Segment Information
The Company's Chief Executive Officer, who is the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), regularly assesses performance and decides how to allocate resources primarily based on consolidated net income reported in the Consolidated Income Statements. The CODM uses consolidated net income to assess performance and make operating decisions by monitoring consolidated net income actual results compared to forecasted results, as well as reviewing historical performance trends. The CODM also manages the Company’s operations by reviewing consolidated net revenues by products and services and consolidated expense information consistent with the financial statement line items reported in the Consolidated Income Statements. Significant expenses include cost of net revenues by products and services, sales and marketing expenses, research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses, restructuring charges, and provision for income taxes, all of which are presented in the Consolidated Income Statements. Other segment items primarily include interest income, interest expense, and foreign currency transactions gains and losses, which are presented in other income, net in the Consolidated Income Statements. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as total assets. The accounting policies and description of products and services are those described in Note 1.
Revenues by Geographic Location and Other Information
The Company does business in three main geographic regions: the Americas (primarily the United States); Europe, the Middle East, and Africa ("EMEA"); and the Asia Pacific region ("APAC"). The Company’s CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis accompanied by information about net product revenues and revenues by geographic region. The Company’s foreign offices conduct sales, marketing, research and development, and support activities. Revenues are attributed by geographic location based on the location of the end-user customer.
The following presents revenues by geographic region (in thousands):
 Years Ended September 30,
 202520242023
Americas:
United States$1,631,180 $1,488,413 $1,487,416 
Other92,889 92,859 96,958 
Total Americas1,724,069 1,581,272 1,584,374 
EMEA827,168 755,934 741,598 
APAC536,835 478,914 487,197 
$3,088,072 $2,816,120 $2,813,169 
The Company continues to offer its products through a range of consumption models, from physical systems to software solutions and managed services. The following presents net product revenues by systems and software (in thousands):
 Years Ended September 30,
 202520242023
Net product revenues
Systems revenue$705,551 $537,318 $670,652 
Software revenue803,089 735,477 663,986 
Total net product revenue$1,508,640 $1,272,795 $1,334,638 
The following distributor customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue:
 Years Ended September 30,
 202520242023
Customer A15.8 %16.3 %15.6 %
Customer B17.5 %15.9 %15.0 %
The following distributor customers accounted for more than 10% of total receivables:
September 30,
20252024
Customer A11.1 %20.3 %
Customer B17.8 %14.8 %
Customer C10.9 %— 
Customer D11.4 %— 
No end-user customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue or receivables. No other distributor customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenue or receivables, other than those noted above.
The Company tracks assets by physical location. Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment, net, and are shown below (in thousands):
 September 30,
 20252024
Americas:
United States$118,414 $112,420 
Other1,696 1,773 
Total Americas120,110 114,193 
EMEA20,985 21,970 
APAC15,852 14,780 
$156,947 $150,943 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Nov 25, 2025Showing above
2024Nov 18, 2024
2023Nov 14, 2023
2022Nov 15, 2022
2021Nov 16, 2021
2020Nov 19, 2020
2019Nov 15, 2019

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.