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Business Combinations and Acquisition of Non-controlling Interest (SpringSoft) - Additional Information (Detail)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
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Oct. 31, 2013
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Oct. 31, 2012
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Oct. 01, 2012
SpringSoft Inc
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2012
SpringSoft Inc
USD ($)
Jan. 31, 2013
SpringSoft Inc
Oct. 01, 2012
SpringSoft Inc
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Oct. 31, 2012
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Oct. 31, 2012
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Acquisition price per share             57.00us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice
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Percentage of acquisition of shares           8.40%us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireePercentage
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91.60%us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireePercentage
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Cash consideration for acquisition       $ 373,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners             8.40%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners
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Total purchase consideration         426,900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Fair value of non-controlling interest acquired         44,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionOfLessThan100PercentNoncontrollingInterestFairValue
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Fair value of equity awards allocated to purchase consideration         9,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
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Identifiable intangibles assets acquired         107,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
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Goodwill 2,255,708,000us-gaap_Goodwill [1] 1,975,971,000us-gaap_Goodwill 1,976,987,000us-gaap_Goodwill   257,600,000us-gaap_Goodwill
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Acquisition-related costs         $ 6,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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Definite lived intangible asset amortization period               3 years 8 years
[1] There is no accumulated impairment of goodwill for periods presented.