Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense related to share-based awards recorded in the statements of income, pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, Stock Compensation:



	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Cost of software services, maintenance and subscriptions	$	2,524	$	1,779	$	6,874	$	4,668
Selling, general and administrative expenses	7,267		5,877		20,494		16,680
Total share-based compensation expense	$	9,791	$	7,656	$	27,368	$	21,348

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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