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PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2021

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

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHERAs of the dates indicated, prepaid expenses and other are comprised of the following (in thousands):

			July 31, 2021						October 31, 2020
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net			$	98,812					$	85,843
Prepaid expenses			75,287						70,647
Prepaid VAT and other taxes			70,735						72,838
Product demonstration equipment, net			35,411						44,793
Other non-trade receivables			17,808						21,981
Capitalized contract acquisition costs			15,067						11,296
Derivative assets			8,598						82
CEWS receivable			1,229						—
Deferred deployment expense			336						604
			$	323,283					$	308,084

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $7.6 million during the first nine months of fiscal 2021 and $6.5 million during the first nine months of fiscal 2020.

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

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