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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Period to be held in Escrow

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Purchase Price

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Reduction of Purchase Price

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Consideration held in escrow related to the sale of discontinued operations.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013	Aug. 31, 2013	Nov. 30, 2013
Apama [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 44,268
Consideration held in escrow	$ 4,500		$ 4,500
Period to be held in Escrow	18 months
Distributor license agreement term			3 years
Reduction of total sales price			$ 700
Artix, Orbacus and Orbix [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 15,000
Indemnification obligation, maximum potential exposure		1,000
Indemnification obligation, maximum potential exposure				$ 30
Actional, DataXtend, ObjectStore, Savvion, and Sonic [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 60,500