Number of Customers Meeting Concentration Risk Threshold

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Percentage of international revenue accounted for of the Company's net revenues

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Segment Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 segment	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Net revenues	$ 851,483us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 758,994us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 781,560us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 750,819us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 802,420us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 712,731us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 730,384us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 672,899us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,142,856us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 2,918,434us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 2,586,123us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Number of reportable segments									2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Percentage of international revenues accounting for the Company's net revenues									45.20%	45.40%	45.30%
US to International Revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Net revenues									$ 193,800	$ 215,300	$ 127,400
Ingram Micro \| Net revenues \| Customer concentration risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers meeting concentration risk threshold	1				1				1	1	1
Concentration risk percentage									13.00%	14.00%	16.00%