Deferred Revenue

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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 as well as fees 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, 2015		September 30, 2015
Current liabilities:
Deferred maintenance revenue	$	162,870	$	155,967
Unearned revenue	207,917		168,742
Total current deferred revenue	$	370,787	$	324,709
Long-term liabilities:
Deferred maintenance revenue	$	62,854	$	62,201
Unearned revenue	299,039		281,251
Total long-term deferred revenue	$	361,893	$	343,452