GSTI Software Index - Definition

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 November 2004

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