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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Revenue Recognition | We derive revenues from three primary sources: (1) software licenses, (2) services, and (3) support.
Deferred Revenue | Deferred revenue consisted of the following:
| September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Deferred support revenue | $ | 335,827 |  |  | $ | 312,721 |
Deferred service revenue | 19,775 |  |  | 18,793 |
Deferred license revenue | 26,942 |  |  | 5,399 |
Total deferred revenue | $ | 382,544 |  |  | $ | 336,913 |
Financial Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On Recurring Basis | Our significant financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
| September 30, 2014
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Financial assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) | $ | 101,113 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 101,113 |
Forward contracts | — |  |  | 339 |  |  | — |  |  | 339 |
| $ | 101,113 |  |  | $ | 339 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 101,452 |
Financial liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration related to ThingWorx acquisition | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15,191 |  |  | $ | 15,191 |
Forward contracts | — |  |  | 911 |  |  | — |  |  | 911 |
| $ | — |  |  | $ | 911 |  |  | $ | 15,191 |  |  | $ | 16,102 |
| September 30, 2013
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Financial assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents (1) | $ | 56,706 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 56,706 |
Forward contracts | — |  |  | 301 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 301 |
| $ | 56,706 |  |  | $ | 301 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 57,007 |
Financial liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward contracts | — |  |  | 438 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 438 |
| $ | — |  |  | $ | 438 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 438 |
(1) Money market funds and time deposits.
Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators | As of September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively, none of these receivables were past due. Our credit risk assessment for financing receivables was as follows:
| September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
S&P bond rating BBB- and above-Tier 1 | $ | 41,152 |  |  | $ | 42,189 |
Internal Credit Assessment-Tier 2 | 16,989 |  |  | 10,934 |
Internal Credit Assessment-Tier 3 | — |  |  | — |
Total financing receivables | $ | 58,141 |  |  | $ | 53,123 |
Notional Amounts Of Outstanding Forward Contracts | As of September 30, 2014 and 2013, we had outstanding forward contracts with notional amounts equivalent to the following:
| September 30,
Currency Hedged | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Canadian/U.S. Dollar | $ | 25,583 |  |  | $ | 41,852 |
Euro/U.S. Dollar | 61,751 |  |  | 50,902 |
British Pound/Euro | 14,259 |  |  | — |
Israeli Sheqel/U.S. Dollar | 6,144 |  |  | 3,413 |
Japanese Yen/U.S. Dollar | — |  |  | 6,496 |
Swiss Franc/U.S. Dollar | 1,200 |  |  | 9,678 |
All other | 8,051 |  |  | 12,093 |
Total | $ | 116,988 |  |  | $ | 124,434 |
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted | The following table presents the calculation for both basic and diluted EPS:
| Year ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (in thousands, except per share data)
Net income (loss) | $ | 160,194 |  |  | $ | 143,769 |  |  | $ | (35,398 | )
Weighted average shares outstanding | 118,094 |  |  | 119,473 |  |  | 118,705 |
Dilutive effect of employee stock options, restricted shares and restricted stock units | 1,890 |  |  | 1,767 |  |  | — |
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 119,984 |  |  | 121,240 |  |  | 118,705 |
Basic earnings (loss) per share | $ | 1.36 |  |  | $ | 1.20 |  |  | $ | (0.30 | )
Diluted earnings (loss) per share | $ | 1.34 |  |  | $ | 1.19 |  |  | $ | (0.30 | )

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