Income tax at the federal statutory rate is reconciled (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Income taxes at federal statutory rate	$ (1,592)	$ 287
State tax provision, net of federal tax benefit	(53)	38
Nondeductible differences:
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairment	916	0
Rel-Tech earn-out	52	0
Qualified domestic production activities deduction	46	(36)
ISO stock options	43	50
Meals and entertainment	29	31
Comnet book income	0	(46)
Transaction costs	0	28
Temporary true-ups	(3)	(89)
State tax refunds, net of federal expense	(38)	(66)
R&D credits	(46)	(44)
Other	(6)	(13)
Net provision (benefit) for income taxes	$ (652)	$ 140
Income taxes at federal statutory rate (% of Pretax Income)	34.00%	34.00%
State tax provision, net of federal tax benefit (% of Pretax Income)	1.10%	4.50%
Nondeductible differences: (% of Pretax Income)
Goodwill and other intangible asset impairment (% of Pretax Income)	(19.60%)	0.00%
Rel-Tech earn-out (% of Pretax Income)	(1.10%)	0.00%
Qualified domestic production activities deduction (% of Pretax Income)	(1.00%)	(4.30%)
ISO stock options (% of Pretax Income)	(0.90%)	6.00%
Meals and entertainment (% of Pretax Income)	(0.60%)	3.70%
Comnet book income (% of Pretax Income)	0.00%	(5.50%)
Transaction costs (% of Pretax Income)	0.00%	3.40%
Temporary true-ups (% of Pretax Income)	0.10%	(10.60%)
State tax refunds, net of federal expense (% of Pretax Income)	0.80%	(7.90%)
R&D credits (% of Pretax Income)	1.00%	(5.20%)
Other (% of Pretax Income)	0.10%	(1.30%)
Net provision (benefit) for income taxes (% of Pretax Income)	13.90%	16.80%