Separation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
SEPARATION	SEPARATION The Company announced in November 2015 that it was pursuing a plan to spinoff its GoTo Business into a separate, publicly traded company. The company established as a result of the spinoff would be made up of the following products and services: GoToAssist, GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, GoToTraining, GoToWebinar, Grasshopper and OpenVoice. The separation of the GoTo Business, which was intended to be a tax-free spinoff to the Company's stockholders, was expected to be completed in the second half of 2016. The spinoff was subject to certain conditions, including, among others, obtaining final approval from the Company's Board of Directors, receipt of a favorable opinion and/or rulings with respect to the tax-free nature of the transaction for federal income tax purposes and the effectiveness of a Form 10 filing with the SEC. On July 26, 2016, the Company entered into definitive agreements with GetGo, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (“GetGo”), and LogMeIn, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LogMeIn”), with respect to a RMT transaction. Subject to the terms and conditions of those agreements, (1) the Company will transfer its GoTo Business to GetGo, (2) after which, the Company will distribute to its stockholders all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of GetGo held by the Company, at the Company’s sole option, by way of a pro rata dividend or an exchange offer, and (3) immediately after the distribution, Lithium Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of LogMeIn, will merge with and into GetGo, with GetGo as the surviving corporation. In connection with the merger, GetGo (which at that time will hold the GoTo Business) will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of LogMeIn, and GetGo’s stockholders will receive an aggregate of approximately 26.9 million shares of LogMeIn common stock. On August 31, 2016, pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreements, Citrix notified LogMeIn that it has elected to effect the distribution through a spin-off. On September 26, 2016, LogMeIn announced the early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for the merger. The transaction, which is intended to be tax-free to the Company and its stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, was completed on January 31, 2017. See Note 20 for more information on the Company's separation of its GoTo Business. The Company has incurred significant costs in connection with the separation of its GoTo Business. These costs relate primarily to third-party advisory and consulting services, retention payments to certain employees, incremental stock-based compensation and other costs directly related to the separation of the GoTo Business. Costs related to employee retention or stock-based compensation are classified on a basis consistent with their regular compensation charges and included within Cost of net revenues, Research and development, Sales, marketing and services, or General and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of income as applicable. Costs other than those related to employees are included within Separation expense in the consolidated statements of income. During the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company incurred approximately $56.6 million and $6.4 million related to separation costs, respectively. The Company expects to incur additional separation costs in 2017, the majority of which will be incurred during the first quarter of 2017. The Company currently expects to incur, in the aggregate, approximately $120.0 million to $130.0 million in separation costs, although that estimate is subject to a number of assumptions and uncertainties and the actual amount of separation costs could differ materially from this estimate. These estimates do not include potential tax related charges or potential capital expenditures which may be incurred related to the transaction. These additional costs could be significant.

SEPARATION

The Company announced in November 2015 that it was pursuing a plan to spinoff its GoTo Business into a separate, publicly traded company. The company established as a result of the spinoff would be made up of the following products and services: GoToAssist, GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, GoToTraining, GoToWebinar, Grasshopper and OpenVoice. The separation of the GoTo Business, which was intended to be a tax-free spinoff to the Company's stockholders, was expected to be completed in the second half of 2016. The spinoff was subject to certain conditions, including, among others, obtaining final approval from the Company's Board of Directors, receipt of a favorable opinion and/or rulings with respect to the tax-free nature of the transaction for federal income tax purposes and the effectiveness of a Form 10 filing with the SEC.

On July 26, 2016, the Company entered into definitive agreements with GetGo, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (“GetGo”), and LogMeIn, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LogMeIn”), with respect to a RMT transaction. Subject to the terms and conditions of those agreements, (1) the Company will transfer its GoTo Business to GetGo, (2) after which, the Company will distribute to its stockholders all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of GetGo held by the Company, at the Company’s sole option, by way of a pro rata dividend or an exchange offer, and (3) immediately after the distribution, Lithium Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of LogMeIn, will merge with and into GetGo, with GetGo as the surviving corporation. In connection with the merger, GetGo (which at that time will hold the GoTo Business) will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of LogMeIn, and GetGo’s stockholders will receive an aggregate of approximately 26.9 million shares of LogMeIn common stock. On August 31, 2016, pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreements, Citrix notified LogMeIn that it has elected to effect the distribution through a spin-off. On September 26, 2016, LogMeIn announced the early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for the merger. The transaction, which is intended to be tax-free to the Company and its stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, was completed on January 31, 2017. See Note 20 for more information on the Company's separation of its GoTo Business.

The Company has incurred significant costs in connection with the separation of its GoTo Business. These costs relate primarily to third-party advisory and consulting services, retention payments to certain employees, incremental stock-based compensation and other costs directly related to the separation of the GoTo Business. Costs related to employee retention or stock-based compensation are classified on a basis consistent with their regular compensation charges and included within Cost of net revenues, Research and development, Sales, marketing and services, or General and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of income as applicable. Costs other than those related to employees are included within Separation expense in the consolidated statements of income. During the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company incurred approximately $56.6 million and $6.4 million related to separation costs, respectively. The Company expects to incur additional separation costs in 2017, the majority of which will be incurred during the first quarter of 2017. The Company currently expects to incur, in the aggregate, approximately $120.0 million to $130.0 million in separation costs, although that estimate is subject to a number of assumptions and uncertainties and the actual amount of separation costs could differ materially from this estimate. These estimates do not include potential tax related charges or potential capital expenditures which may be incurred related to the transaction. These additional costs could be significant.