Segment and Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Segment and Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Segment and Geographic Information

ASC 280, Segment Reporting establishes standards for the manner in which public companies report information about operating segments in annual and interim financial statements which require the reporting of segment information using the “management approach.” Under this approach, operating segments are identified in substantially the same manner as they are reported internally and used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for purposes of evaluating performance and allocating resources. Based on this approach, the Company has determined that it operates in a single operating segment, Data Management.

One health care customer accounted for approximately 11% of our total revenues in the three months ended July 31, 2011 and had no accounts receivable balance as of July 31, 2011. In addition, the aggregate revenues of one telecommunications customer accounted for approximately 11% of our total revenues in the three months ended July 31, 2011 and 10% of our total revenues in the nine months ended July 31, 2011. The related accounts receivable balance for this customer was approximately $255,000 as of July 31, 2011.  

In aggregate, the revenues generated by all projects in all locations of a telecommunications customer accounted for approximately 15% of total revenues in the three months ended July 31, 2010 and 13% of total revenues in the nine months ended July 31, 2010. The related accounts receivable balance for this customer was approximately $402,000 as of July 31, 2010.

The Company operates in North America, Europe and Asia. In general, revenues are attributed to the country in which the revenue-bearing contract originates.

The following table reflects revenues for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2011 and 2010 by each geographic region (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 31,		July 31,		July 31,		July 31,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Revenues by region:
North America	$	1,953	$	1,396	$	4,941	$	4,401
Europe	1,950		1,918		6,756		6,365
Asia	301		110		596		628
	$	4,204	$	3,424	$	12,293	$	11,394

 The following table reflects long-lived assets as of July 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010 in each geographic region (in thousands):

	July 31, 2011		October 31, 2010
Total long-lived assets by region:
North America	$	401	$	127
Germany	643		506
Asia	6		39
	$	1,050	$	672