Percentage of total revenues derived from licensing the BASE24 product line, which does not include the BASE24-eps product, and providing related services and maintenance.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Disclosure of the extent of enterprise reliance on its major customers. For example, includes revenues from transactions with a single external customer amounting to 10 percent or more of the entity's revenues, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the segment or segments reporting the revenues. A group of entities that the entity knows to be under common control generally will be considered a single customer for inclusion in this item. The federal government, a state government, a local government (for example, a county or municipality), or a foreign government each will generally be considered as a single customer for inclusion in this item.

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-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 42

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Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Segment	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of geographic regions considered as reportable operating segments									3
Revenues	$ 283,162	$ 213,939	$ 205,830	$ 161,997	$ 224,095	$ 155,062	$ 149,797	$ 137,625	$ 864,928	$ 666,579	$ 465,095
BASE24
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of total revenues from licensing BASE24 product line									28.00%	32.00%	43.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues									No country outside of the United States accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.	No country outside of the United States accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.	No country outside of the United States accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
Customer Concentration Risk
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues									No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.	No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.	No single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
Americas - United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									$ 450,300	$ 277,800	$ 188,000