Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011

Oct. 30, 2010

Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Schedule Of Goodwill Activity By Reportable Segment

	Data Storage Products			Ethernet Products			Global Services			Total
Balance at October 31, 2009
Goodwill	$	176,989		$	1,371,688		$	157,089		$	1,705,766
Accumulated impairment losses (1)		—			(45,832	)		—			(45,832	)
		176,989			1,325,856			157,089			1,659,934
Tax and other adjustments (2)		—			(14,984	)		—			(14,984	)
Balance at October 30, 2010
Goodwill	$	176,989		$	1,356,704		$	157,089		$	1,690,782
Accumulated impairment losses		—			(45,832	)		—			(45,832	)
	$	176,989		$	1,310,872		$	157,089		$	1,644,950
Goodwill disposed (3)		—			—			(1,673	)		(1,673	)
Tax and other adjustments (4)		(21	)		(12,289	)		—			(12,310	)
Balance at October 29, 2011
Goodwill	$	176,968		$	1,344,415		$	155,416		$	1,676,799
Accumulated impairment losses		—			(45,832	)		—			(45,832	)
	$	176,968		$	1,298,583		$	155,416		$	1,630,967

(1) During the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, the Company made a decision to no longer offer its suite of Files products and concluded that the fair value of the Files reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. The fair value of the Files business was determined using comparable companies' data. The Company conducted the second step of the goodwill impairment test and determined that all of the Files goodwill was impaired. Accordingly, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $45.8 million for the three months ended May 2, 2009.

(2) The goodwill adjustment of $15.0 million was primarily a result of realization of deferred tax assets and tax benefit of stock options exercised from acquired companies, partially offset by the impact of adoption of the new accounting standard for its convertible debt from acquired companies.

(3) Goodwill disposed relates to sale of Strategic Business Systems, Inc. ("SBS"), a wholly owned subsidiary, see Note 17, "Loss on Sale of Subsidiary," of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

(4) The goodwill adjustment of $12.3 million was primarily a result of tax benefit from the exercise of stock awards of acquired companies.

Schedule Of Company's Intangible Assets

	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value		Weighted- Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)
October 29, 2011
Trade name	$	10,441	$	10,422	$	19		1.17
Core/developed technology		337,858		245,855		92,003		2.04
Customer relationships		352,581		229,906		122,675		2.12
Total intangible assets	$	700,880	$	486,183	$	214,697		2.08

	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value		Weighted- Average Remaining Useful Life (in years)
October 30, 2010
Trade name	$	13,941	$	11,150	$	2,791		9.24
Core/developed technology		338,158		189,643		148,515		2.75
Customer relationships		364,981		172,287		192,694		3.23
Total intangible assets	$	717,080	$	373,080	$	344,000		3.07

Schedule Of Amortization Of Intangible Assets Included On Consolidated Statements Of Operations

	Fiscal Year Ended
	October 29, 2011		October 30, 2010		October 31, 2009
Cost of revenues	$	57,489	$	61,249	$	65,803
Operating expenses	$	60,713	$	65,623	$	68,718
Total	$	118,202	$	126,872	$	134,521

Schedule Of Estimated Future Amortization Of Intangible Assets

Fiscal Year	Estimated Future Amortization
2012	$	105,432
2013		93,109
2014		16,156
Total	$	214,697