Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

Information about the operations of our three segments is set forth below. No single customer accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue for the three and six months endedMay 31, 2014 and 2013. There are no material inter-segment revenues for any period presented. Certain corporate transactions are not allocated to the reportable segments, including such items as stock-based compensation expense, net periodic pension and postretirement expense, corporate-level impairments, and gain (loss) on sale of corporate assets.

	Americas		EMEA		APAC		Shared Services			Consolidated Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended May 31, 2014
Revenue	$	376,787	$	138,847	$	52,374	$	—		$	568,008
Operating income	$	93,587	$	34,465	$	12,938	$	(54,217	)	$	86,773
Depreciation and amortization	$	41,395	$	5,314	$	475	$	1,958		$	49,142
Three months ended May 31, 2013
Revenue	$	257,625	$	112,944	$	47,574	$	—		$	418,143
Operating income	$	79,515	$	20,485	$	10,248	$	(48,664	)	$	61,584
Depreciation and amortization	$	25,181	$	5,474	$	476	$	1,746		$	32,877
Six months ended May 31, 2014
Revenue	$	727,207	$	265,708	$	99,551	$	—		$	1,092,466
Operating income	$	171,197	$	59,060	$	23,000	$	(110,830	)	$	142,427
Depreciation and amortization	$	82,568	$	11,105	$	1,088	$	4,018		$	98,779
Six months ended May 31, 2013
Revenue	$	486,791	$	222,415	$	91,462	$	—		$	800,668
Operating income	$	141,648	$	36,471	$	19,997	$	(100,132	)	$	97,984
Depreciation and amortization	$	49,465	$	11,391	$	937	$	3,563		$	65,356

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

Revenue by transaction type was as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended May 31,				Six months ended May 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Subscription revenue	$	426,346	$	313,923	$	843,720	$	621,650
Non-subscription revenue	141,662		104,220		248,746		179,018
Total revenue	$	568,008	$	418,143	$	1,092,466	$	800,668

Revenue by product category was as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended May 31,				Six months ended May 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Resources revenue	$	243,876	$	221,680	$	461,370	$	412,196
Industrials revenue	181,346		64,359		353,069		126,848
Horizontal products revenue	142,786		132,104		278,027		261,624
Total revenue	$	568,008	$	418,143	$	1,092,466	$	800,668