GSTI Software Index

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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

1. Activision
2. Adobe Systems
3. Advent Software
4. Amdocs Limited
5. Aspect Telecommunications
6. Autodesk
7. Bea Systems
8. BMC Software
9. Borland
10. Cadence Design Systems
11. Check Point Software Technologies
12. Citrix Systems
13. Cognos
14. Computer Associates International
15. Compuware
16. Electronic Arts
17. Fair Isaac Corporation
18. Filenet Corporation
19. Hyperion Solutions
20. Informatica
21. Internet Security Systems
22. Intuit
23. Kronos
24. McAfee
25. Mentor Graphics
26. Mercury Interactive
27. Microsoft
28. NetIQ
29. Novell
30. Open Text Corporation
31. Oracle Corporation
32. Parametric Technology
33. Quest Software
34. Red Hat
35. RSA Security
36. Salesforce.com
37. Siebel Systems
38. Sybase
39. Symantec
40. Synopsys
41. Take Two Interactive Software
42. THQ
43. Tibco Software
44. VeriSign
45. Wind River Systems