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DEFERRED REVENUES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Deferred Revenues | Deferred revenues consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Security subscriptions |  | $ | 613.1 |  |  | $ | 554.2 |
Software updates and maintenance |  |  | 757.4 |  |  |  | 765.9 |
Other |  |  | 16.2 |  |  |  | 17.9 |
|  | $ | 1,386.7 |  |  | $ | 1,338.0 |

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