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Prepaid Expenses and Other | 3 Months Ended
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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.

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