Intangible and Other Assets, Net

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

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(5) Intangible and Other Assets, Net

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

	January 31, 2013				April 30, 2012
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Software development costs	$	1,704	$	1,693	$	1,964	$	1,905
Deferred order entry costs		1,275		-		1,320		-
Prepaid expenses		3,308		-		3,315		-
Customer contracts and relationships		16,749		7,561		15,000		6,612
Other		1,737		958		1,671		773
	$	24,773	$	10,212	$	23,270	$	9,290

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.