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Business Combination, Period Allowed After Closing Date to Settled Indemnification and Other Claims

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Fair Value Inputs, Royalty Rate

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Payments For Contingent Consideration

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Payments to Acquire Business, Gross, After Adjustments

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Payments to Acquire Business, Gross, Escrow Deposit

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Research and Development Acquired In Process, Expected Term

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended
	Jan. 05, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 21, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid			$ 37,638			$ 271,458		$ 0
Cash on hand at signing		$ 3,789	3,789
Business combination, earn-out payment						3,000		$ 0
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid	$ 271,458
Cash on hand at signing	8,164
Aggregate acquisition related costs	$ 5,200
Acquisition-related costs						2,300	$ 2,900
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date					$ 43,200
Losses from acquiree since acquisition date					$ (9,500)
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| In-process R&D
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Royalty rate	12.50%
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Royalty rate	0.50%
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Discount rate	13.00%
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Backlog
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Discount rate	10.00%
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Non-compete
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Discount rate	13.00%
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
In process research and development, expected term	2 years
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Minimum \| Developed technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Royalty rate	0.40%
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
In process research and development, expected term	3 years
Aesynt Holding, L.P., Aesynt, Ltd. \| Maximum \| Developed technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Royalty rate	0.80%
Mach4
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid				$ 16,889
Cash on hand at signing				397
Payment to acquire business, amount in cash after adjustments				17,300
Amount placed in escrow fund for business acquisition				$ 2,700
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date						3,800
Losses from acquiree since acquisition date						(1,700)
Avantec
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid		20,749
Cash on hand at signing		$ 3,392	$ 3,392
Period after closing date to settle indemnification and other claims		18 months
Percentage of interest acquired		85.00%	85.00%
Payments to acquire business, gross		$ 12,000
Business acquisition, potential earn-out payment		5,600	$ 5,600
Business acquisition, amount withheld for indemnification		1,800	1,800
Business combination, earn-out payment						3,000
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date						2,900
Losses from acquiree since acquisition date						$ 800
Avantec \| Payable After December 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, potential earn-out payment		3,000	3,000
Avantec \| Payable After December 31, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, potential earn-out payment		$ 3,000	$ 3,000