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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Payment Period

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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized for assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Remaining amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 business	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	2us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
Purchase price of acquired entity	$ 64.9	$ 97.1
Goodwill from acquisition	891.1us-gaap_Goodwill		891.1us-gaap_Goodwill		856.1us-gaap_Goodwill
Direxxis [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquired entity			33.3
Net liabilities assumed	0.3		0.3
Liability for fair value of potential additional cash payments	0.8		0.8
Potential additional cash payments, payment period			3 years
Goodwill from acquisition	20.1		20.1
Intangible assets acquired	13.7		13.7
Direxxis [Member] \| Software Technology [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, remaining amortization period, years			5 years
Direxxis [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, remaining amortization period, years			10 years
TwoFour Systems [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquired entity				31.6
Net liabilities assumed				3.2
Liability for fair value of potential additional cash payments				1.1
Potential additional cash payments, payment period				3 years
Goodwill from acquisition				25.4
Intangible assets acquired				$ 10.5
TwoFour Systems [Member] \| Software Technology [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, remaining amortization period, years				7 years
TwoFour Systems [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, remaining amortization period, years				10 years