Equity Incentive Plan (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Total Stock Based Compensation Expense

The following table shows total stock-based compensation expense recorded from our stock-based awards as reflected in our consolidated statements of operations:

	Year ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2010
	(in thousands)
Cost of license revenue	$	22	$	15	$	24
Cost of service revenue	8,916		7,732		9,122
Sales and marketing	13,809		11,428		13,432
Research and development	8,761		8,547		9,480
General and administrative	19,797		17,680		16,853
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	51,305	$	45,402	$	48,911

Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Unit Grants

	Restricted Stock (1)		Restricted Stock Units
Restricted stock and restricted stock unit grants	Performance-based	Time-based	Performance-based (2)	Time-based (3)
	(in thousands)
	(Number of Shares)		(Number of Units)
Year ended September 30, 2012	—	59	780	2,006

(1) Of the time-based shares of restricted stock, 9,402 were issued to a non-employee director in connection with a consulting contract we entered into with him. The restrictions on these shares lapse in two substantially equal installments from the date of grant. The remaining 49,252 were issued to non-employee directors. The restrictions on these shares lapse one year from the date of grant.

(2) Of these performance-based RSUs, 11,899 will be eligible to vest on the later of November 15, 2012 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the performance criteria have been achieved and 417,508 will be eligible to vest in three substantially equal installments on the later of November 15, 2012 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which performance criteria have been achieved, November 15, 2013 and November 15, 2014; and 309,976 are eligible to vest in two substantially equal installments on the later of each of November 15, 2013 and November 15, 2014 and the date the Compensation Committee determines the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been achieved (RSUs not earned for 2013 may be earned for 2014 to the extent the cumulative performance criteria are achieved). The remaining 40,698 have been forfeited.

(3) The time-based RSUs were issued to employees, including some of our executive officers. These time-based RSUs will vest in three substantially equal annual installments from the date of grant.

Stock Option Activity

	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Stock option activity for the year ended September 30, 2012	(in thousands)				(in years)	(in thousands)
Outstanding:
Balance October 1, 2011	3,004		$	9.89
Granted	—		$	—
Cancelled	(152	)	$	16.43
Exercised	(2,279	)	$	9.33
Balance, September 30, 2012	573		$	10.36	1.59	$	6,539
Exercisable September 30, 2012	556		$	10.48	1.53	$	6,283

Value Of Stock Option And Stock-Based Award Activity

	Year ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2010
Value of stock option and stock-based award activity	(in thousands)
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$	31,746	$	15,983	$	10,528
Total fair value of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards vested	$	65,574	$	68,772	$	63,457

Restricted Stock [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Restricted Stock Activity

	Shares		Weighted Average   Grant Date   Fair Value		Aggregate Intrinsic Value as of September 30, 2012
Restricted stock activity for the year ended September 30, 2012	(in thousands except grant date fair value data)
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock October 1, 2011	90		$	21.30
Granted (1)	59		$	25.14
Vested	(77	)	$	21.23
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock September 30, 2012	72		$	24.49	$	1,570

(1) These shares were issued to our non-employee directors as part of their compensation. The restrictions on these shares generally lapse in one or two equal annual installments from the date of grant.

Restricted Stock Units [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Restricted Stock Activity

	Shares		Weighted Average   Grant Date   Fair Value		Aggregate Intrinsic Value as of September 30, 2012
Restricted stock unit activity for the year ended September 30, 2012	(in thousands except grant date fair value data)
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock units October 1, 2011	5,492		$	17.75
Granted	2,786		$	20.06
Vested	(2,742	)	$	15.71
Forfeited or not earned	(402	)	$	19.00
Balance of nonvested outstanding restricted stock units September 30, 2012	5,134		$	19.99	$	112,165