Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

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

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