Prepaid Expenses and Other

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

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

Prepaid Expenses and Other [Text Block]

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

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

	October 31, 2011		April 30, 2012
Prepaid VAT and other taxes	$	44,969	$	30,254
Deferred deployment expense	17,839		23,606
Product demonstration equipment, net	46,996		29,250
Prepaid expenses	14,769		12,204
Restricted cash	12,533		27,977
Other non-trade receivables	6,251		10,583
	$	143,357	$	133,874

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $4.5 million and $4.2 million for the first six months of fiscal 2011 and 2012, respectively.