Intangible and Other Assets, Net

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

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(6)           Intangible and Other Assets, Net

Intangible and other assets, net consist of the following (in thousands):

	January 31, 2012				April 30, 2011
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Software development costs	$	1,964	$	1,854	$	1,964	$	1,675
Deferred order entry costs		1,394		-		1,785		-
Prepaid expenses		3,014		-		3,252		-
Customer contracts and relationships		15,000		6,300		15,000		5,362
Other		1,681		713		1,695		541
	$	23,053	$	8,867	$	23,696	$	7,578

Software development costs include internal and external costs of the development of new or enhanced software programs and are generally amortized over five years.  Deferred order entry costs represent costs incurred in connection with the data entry of customer subscription information to database files and are charged directly to operations generally over a twelve month period.  Customer contracts and relationships are amortized on a straight line basis over twelve years.