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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Schedule of Revenues Attributable to Product Groups, Services and Royalties (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 322,212 | $ 286,217 | $ 355,579
Service revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 144,335 | 148,548 | 155,674
Royalty revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 38,798 | 41,193 | 41,842
Total revenue | $ 120,835 | $ 133,484 | $ 134,742 | $ 116,284 | $ 120,029 | $ 128,048 | $ 117,025 | $ 110,856 | 505,345 | 475,958 | 553,095
Tape automation systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88,751 | 97,454 | 152,205
Disk backup systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51,153 | 39,722 | 54,845
Devices and media |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60,860 | 45,767 | 62,642
Scale-out tiered storage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 121,448 | $ 103,274 | $ 85,887

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