Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Goodwill:



	(in thousands)
Balance at October 31, 2014	$	2,255,708
Additions	233,989
Adjustments	684
Effect of foreign currency translation	(19,140		)
Balance at October 31, 2015	$	2,471,241
Additions	39,172
Adjustments	435
Effect of foreign currency translation	7,397
Balance at October 31, 2016(1)	$	2,518,245


(1)	There is no accumulated impairment of goodwill for periods presented.

Intangible assets as of October 31, 2016 consist of the following:



	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Assets
	(in thousands)
Core/developed technology	$	610,812	$	460,722	$	150,090
Customer relationships	235,997		139,932		96,065
Contract rights intangible	171,248		162,183		9,065
Trademarks and trade names	20,729		13,821		6,908
Capitalized software development costs	29,642		25,109		4,533
Total	$	1,068,428	$	801,767	$	266,661

Intangible assets as of October 31, 2015 consist of the following:



	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Assets
	(in thousands)
Core/developed technology	$	584,293	$	375,395	$	208,898
Customer relationships	231,908		115,170		116,738
Contract rights intangible	168,153		144,293		23,860
Trademarks and trade names	20,729		10,665		10,064
Capitalized software development costs	25,511		21,412		4,099
Total	$	1,030,594	$	666,935	$	363,659

Amortization expense related to intangible assets consisted of the following:



	Year Ended October 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(in thousands)
Core/developed technology	$	85,331	$	76,674	$	70,675
Customer relationships	24,594		23,104		22,470
Contract rights intangible	16,543		33,350		30,665
Trademarks and trade names	3,156		2,900		2,309
Capitalized software development costs(1)	3,697		3,653		3,581
Total	$	133,321	$	139,681	$	129,700


(1)	Amortization of capitalized software development costs is included in cost of products revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.

The following table presents the estimated future amortization of intangible assets: