Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue and Operating Income

The revenue and profit attributable to our operating segments are summarized below. We do not produce asset information by reportable segment; therefore, it is not reported.

	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	June 30, 2018			July 1, 2017			June 30, 2018			July 1, 2017
	(in thousands)
Software Products
Revenue	$	273,619		$	247,635		$	801,262		$	722,724
Operating Costs (1)	96,422			94,325			293,417			273,196
Profit	177,197			153,310			507,845			449,528
Professional Services
Revenue	41,158			43,658			128,041			134,936
Operating Costs (2)	33,945			35,588			104,634			110,681
Profit	7,213			8,070			23,407			24,255
Total segment revenue	314,777			291,293			929,303			857,660
Total segment costs	130,367			129,913			398,051			383,877
Total segment profit	184,410			161,380			531,252			473,783
Unallocated operating expenses:
Sales and marketing expenses	102,831			89,805			290,559			260,521
General and administrative expenses	25,458			27,263			80,272			81,270
Restructuring and headquarters relocation charges, net	1,627			1,551			1,846			8,300
Intangibles amortization	14,648			14,490			43,595			43,280
Stock-based compensation	16,658			16,574			52,015			56,139
Other unallocated operating expenses (3)	1,485			441			1,425			943
Total operating income	21,703			11,256			61,540			23,330
Interest expense	(10,646		)	(10,200		)	(31,072		)	(32,239		)
Interest income and other expense, net	(1,086		)	(357		)	(2,481		)	2,049
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	9,971		$	699		$	27,987		$	(6,860	)
(1) Operating costs for the Software Products segment includes all cost of software revenue and research and development costs, excluding stock-based compensation and intangible amortization.
(2) Operating costs for the Professional Services segment includes all cost of professional services revenue, excluding stock-based compensation, intangible amortization, and fair value adjustments for deferred services costs.
(3) Other unallocated operating expenses include acquisition-related and other transactional costs, pension plan termination-related costs and fair value adjustments for deferred services costs.