GSTI Software Index

GSTI Software Index stands for Goldman Sachs Technology Index (GSTI) Software Index. It is a stock market index made of 46 software companies whose shares are publicly traded. They produce commercial software, and all, bar Red Hat do not produce free software. This index includes companies making operating systems (Microsoft, Red Hat), database software (Oracle Corporation, Peoplesoft, Sybase), video games (Electronic Arts), electronic design automation software (Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys), and so on.

List of components in July 2005

#Activision
#Adobe Systems
#Advent Software
#Amdocs Limited
#Aspect Telecommunications
#Autodesk
#BEA Systems
#BMC Software
#Borland
#Cadence Design Systems
#Check Point Software Technologies
#Citrix Systems
#Cognos
#Computer Associates International
#Compuware
#Electronic Arts
#Fair Isaac Corporation
#Filenet Corporation
#Hyperion Solutions
#Informatica
#Internet Security Systems
#Intuit
#Kronos
#McAfee
#Mentor Graphics
#Mercury Interactive
#Microsoft
#NetIQ
#Novell
#Open Text Corporation
#Oracle Corporation
#Parametric Technology
#Quest Software
#Red Hat
#RSA Security
#Salesforce.com
#Siebel Systems
#Sybase
#Symantec
#Synopsys
#Take Two Interactive Software
#THQ
#Tibco Software
#VeriSign
#Wind River Systems