Prepaid Expenses and Other

3 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2021

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):

	January 30, 2021		October 31, 2020
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net	$	85,461	$	85,843
Prepaid expenses	76,462		70,647
Prepaid VAT and other taxes	73,767		72,838
Product demonstration equipment, net	44,707		44,793
Other non-trade receivables	26,099		21,981
Capitalized contract acquisition costs	10,712		11,296
Derivative assets	8,397		82
Deferred deployment expense	505		604
	$	326,110	$	308,084

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $2.6 million during the first three months of fiscal 2021 and $2.2 million during the first three months of fiscal 2020.

For further discussion on contract assets and capitalized contract acquisition costs, see Note 3 above.