Prepaid Expenses and Other

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

As of the dates indicated, prepaid expenses and other are comprised of the following (in thousands):

	October 31,
	2010		2011
Prepaid VAT and other taxes	$	46,352	$	44,969
Deferred deployment expense	6,918		17,839
Product demonstration equipment, net	29,449		46,996
Prepaid expenses	15,087		14,769
Restricted cash	12,994		12,533
Contingent consideration	30,195		—
Other non-trade receivables	6,685		6,251
	$	147,680	$	143,357

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $4.2 million and $9.7 million for fiscal 2010 and 2011, respectively.