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Callidus Software Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/28/18, at 4:57pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1035748-18-7   ·   File #:  0-50463

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/28/18  Callidus Software Inc             10-K       12/31/17   79:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.82M 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     51K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    110K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     86K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     94K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    135K 
18: R7          The Company and Significant Accounting Policies     HTML    119K 
19: R8          Acquisitions                                        HTML    140K 
20: R9          Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    143K 
21: R10         Financial Instruments                               HTML    113K 
22: R11         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    134K 
23: R12         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML     75K 
24: R13         Contractual Obligations, Commitments and            HTML     70K 
                Contingencies                                                    
25: R14         Net Loss Per Share                                  HTML     37K 
26: R15         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    209K 
27: R16         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     34K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML    130K 
29: R18         Employee Benefit Plan                               HTML     28K 
30: R19         Segment, Geographic and Customer Information        HTML     48K 
31: R20         Subsequent Event (Notes)                            HTML     25K 
32: R21         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies     HTML    150K 
                (Policies)                                                       
33: R22         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies     HTML     47K 
                (Tables)                                                         
34: R23         Acquisition (Tables)                                HTML    119K 
35: R24         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    142K 
36: R25         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    109K 
37: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    126K 
38: R27         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML     78K 
39: R28         Contractual Obligations, Commitments and            HTML     44K 
                Contingencies (Tables)                                           
40: R29         Net Loss Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     35K 
41: R30         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    198K 
42: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    126K 
43: R32         Segment, Geographic and Customer Information        HTML     37K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R33         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies -   HTML     32K 
                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Details)                        
45: R34         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies -   HTML     32K 
                Property and Equipment, net (Details)                            
46: R35         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies -   HTML     38K 
                Goodwill, Intangible Assets, Long-Lived Assets and               
                Impairment Assessments (Details)                                 
47: R36         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies -   HTML     30K 
                Deferred Commissions (Details)                                   
48: R37         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies -   HTML     28K 
                Advertising Costs (Details)                                      
49: R38         The Company and Significant Accounting Policies     HTML     46K 
                Revenue Recognition (Details)                                    
50: R39         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     73K 
51: R40         Acquisitions - Summary of Purchase Price            HTML    165K 
                Allocation (Details)                                             
52: R41         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Changes in         HTML     38K 
                Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Details)                            
53: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R43         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     83K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
55: R44         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     58K 
                Future Expected Amortization (Details)                           
56: R45         Financial Instruments - Narrative (Details)         HTML     30K 
57: R46         Financial Instruments - Components of Marketable    HTML     67K 
                Debt Securities (Details)                                        
58: R47         Financial Instruments - Schedule of Maturity        HTML     41K 
                Groupings (Details)                                              
59: R48         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     80K 
60: R49         Balance Sheet Components (Details)                  HTML    106K 
61: R50         Contractual Obligations, Commitments and            HTML     52K 
                Contingencies - Schedule of Obligations and                      
                Commitments (Details)                                            
62: R51         Contractual Obligations, Commitments and            HTML     67K 
                Contingencies - Narrative (Details)                              
63: R52         Contractual Obligations, Commitments and            HTML     25K 
                Contingencies Revolver Line of Credit (Details)                  
64: R53         Net Loss Per Share (Details)                        HTML     37K 
65: R54         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     87K 
66: R55         Stock-Based Compensation - Shares Available for     HTML     33K 
                Grant (Details)                                                  
67: R56         Stock-Based Compensation - Functional               HTML     45K 
                Classification of Stock-based Compensation Expense               
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Assumptions  HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R58         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Activity     HTML    117K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R59         Schedule of Exercise Prices and Weighted Average    HTML     96K 
                Remaining Contractual Life (Details)                             
71: R60         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     47K 
72: R61         Income Taxes - Summary of Income Taxes (Details)    HTML    142K 
73: R62         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     52K 
74: R63         Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     29K 
75: R64         Segment, Geographic and Customer Information        HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    142K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- cald-12312017x10k_htm               XML   3.44M 
76: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    108K 
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 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cald-20171231_lab                     XML   2.01M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cald-20171231_pre              XML   1.18M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cald-20171231                         XSD    180K 
78: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              401±   639K 
79: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001035748-18-000007-xbrl      Zip    387K

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