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EQUITY AWARD PLAN (Stock-based Compensation Expense) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs      
Total stock-based compensation $ 26,594,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 19,115,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 8,451,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Tax benefit from stock-based compensation (688,000)us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense (1,535,000)us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense (2,417,000)us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax effect 25,906,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax 17,580,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax 6,034,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax
Compensation cost not yet recognized 64,300,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions    
Compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition 2 years 2 months 13 days    
Cost of revenue      
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs      
Total stock-based compensation 1,092,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfSalesMember
818,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfSalesMember
243,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfSalesMember
Research and development      
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs      
Total stock-based compensation 9,099,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember
6,738,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember
2,409,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember
Sales and marketing      
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs      
Total stock-based compensation 7,180,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpenseMember
4,922,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpenseMember
1,787,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpenseMember
General and administrative      
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs      
Total stock-based compensation 9,223,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember
6,637,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember
4,012,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember
YFind Employee Stock Compensation Plan [Member]      
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs      
Stock-based compensation related to the cash settlement of equity awards   $ 400,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualDistributionsPaid
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= rkus_YFindEmployeeStockCompensationPlanMember