Deferred Revenue

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Deferred maintenance revenue consists of prepaid fees received for post-contract customer support for our products, including telephone support and the right to receive unspecified upgrades/updates on a when-and-if-available basis. Unearned revenue includes upfront fees for setup and implementation activities related to hosted offerings; certain software arrangements for which we do not have fair value of post-contract customer support, resulting in ratable revenue recognition for the entire arrangement on a straight-line basis; and fees in excess of estimated earnings on percentage-of-completion service contracts.

Deferred revenue consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):



	December 31, 2014		September 30, 2014
Current liabilities:
Deferred maintenance revenue	$	145,196	$	140,737
Unearned revenue	197,292		157,488
Total current deferred revenue	$	342,488	$	298,225
Long-term liabilities:
Deferred maintenance revenue	$	59,602	$	60,398
Unearned revenue	219,014		189,481
Total long-term deferred revenue	$	278,616	$	249,879