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On a constant currency basis, total software license updates and product support expenses increased due to an
increase in salaries, variable compensation and benefits expenses that were primarily related to a full year’s
contribution from Sun and certain other headcount increases and, to a lesser extent, an increase in bad debt
expenses resulting from higher revenues.
Excluding the effect of currency rate fluctuations, total software license updates and product support margin and
margin as a percentage of total revenues increased as our total revenues increased at a faster rate than our total
expenses, primarily as a result of a slight decline in amortization of intangible assets.
Fiscal 2010 Compared to Fiscal 2009: On a constant currency basis, software license updates and product
support revenues increased in fiscal 2010 for similar reasons as noted above. Excluding the effect of currency
rate fluctuations, the Americas contributed 49%, EMEA contributed 39% and Asia Pacific contributed 12% to
the increase in software license updates and product support revenues.
In reported currency, software license updates and product support revenues in fiscal 2010 included incremental
revenues of $88 million from Sun and $56 million from our other recently acquired companies. As described
above, the amounts of software license updates and product support revenues that we recognized in fiscal 2010
and fiscal 2009 were affected by business combination accounting rules.
On a constant currency basis, total software license updates and product support expenses decreased due to
reductions in our bad debt expenses during fiscal 2010 and were partially offset by an increase in salary and
benefits expenses from increased headcount, including headcount assumed from Sun.
Excluding the effect of currency rate fluctuations, total software license updates and product support margin and
margin as a percentage of total revenues increased as our total revenues grew while our total expenses declined.
Hardware Systems Business
As a result of our acquisition of Sun, we entered into a new hardware systems business in fiscal 2010. Our
hardware systems business consists of two operating segments: hardware systems products and hardware systems
support.
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