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Major Customers as a Percentage of Net Accounts Receivable Balances (Details)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Ingram Micro Inc.
Percent of net accounts receivable balances	49.00%	35.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%
BlueStar, Inc.
Percent of net accounts receivable balances	30.00%	22.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%
ScanSource, Inc.
Percent of net accounts receivable balances		17.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%

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