CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Transactional and maintenance		$ 147,072	$ 131,410
Professional services		34,152	35,198
License		18,852	22,942
Total revenues		200,076	189,550
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues	[1]	62,193	66,300
Research and development		24,631	22,637
Selling, general and administrative	[1]	78,838	72,801
Amortization of intangible assets	[1]	3,580	2,932
Total operating expenses		169,242	164,670
Operating income		30,834	24,880
Interest expense, net		(6,724)	(7,205)
Other income (expense), net		(334)	649
Income before income taxes		23,776	18,324
Provision for income taxes		4,535	3,917
Net income		19,241	14,407
Other comprehensive loss:
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(6,119)	(11,451)
Comprehensive income		$ 13,122	$ 2,956
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.62	$ 0.45
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.59	$ 0.43
Shares used in computing earnings per share:
Basic (in shares)		31,185	31,936
Diluted (in shares)		32,436	33,128

[1] Cost of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude the amortization of intangible assets. See Note 4.