Restructuring Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Activity and balance of the restructuring liability accounts

The following table sets forth the restructuring activity and balance of the restructuring liability accounts for the three months ended January 31, 2015 (in thousands):

	Workforce reduction				Consolidation of excess facilities			Total
Balance at October 31, 2014	$	181			$	1,134		$	1,315
Additional liability recorded	8,081			(a)	4			8,085
Cash payments	(4,768		)		(206		)	(4,974		)
Balance at January 31, 2015	$	3,494			$	932		$	4,426
Current restructuring liabilities	$	3,494			$	446		$	3,940
Non-current restructuring liabilities	$	—			$	486		$	486

(a) During the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2015, Ciena recorded a charge of $8.1 million of severance and other employee-related costs associated with a global workforce reduction of approximately 125 employees. This reduction was related to an organizational realignment and the reallocation of personnel resources toward strategic growth areas of the business.

The following table sets forth the restructuring activity and balance of the restructuring liability accounts for the three months ended January 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	Workforce reduction			Consolidation of excess facilities			Total
Balance at October 31, 2013	$	80		$	1,936		$	2,016
Additional liability recorded	106			9			115
Cash payments	(136		)	(77		)	(213		)
Balance at January 31, 2014	$	50		$	1,868		$	1,918
Current restructuring liabilities	$	50		$	629		$	679
Non-current restructuring liabilities	$	—		$	1,239		$	1,239