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Capitalized software development costs
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Capitalized Software Development Costs [Abstract]  
Capitalized software development costs

5. Capitalized software development costs

During 2011 and 2010, the Company capitalized approximately $72 and $772 of software development costs. Amortization of capitalized software development costs for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $446 and $1,835, respectively. The decrease between periods is related to the Company's decision to accelerate the amortization of its software portfolio to better reflect the transition of its offering from being mostly product-based to becoming mostly server and service-based and to provide a closer match with the useful life of the development costs being capitalized. This acceleration resulted in an increase in amortization expense of $1,009 in 2010.

Future amortization expense is a follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2012$     78
Thereafter-