergreenChief
                  Executive Officer(Principal
                  Executive Officer)