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Acquisitions - Identifiable Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 03, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Jul. 20, 2018
HALO
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class	$ 28,061
HALO \| Patents and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class	$ 11,307
Weighted Average Amortization Period	8 years 9 months 18 days
HALO \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class	$ 4,408
Weighted Average Amortization Period	10 years
HALO \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class	$ 12,346
Weighted Average Amortization Period	8 years
Gear4
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class		$ 23,024
Gear4 \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class		$ 11,617
Weighted Average Amortization Period		10 years
Gear4 \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class		$ 11,186
Weighted Average Amortization Period		8 years
Gear4 \| Backlog
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class		$ 221
Weighted Average Amortization Period		1 month
BRAVEN
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class			$ 1,774
BRAVEN \| Patents and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class			$ 872
Weighted Average Amortization Period			3 years 1 month 6 days
BRAVEN \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class			$ 901
Weighted Average Amortization Period			10 years
BRAVEN \| Backlog
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Class			$ 1
Weighted Average Amortization Period			6 months