Commitments And Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies  

We offer a one-year limited warranty on most hardware products, with a two or three-year warranty on a subset of our hardware products, which is included in the sales price of many of our products. Provision is made for estimated future warranty costs at the time of the sale for the estimated costs that may be incurred under the basic limited warranty. Our estimate is based on historical experience and product sales during the period.  

The warranty reserve for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, was as follows:

		Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)		(Unaudited)
		2013		2012
Balance at the beginning of the period	$	1,435	$	1,271
Accruals for warranties issued during the period		659		570
Settlements made (in cash or in kind) during the period		(597)		(543)
Balance at the end of the period	$	1,497	$	1,298

As of March 31, 2013, we had non-cancelable purchase commitments with various suppliers of customized inventory and inventory components totaling approximately $12 million over the next twelve months.  

As of March 31, 2013, we had outstanding guarantees for payment of customs and foreign grants totaling approximately $4.8 million, which are generally payable over the next twelve months.