Acquisitions - Acquired intangible assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 01, 2021	Feb. 01, 2019
Wandera Inc.
Acquisitions
Useful Life	7 years 9 months 18 days
Gross Value	$ 102,050
Wandera Inc. \| Developed technology
Acquisitions
Useful Life	6 years 6 months
Gross Value	$ 60,500
Wandera Inc. \| Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Useful Life	11 years
Gross Value	$ 35,600
Wandera Inc. \| Order backlog
Acquisitions
Useful Life	2 years 6 months
Gross Value	$ 3,800
Wandera Inc. \| Non-competes
Acquisitions
Useful Life	2 years 6 months
Gross Value	$ 1,750
Wandera Inc. \| Trademarks
Acquisitions
Useful Life	3 years
Gross Value	$ 400
ZuluDesk B.V
Acquisitions
Useful Life		7 years
Gross Value		$ 12,310
ZuluDesk B.V \| Developed technology
Acquisitions
Useful Life		5 years
Gross Value		$ 4,300
ZuluDesk B.V \| Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Useful Life		8 years
Gross Value		$ 7,900
ZuluDesk B.V \| Non-competes
Acquisitions
Useful Life		2 years
Gross Value		$ 90
ZuluDesk B.V \| Trademarks
Acquisitions
Useful Life		10 months 24 days
Gross Value		$ 20

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