Property, Equipment and Software

12 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2012

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

NOTE 6: Property, Equipment and Software

Property, equipment and software consisted of (in thousands):


	Year ended

	October 28, 2012			October 30, 2011


Land and buildings	$	23,399		$	25,060
Machinery and equipment		139,736			136,903
Leasehold improvements		13,051			13,528
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(148,177	)		(143,001	)

Property and equipment		28,009			32,490
Software		102,120			99,607
Less: Accumulated amortization		(91,077	)		(88,827	)

Property, equipment, and software, net	$	39,052		$	43,270

Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $15.1 million, $18.3 million, and $22.3 million for the fiscal years ended 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. Depreciation and amortization is included in Cost of Other Revenue and Selling, Administrative and Other Operating Costs in the consolidated statements of operations.

On July 31, 2012, the Company sold a building located in California for $5.1 million in cash, net of related expenses, resulting in a gain of $4.4 million.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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