Prepaid Expenses and Other

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

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,
	2011		2012
Prepaid VAT and other taxes	$	44,969	$	37,806
Deferred deployment expense	17,839		19,449
Product demonstration equipment, net	46,996		33,144
Prepaid expenses	14,769		16,477
Restricted cash	12,533		2,030
Other non-trade receivables	6,251		8,689
	$	143,357	$	117,595

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $4.3 million, $9.7 million and $7.8 million for fiscal 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively.