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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Operating Segments [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Revenue And Operating Income |
| Year ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Solutions Group |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | $ | 893,606 |  |  | $ | 871,225 |  |  | $ | 980,274 |
Direct costs | 184,160 |  |  | 186,174 |  |  | 224,042 |
Profit | 709,446 |  |  | 685,051 |  |  | 756,232 |
IoT Group |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | 93,710 |  |  | 72,371 |  |  | 49,249 |
Direct costs | 96,535 |  |  | 83,747 |  |  | 28,998 |
Profit (loss) | (2,825 | ) |  | (11,376 | ) |  | 20,251 |
Professional Services |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | 176,723 |  |  | 196,937 |  |  | 225,719 |
Direct costs | 145,091 |  |  | 165,325 |  |  | 193,397 |
Profit | 31,632 |  |  | 31,612 |  |  | 32,322 |
Total segment revenue | 1,164,039 |  |  | 1,140,533 |  |  | 1,255,242 |
Total segment costs | 425,786 |  |  | 435,246 |  |  | 446,437 |
Total segment profit | 738,253 |  |  | 705,287 |  |  | 808,805 |
Other unallocated operating expenses (1) | 689,413 |  |  | 666,028 |  |  | 723,780 |
Restructuring charges | 7,942 |  |  | 76,273 |  |  | 43,409 |
Total operating income (loss) | 40,898 |  |  | (37,014 | ) |  | 41,616 |
Interest and other expense, net | 42,304 |  |  | 30,178 |  |  | 15,091 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (1,406 | ) |  | $ | (67,192 | ) |  | $ | 26,525 |
(1) | The Solutions Group segment includes depreciation of $5.4 million, $5.4 million and $5.6 million in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The IoT Group segment includes depreciation of $1.5 million, $1.6 million and $1.0 million in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Professional Services segment includes depreciation of $1.8 million, $2.0 million and $2.2 million in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Unallocated departments include depreciation of $19.3 million, $19.7 million and $20.1 million in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Products and Services Segments [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Revenue And Operating Income |
| Year ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
CAD | $ | 474,608 |  |  | $ | 462,307 |  |  | $ | 511,582 |
PLM | 454,299 |  |  | 456,285 |  |  | 524,741 |
SLM | 131,773 |  |  | 141,644 |  |  | 166,060 |
IoT | 103,359 |  |  | 80,297 |  |  | 52,859 |
Total revenue | $ | 1,164,039 |  |  | $ | 1,140,533 |  |  | $ | 1,255,242 |
Geographical Segments [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Revenue And Operating Income | Revenue and long-lived tangible assets for the geographic regions in which we operate is presented below.
| Year ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |
Americas (1) | $ | 500,879 |  |  | $ | 487,594 |  |  | $ | 530,311 |
Europe (2) | 435,183 |  |  | 424,268 |  |  | 467,805 |
Asia-Pacific | 227,977 |  |  | 228,671 |  |  | 257,126 |
Total revenue | $ | 1,164,039 |  |  | $ | 1,140,533 |  |  | $ | 1,255,242 |
| September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Long-lived tangible assets: |  |  |  |  |
Americas (3) | $ | 47,055 |  |  | $ | 48,281 |  |  | $ | 47,509 |
Europe | 6,284 |  |  | 6,915 |  |  | 7,424 |
Asia-Pacific | 10,261 |  |  | 11,917 |  |  | 10,229 |
Total long-lived tangible assets | $ | 63,600 |  |  | $ | 67,113 |  |  | $ | 65,162 |
(1) | Includes revenue in the United States totaling $475.5 million, $463.1 million and $500.6 million for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(2) | Includes revenue in Germany totaling $164.7 million, $167.2 million and $177.1 million for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(3) | Substantially all of the Americas long-lived tangible assets are located in the United States.

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