Minimum percentage of accounts receivable not attained by any individual customer.

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The minimum expected life in a range of expected lives (in months) of capitalized software costs. Represents the period over which capitalized computer software costs are amortized to expense, which is generally the expected life of the related products.

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The maximum expected life in a range of expected lives (in months) of capitalized software costs. Represents the period over which capitalized computer software costs are amortized to expense, which is generally the expected life of the related products.

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Transaction costs incurred for the issuance of convertible notes payable.

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Describes the nature of the extended product warranties, which generally require additional fees to be paid by the buyer, and other guarantee contracts excluded from the initial recognition and initial measurement requirements. Does not include disclosures for standard product warranties, which typically have substantially shorter periods of time or provide less coverage, or both.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount of a reclassification adjustment made to prior period financial statement amounts.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Description of Business (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 15, 2015
Accounts receivable percentage not attained by individual customer	10.00%
Other Intangible Assets [Member] \| Maximum Estimated Useful Life of Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	12 years
Other Intangible Assets [Member] \| Minimum Estimated Useful Life of Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	2 years
Software Development [Member]
Capitalized software costs, expected life, minimum (in months)	12
Capitalized software costs, expected useful life, maximum (in months)	36
Minimum [Member]
Extended Product Warranty Description	90 days to one year
Maximum [Member]
Extended Product Warranty Description	5 years
Convertible Debt [Member]
Convertible Notes Payable Transaction Costs			$ 4.7
Convertible Debt [Member] \| Interest Expense [Member]
Convertible Notes Payable Transaction Costs			$ 3.6
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncement [Member]
Deferred tax asset reclassification adjustment		$ 0.3