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Goodwill | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Goodwill | NOTE 5—GOODWILL Goodwill is recorded when the consideration paid for an acquisition of a business exceeds the fair value of identifiable net tangible and intangible assets. The following table summarizes the changes in goodwill since June 30, 2009:
Balance, June 30, 2009 |  |  | 576,111 |
Acquisition of New Generation Consulting Inc. (note 17) |  |  | 3,062 |
Acquisition of Nstein Technologies Inc. (note 17) |  |  | 3,282 |
Acquisition of Vignette Corporation (note 17) |  |  | 109,956 |
Adjustments relating to prior acquisitions |  |  | (751 | )
Adjustments on account of foreign exchange |  |  | (25,605 | )
Balance, June 30, 2010 |  |  | 666,055 |
Acquisition of StreamServe Inc. (note 17) |  |  | 39,028 |
Acquisition of Metastorm Inc. (note 17) |  |  | 110,502 |
Acquisition of weComm Limited (note 17) |  |  | 16,746 |
Adjustments on account of foreign exchange* |  |  | 150 |
Balance, June 30, 2011 |  | $ | 832,481 |
* | The reduction in foreign exchange adjustments in Fiscal 2011 is on account of the internal reorganization of our international subsidiaries (See note 13).

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