Stock Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock Compensation Arrangements

The compensation cost recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the Company’s stock compensation arrangements was as follows:

	Three Months Ended   April 30,						Six Months Ended   April 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(in thousands)
Cost of license	$	2,092		$	1,915		$	4,210		$	3,776
Cost of maintenance and service	485			534			1,026			962
Research and development expense	10,277			8,997			20,477			17,912
Sales and marketing expense	4,058			3,967			8,306			7,698
General and administrative expense	3,371			3,411			6,845			6,593
Stock compensation expense before taxes	20,283			18,824			40,864			36,941
Income tax benefit	(4,667		)	(4,271		)	(9,403		)	(8,382		)
Stock compensation expense after taxes	$	15,616		$	14,553		$	31,461		$	28,559

Schedule of Intrinsic Value of Equity Awards Exercised

The intrinsic values of equity awards exercised during the periods are as follows:

	Three Months Ended   April 30,				Six Months Ended   April 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(in thousands)
Intrinsic value of awards exercised	$	13,114	$	3,648	$	24,631	$	19,847