Note 13 - Business Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

13.  BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company markets its products and services worldwide, primarily to companies in the manufacturing industry, including automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries. The Company sells and licenses its products through its direct sales force in four geographic regions: North America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”); Asia Pacific; and Latin America and through distributors where third parties can extend sales reach more effectively or efficiently. The North America region includes the United States and Canada. The EMEA region includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Asia Pacific region includes Asia and Australia. The Latin America region includes South America, Central America and Mexico. The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews the consolidated results within one operating segment.

License and subscription revenues are assigned to the geographic regions based on the proportion of users in each region. Maintenance revenue is allocated to the region where the end user customer is located. Services revenue is assigned based on the region where the services are performed.

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	201 6		201 5		201 6		201 5
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Revenue:
North America (1)	$	32,815	$	33,529	$	62,334	$	63,751
EMEA		19,835		21,552		39,627		43,354
Asia Pacific		12,137		11,597		23,817		23,322
Latin America		4,991		4,613		9,397		10,129
	$	69,778	$	71,291	$	135,175	$	140,556

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(1) Sales into Canada accounted for 2% of North America total revenue in each of the three and six months ended July 31, 2016 and 2015.