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Major Customers as a Percentage of Net Accounts Receivable Balances (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Ingram Micro Inc.
Percent of net accounts receivable balances	37.00%	49.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%
BlueStar, Inc.
Percent of net accounts receivable balances	23.00%	30.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%
ScanSource, Inc.
Percent of net accounts receivable balances	10.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%
Ingram Micro Pan Europe GmbH
Percent of net accounts receivable balances	10.00%
Threshold percentage for disclosure	10.00%	10.00%

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