Restructuring, Asset Impairment Charges and Other Items (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2011

Restructuring, Asset Impairment Charges and Other Items [Abstract]

Restructuring of operations and other items net from continued operations

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 2, 2011			October 3, 2010			October 2, 2011			October 3, 2010
	(In thousands)
Lease and contract terminations	$	311	(a)	$	1,867		$	3,864	(a)	$	2,838
Employee severance and benefits		482	(b)		2,071			2,414	(b)		7,375
Asset impairment and other exit charges		6,019	(c)		—			6,019	(c)		—
Total restructuring expenses		6,812			3,938			12,297			10,213
Other items		3,972	(d)		(400	)		(9,611	)(e)		31
Total restructuring of operations and other items, net	$	10,784		$	3,538		$	2,686		$	10,244

(a) Primarily relates to changes in estimates and changes in time value of accruals for previously accrued facility lease exit costs.

(b) Primarily relates to cost saving actions taken during 2011 with the Company’s ongoing initiatives to streamline operations.

(c) Primarily relates to the write-off of intellectual property and software which are no longer in use.

(d) Primarily relates to the costs associated with the transition service agreements entered into with NetApp in connection with the sale of the external storage systems business.

(e) Primarily relates to the reversal of a $14.5 million sales and use tax related liability as a result of concluding various audits, partially offset by $5.3 million of costs associated with the transition service agreements entered into with NetApp in connection with the sale of the external storage systems business.

Restructuring of operations and other items net from discontinued operations

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	October 2, 2011			October 3, 2010		October 2, 2011			October 3, 2010
	(In thousands)
Lease and contract terminations	$	(133	)	$	95	$	2,446		$	76
Employee severance and benefits		1,033	(a)		60		15,206	(a)		60
Asset impairment and other exit charges		2,140	(b)		—		23,278	(b)		—
Total	$	3,040		$	155	$	40,930		$	136

(a) Primarily represents severance accruals for the restructuring actions taken in connection with the sale of the external storage systems business.

(b) Primarily represents the write-down of certain assets related to discontinued operations.

Activities affecting the restructuring obligations

	Asset Impairment and  Other Exit Costs			Lease and  Contract Terminations			Employee Severance and Benefits			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance at December 31, 2010	$	—		$	20,905		$	4,951		$	25,856
Expense		29,297			6,310			17,620			53,227
Utilized		(29,297	)		(11,744	)(a)		(19,853	)(a)		(60,894	)
Ending balance at October 2, 2011	$	—		$	15,471	(b)	$	2,718	(b)	$	18,189

(a) The amounts utilized represent cash payments.

(b) The balance remaining for lease and contract terminations is expected to be paid during the remaining terms of the leases, which extend through 2015. The balance remaining for employee severance and benefits is expected to be paid by the first quarter of 2012.