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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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SOFTWARE AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS: (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2015
Software
Research and development costs	$ 20.3us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	$ 23.6us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	$ 11.7us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
LiveRamp Inc
Software
Capitalized Computer Software, Amortization	4.3			4.3
Internally developed software
Software
Amortization expense	29.0	9.7	8.6
Internally developed software \| LiveRamp Inc
Software
Amortization expense	7.5
Purchased software licenses
Software
Amortization expense	$ 6.7	$ 7.1	$ 9.7