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EMPLOYEES
As of January 31, 2012, we employed approximately 7,500 people. None of our employees in the United States are
represented by a labor union; however, in certain foreign countries, our employees are represented by work councils. We have
never experienced any work stoppages and believe our employee relations are good. Reliance upon employees in other
countries entails various risks and changes in these foreign countries, such as government instability or regulation unfavorable
to foreign-owned businesses, could negatively impact our business in the future.
ACQUISTIONS
Over the past three years, we acquired new technology or supplemented our technology by purchasing businesses or
certain technology related assets focused in specific markets or industries. For the three years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and
2010, we acquired a number of companies and certain technology related assets, some of which were accounted for as business
combinations. The following acquisitions have had a significant impact on our business:
Date of closing
December 2011
October 2011
August 2011
August 2011
March 2011
March 2011
November 2009
Company
T-Splines, Inc.
("T-Splines")
Micro Application
Packages Limited
("MAP")
Turbo Squid, Inc.
(“Turbo Squid”)
Instructables, Inc.
("Instructables")
Blue Ridge
Numerics, Inc.
("Blue Ridge")
Scaleform
Corporation
("Scaleform")
PlanPlatform Ltd.
(“PlanPlatform”)
Details
The T-Splines acquisition strengthens our Digital Prototyping portfolio with more
flexible free-form modeling and will help achieve closer integration between
industrial design and engineering workflows. T-Splines has been integrated into,
and the related goodwill was assigned to the MFG segment.
The MAP acquisition expands our portfolio for MEP contractors and fabricators by
providing tools for the manufacturing, fabrication and installation of MEP systems.
MAP has been integrated into, and the related goodwill was assigned to the AEC
segment.
The acquisition of certain technology assets from Turbo Squid strengthens our
online marketplace platform for our design application users.
The Instructables acquisition assists makers of all types by linking Instructables'
vibrant online community to our software tools and services, such as SketchBook,
123D and Homestyler that allow anyone to explore design ideas and bring them to
life. Instructables has been integrated into, and the related goodwill was assigned to
the PSEB segment.
The Blue Ridge acquisition broadens our solution for Digital Prototyping to provide
customers with a spectrum of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) capabilities that
help automate fluid flow and thermal simulation decision-making for designs, while
eliminating costly physical prototyping cycles. Blue Ridge has been integrated into,
and the related goodwill was assigned to the MFG segment.
The Scaleform acquisition furthers Autodesk's ability to provide customers with
more complete workflows to more rapidly develop immersive 3D and casual game
experiences. Scaleform has been integrated into, and the related goodwill was
assigned to the M&E segment.
The PlanPlatform acquisition accelerates our software as a service technology
platform and provided a design team with knowledge of web-based design
applications. PlanPlatform has been integrated into, and the related goodwill was
assigned to the PSEB segment.
BACKLOG
We have historically reported backlog as consisting of software license product orders that have not yet shipped, and
deferred revenue consisting primarily of deferred maintenance revenue from our maintenance program. We no longer consider
deferred revenue as part of backlog. For further discussion of deferred revenue, see the Maintenance Revenue section of Part II,
Item 7, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
We typically ship products shortly after receipt of an order, which is common in the software industry. Our backlog is
primarily comprised of current software license product orders which have not yet shipped. The category of current software
license product orders which we have not yet shipped consists of orders from customers with approved credit status for
currently available software products and may include both orders with current ship dates and orders with ship dates beyond the
current fiscal period.
Backlog was $27.1 million at January 31, 2012 compared to $27.5 million at January 31, 2011. The actual amount of
backlog at any particular time may not be a meaningful indicator of future business prospects as this amount is impacted by a
number of factors not related to future trends or events such as the order fulfillment process, the method of software delivery or
the linearity of our business within the fiscal period.
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