Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

The table below provides information about revenue and long-lived assets for the U.S. and individual material foreign countries for 2013, 2012, and 2011. Revenue by geographic area is generally based on the "ship to" location. We have reclassified a portion of the United Kingdom revenue for 2012 and 2011 based on our application of an updated methodology to better reflect the allocation of revenue by country. The updated methodology does not impact our reported revenue by geographic segment or any other financial disclosure in this Form 10-K. Long-lived assets include net property and equipment; net intangible assets; and net goodwill.

	2013				2012				2011
(in thousands)	Revenue		Long-lived assets		Revenue		Long-lived assets		Revenue		Long-lived assets
United States	$	992,640	$	3,413,351	$	775,630	$	1,849,244	$	675,105	$	1,573,961
United Kingdom	243,608		555,732		231,671		434,192		213,948		411,720
Rest of world	604,383		486,128		522,568		393,352		436,585		379,998
Total	$	1,840,631	$	4,455,211	$	1,529,869	$	2,676,788	$	1,325,638	$	2,365,679

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Americas		EMEA		APAC		Shared Services			Consolidated Total
	(In thousands)
Year Ended November 30, 2013
Revenue	$	1,162,582	$	483,373	$	194,676	$	—		$	1,840,631
Operating income	$	303,803	$	81,048	$	42,089	$	(228,736	)	$	198,204
Depreciation and amortization	$	123,477	$	25,688	$	2,363	$	7,209		$	158,737
Total Assets	$	4,215,949	$	874,602	$	158,963	$	110,099		$	5,359,613
Year Ended November 30, 2012
Revenue	$	912,490	$	443,385	$	173,994	$	—		$	1,529,869
Operating income	$	262,953	$	95,144	$	46,042	$	(196,852	)	$	207,287
Depreciation and amortization	$	88,456	$	22,188	$	1,065	$	6,534		$	118,243
Total Assets	$	2,437,903	$	881,499	$	114,426	$	115,383		$	3,549,211
Year Ended November 30, 2011
Revenue	$	798,673	$	384,441	$	142,524	$	—		$	1,325,638
Operating income	$	224,699	$	82,314	$	44,452	$	(178,997	)	$	172,468
Depreciation and amortization	$	68,285	$	17,369	$	172	$	2,213		$	88,039
Total Assets	$	2,105,105	$	760,538	$	101,184	$	106,210		$	3,073,037

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

Revenue by transaction type was as follows:

(in thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Subscription revenue	$	1,404,984	$	1,157,347	$	1,020,800
Non-subscription revenue	435,647		372,522		304,838
Total revenue	$	1,840,631	$	1,529,869	$	1,325,638

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Activity in our goodwill account was as follows:

(in thousands)	Americas			EMEA		APAC		Consolidated Total
Balance at November 30, 2011	$	1,246,169		$	389,593	$	86,550	$	1,722,312
Acquisitions	204,156			21,576		5,033		230,765
Adjustment to purchase price	(6,294		)	—		—		(6,294		)
Foreign currency translation	6,030			6,242		168		12,440
Balance at November 30, 2012	1,450,061			417,411		91,751		1,959,223
Acquisitions	1,035,692			69,982		—		1,105,674
Adjustment to purchase price	(511		)	—		—		(511		)
Foreign currency translation	(7,756		)	7,602		949		795
Balance at November 30, 2013	$	2,477,486		$	494,995	$	92,700	$	3,065,181