Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Components Of Income Before Income Taxes

(In thousands)		Years Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Domestic	$	24,100	$	6,488	$	31,801
Foreign		90,737		104,646		96,311
	$	114,837	$	111,134	$	128,112

Provision For Income Taxes Charged To Operations

(In thousands)		Years Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Current tax expense:
U.S. federal	$	24,538	$	19,381	$	14,605
State		1,217		1,180		779
Foreign		10,544		8,568		3,752
Total current	$	36,299	$	29,129	$	19,136
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
U.S. federal	$	(10,305)	$	(12,790)	$	1,545
State		53		(234)		(39)
Foreign		(1,347)		957		(1,646)
Total deferred	$	(11,599)	$	(12,067)	$	(140)
Change in valuation allowance		-		-		-
Total provision	$	24,700	$	17,062	$	18,996

Deferred Tax Liabilities (Assets)

(In thousands)		December 31,
		2012		2011
Capitalized software	$	7,432	$	7,933
Depreciation and amortization		15,404		16,910
Intangible assets		9,920		-
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments		709		105
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries		8,437		9,024
Gross deferred tax liabilties		41,902		33,972
Operating loss carryforwards		(86,285)		(61,148)
Intangible assets		-		(10,800)
Vacation and other accruals		(5,895)		(6,432)
Inventory valuation and warranty provisions		(11,773)		(10,724)
Doubtful accounts and sales provisions		(1,229)		(1,084)
Unrealized exchange loss		(1,664)		(33)
Deferred revenue		(3,987)		(1,991)
Accrued rent expenses		(219)		(132)
GSA accrual		-		(4,831)
10% minority stock investment		(932)		(915)
Stock-based compensation		(5,471)		(4,640)
Research and development tax credit carryforward		(2,421)		(4,562)
Foreign tax credit carryforward		-		(1,006)
Other		(561)		(518)
Gross deferred tax assets		(120,437)		(108,816)
Valuation allowance		91,649		79,864
Net deferred tax liability	$	13,114	$	5,020

Income Tax Rate To The Effective Tax Rate

	Years Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
U.S. federal statutory rate	35	%	35	%	35	%
Foreign taxes (less) than federal statutory rate	(5)		(7)		(9)
Research and development tax credits	-		(3)		(3)
Enhanced deduction for certain research and development expenses	(15)		(16)		(10)
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	1		1		1
Employee share-based compensation	2		1		-
Intercompany profit	2		3		1
Nondeductible acquisition costs	2		-		-
Other	-		1		-
Effective tax rate	22	%	15	%	15	%

Unrecognized Tax Benefit

(In thousands)		2012		2011
Balance at beginning of period	$	19,494	$	14,953
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		3,150		6,300
Additions for tax positions of prior years		1,764		1,908
Reductions as a result of settlement with taxing authorities		(285)		-
Reductions as a result the lapse of the applicable statute of limitations		(2,256)		(3,667)
Reduction for tax positions of prior years		(947)		-
Balance at end of period	$	20,920	$	19,494