Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information [Text Block]

Segment Information

We prepare our financial reports and analyze our business results within our three reportable geographic segments: Americas, EMEA, and APAC. We evaluate segment performance primarily at the revenue and operating profit level for each of these three segments. We also evaluate revenues by transaction type and product category.

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 nine months endedAugust 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 August 31, 2014
Revenue	$	363,449	$	138,120	$	54,442	$	—		$	556,011
Operating income	$	90,178	$	35,166	$	10,587	$	(62,153	)	$	73,778
Depreciation and amortization	$	41,846	$	5,057	$	2,317	$	1,348		$	50,568
Three months ended August 31, 2013
Revenue	$	307,281	$	122,247	$	50,760	$	—		$	480,288
Operating income	$	71,366	$	19,788	$	8,967	$	(60,695	)	$	39,426
Depreciation and amortization	$	34,368	$	5,666	$	558	$	1,839		$	42,431
Nine months ended August 31, 2014
Revenue	$	1,090,656	$	403,828	$	153,993	$	—		$	1,648,477
Operating income	$	261,375	$	94,226	$	33,587	$	(172,983	)	$	216,205
Depreciation and amortization	$	124,414	$	16,162	$	3,405	$	5,366		$	149,347
Nine months ended August 31, 2013
Revenue	$	794,072	$	344,662	$	142,222	$	—		$	1,280,956
Operating income	$	213,014	$	56,259	$	28,964	$	(160,827	)	$	137,410
Depreciation and amortization	$	83,833	$	17,057	$	1,495	$	5,402		$	107,787

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

	Three months ended August 31,				Nine months ended August 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Subscription revenue	$	432,128	$	365,025	$	1,275,848	$	986,675
Non-subscription revenue	123,883		115,263		372,629		294,281
Total revenue	$	556,011	$	480,288	$	1,648,477	$	1,280,956

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

	Three months ended August 31,				Nine months ended August 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Resources revenue	$	229,107	$	218,345	$	690,477	$	630,541
Industrials revenue	185,267		119,149		538,336		245,997
Horizontal products revenue	141,637		142,794		419,664		404,418
Total revenue	$	556,011	$	480,288	$	1,648,477	$	1,280,956