SEGMENT INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

14. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in six business segments: APM, Mainframe, Changepoint, Uniface, Professional Services and Covisint Application Services.

This business unit structure provides the Company with visibility and control over the operations of the business and increases its market agility, enabling it to more effectively capitalize on market conditions and competitive advantages to maximize revenue growth and profitability.

The Company's products and services are offered worldwide to the largest IT organizations across a broad spectrum of technologies, including mainframe, distributed, Internet and mobile platforms. See note 1 for additional information related to each business segment.

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based primarily on  revenue growth and contribution margin which is operating profit before certain charges such as restructuring internal information system support, finance, human resources, legal, administration and other corporate charges ("unallocated expenses"). The allocation of income taxes is not evaluated at the segment level. Financial information for the Company's business segments was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended
	March 31, 2013
																	Unallocated
	APM			MF		CP			UF		PS (1)			AS			Expenses (2)		Total
Software license fees	$	100,565		$	58,528	$	8,468		$	11,361									$	178,922
Maintenance fees		89,535			271,824		16,305			29,816										407,480
Subscription fees		79,862					2,580													82,442
Professional services fees		30,571			2,325		12,422			4,979	$	134,714								185,011
Application services fees														$	90,694					90,694
Total revenues		300,533			332,677		39,775			46,156		134,714			90,694					944,549
Operating expenses		304,835			91,325		41,226			21,831		187,472			86,084		209,562			942,335
Contribution / operating margin	$	(4,302	)	$	241,352	$	(1,451	)	$	24,325	$	(52,758	)	$	4,610	$	(209,562	)	$	2,214

(1) Professional services business unit operating expenses include a $71.8 million goodwill impairment charge. See note 7 for additional information.

(2) Unallocated operating expenses include $16.6 million in restructuring expenses. See note 8 for additional information.

	Year Ended
	March 31, 2012
															Unallocated
	APM			MF		CP		UF		PS		AS			Expenses		Total
Software license fees	$	85,462		$	110,289	$	13,815	$	11,319								$	220,885
Maintenance fees		77,329			303,639		15,551		31,015									427,534
Subscription fees		76,246					2,192											78,438
Professional services fees		31,406			5,389		16,309		4,574	$	151,506							209,184
Application services fees												$	73,731					73,731
Total revenues		270,443			419,317		47,867		46,908		151,506		73,731					1,009,772
Operating expenses		317,621			99,310		45,027		21,740		127,178		72,717	$	199,538			883,131
Contribution /operating margin	$	(47,178	)	$	320,007	$	2,840	$	25,168	$	24,328	$	1,014	$	(199,538	)	$	126,641

	Year Ended
	March 31, 2011
																Unallocated
	APM			MF		CP			UF		PS		AS			Expenses		Total
Software license fees	$	77,823		$	95,820	$	9,226		$	11,876								$	194,745
Maintenance fees		64,283			310,965		14,547			29,445									419,240
Subscription fees		67,718																	67,718
Professional services fees		22,175			6,547		15,650			4,986	$	142,844							192,202
Application services fees													$	55,025					55,025
Total revenues		231,999			413,332		39,423			46,307		142,844		55,025					928,930
Operating expenses		246,212			99,659		47,514			20,149		118,937		51,011	$	195,134			778,616
Contribution / operating margin	$	(14,213	)	$	313,673	$	(8,091	)	$	26,158	$	23,907	$	4,014	$	(195,134	)	$	150,314

No single customer accounted for greater than 10% of total revenue during the years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011, or greater than 10% of accounts receivable at March 31, 2013 or 2012.

The Company does not evaluate assets and capital expenditures on a segment basis, and accordingly such information is not provided.

Financial information regarding geographic operations is presented in the table below (in thousands):

	Year Ended March 31,
	2013		2012 (1)		2011 (1)
Revenues:
United States	$	587,979	$	615,433	$	560,435
Europe and Africa		210,751		240,047		229,112
Other international operations		145,819		154,292		139,383
Total revenues	$	944,549	$	1,009,772	$	928,930

(1) March 31, 2012 and 2011 amounts between the United States and other international operations have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

	March 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	888,032	$	961,202	$	944,506
Austria		201,224		214,615		165
Other		17,082		24,210		40,710
Total long-lived assets	$	1,106,338	$	1,200,027	$	985,381

Long-lived assets are comprised of property, plant and equipment, goodwill and capitalized software. The long-lived assets in Austria are primarily comprised of goodwill associated with the dynaTrace acquisition (see note 2).