Identifiable Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Identifiable intangible assets represent intangible assets acquired by the Company in connection with its acquisition of Brink Software Inc. in 2014 ("Brink Acquisition") and software development costs. The Company capitalizes certain software development costs for software used in its Restaurant/Retail reporting segment. Software development costs incurred prior to establishing technological feasibility are charged to operations and included in research and development costs. The technological feasibility of a software product is established when the Company has completed all planning, designing, coding, and testing activities that are necessary to establish that the product meets its design specifications, including functionality, features, and technical performance requirements. Software development costs incurred after establishing technological feasibility for software sold as a perpetual license, as defined within ASC 985-20 (Software – Costs of Software to be sold, Leased, or Marketed) are capitalized and amortized on a product-by-product basis when the product is available for general release to customers. Software development is also capitalized in accordance with ASC 350-40, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal - Use Software,” and is amortized over the expected benefit period, which generally ranges from three to seven years. Software development costs capitalized within continuing operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 were $1.0 million and $3.1 million, respectively. Software development costs capitalized within continuing operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $1.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively.

Annual amortization, charged to cost of sales is computed using the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product, generally three to seven years. Amortization of capitalized software development costs from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 were $0.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software development costs from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

Amortization of intangible assets acquired in the Brink Acquisition amounted to $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Amortization of intangible assets acquired in the Brink Acquisition amounted to $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

The components of identifiable intangible assets, excluding discontinued operations, are (in thousands):



	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017			Estimated Useful Life
Acquired and internally developed software costs	$	22,736		$	19,670		3 - 7 years
Customer relationships	160			160			7 years
Non-competition agreements	30			30			1 year
	22,926			19,860
Less accumulated amortization	(10,759		)	(8,190		)
	$	12,167		$	11,670
Trademarks, trade names (non-amortizable)	400			400			N/A
	$	12,567		$	12,070

The expected future amortization of intangible assets, assuming straight-line amortization of capitalized software development costs and acquisition related intangibles, is as follows (in thousands):



2018	$	1,107
2019	3,082
2020	2,640
2021	1,685
2022	692
Thereafter	2,961
Total	$	12,167

The Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate that there may be impairment. The Company operates in two reportable business segments, Restaurant/Retail and Government. Goodwill impairment testing is performed at the reporting unit level. Goodwill is assigned to a specific reporting unit at the date the goodwill is initially recorded. Once goodwill has been assigned to a specific reporting unit, it no longer retains its association with a particular acquisition, and all of the activities within a reporting unit, whether acquired or organically grown, are available to support the value of the goodwill. The Company conducted a goodwill impairment test as of September 30, 2018 and concluded there was no impairment as of that date. The amount of goodwill carried by the Restaurant/Retail and Government reporting units is $10.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.