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PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER

6 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2023

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):

			April 29, 2023						October 29, 2022
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net			$	180,020					$	156,039
Prepaid VAT and other taxes			68,769						63,975
Prepaid expenses			50,301						55,440
Other non-trade receivables			41,265						35,929
Product demonstration equipment, net			41,359						33,516
Capitalized contract acquisition costs			29,213						24,026
Foreign currency forward contracts			4,240						251
Deferred deployment expense			520						877
			$	415,687					$	370,053

Depreciation of product demonstration equipment was $3.8 million during the first six months of fiscal 2023 and $4.8 million during the first six months of fiscal 2022.

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

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