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Deferred Revenue
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Deferred Revenue
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
As of March 31, 2018
 
As of December 31, 2017*
Product, subscription and support, current
$
489,264

 
$
496,218

Professional services, current
44,276

 
50,397

Total deferred revenue, current
533,540

 
546,615

Product, subscription and support, non-current
352,269

 
363,313

Professional services, non-current
327

 
172

Total deferred revenue, non-current
352,596

 
363,485

Total deferred revenue
$
886,136

 
$
910,100


Changes to the unearned revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):
 
As of December 31, 2017*
 
Billings for the quarter
 
Revenue Recognized
 
As of March 31, 2018
Deferred Revenue
$
910,100

 
$
175,106

 
$
(199,070
)
 
$
886,136


Remaining Performance Obligations
Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue and non-cancelable contracts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods ("backlog"). While deferred revenue is recorded on our balance sheet as a liability, backlog is not recorded in revenue, unearned revenue or elsewhere in our consolidated financial statements until we establish a contractual right to invoice at which point they are recorded as revenue or deferred revenue as appropriate. As of March 31, 2018, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $886.1 million in deferred revenue and $11.6 million in backlog. We have used the practical expedient to not disclose backlog related to the comparative period under ASC 606.
We expect that the amount of backlog relative to the total value of our contracts will change from year to year due to several factors, including the amount invoiced early in the contract term, the timing and duration of customer agreements, varying invoicing cycles of agreements and changes in customer financial circumstances. Accordingly, we believe that fluctuations in backlog are not always a reliable indicator of future revenues and we do not utilize backlog as a key management metric internally.
We expect to recognize these remaining performance obligations as follows (in percentages):
 
Total
 
Less than 1 year
 
1-2 years
 
2-3 years
 
More than 3 years
Deferred revenue
100%
 
60%
 
25%
 
11%
 
4%
Backlog
100%
 
38%
 
50%
 
12%
 
—%
*Certain prior period amounts have been adjusted as a result of adoption of the new revenue recognition standard.