Segment Information (Tables)
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12 Months Ended |
Oct. 31, 2016 |
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| Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
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| Schedule of Revenue and Earnings (Loss) from Operations, by Segment |
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Group | | Enterprise
Services | | Software | | Financial
Services | | Corporate
Investments | | Total | | In millions | 2016 | |
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| Net revenue | $ | 26,017 |
| | $ | 18,094 |
| | $ | 2,912 |
| | $ | 3,097 |
| | $ | 3 |
| | $ | 50,123 |
| Intersegment net revenue and other | 1,202 |
| | 778 |
| | 283 |
| | 93 |
| | — |
| | 2,356 |
| Total segment net revenue | $ | 27,219 |
| | $ | 18,872 |
| | $ | 3,195 |
| | $ | 3,190 |
| | $ | 3 |
| | $ | 52,479 |
| Earnings (loss) from operations | $ | 3,459 |
| | $ | 1,457 |
| | $ | 749 |
| | $ | 336 |
| | $ | (348 | ) | | $ | 5,653 |
| 2015 | |
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| Net revenue | $ | 26,668 |
| | $ | 19,010 |
| | $ | 3,308 |
| | $ | 3,114 |
| | $ | 7 |
| | $ | 52,107 |
| Intersegment net revenue and other | 1,239 |
| | 796 |
| | 314 |
| | 102 |
| | — |
| | 2,451 |
| Total segment net revenue | $ | 27,907 |
| | $ | 19,806 |
| | $ | 3,622 |
| | $ | 3,216 |
| | $ | 7 |
| | $ | 54,558 |
| Earnings (loss) from operations | $ | 3,862 |
| | $ | 1,019 |
| | $ | 788 |
| | $ | 349 |
| | $ | (423 | ) | | $ | 5,595 |
| 2014 | |
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| Net revenue | $ | 26,812 |
| | $ | 21,297 |
| | $ | 3,609 |
| | $ | 3,401 |
| | $ | 4 |
| | $ | 55,123 |
| Intersegment net revenue and other | 915 |
| | 1,101 |
| | 324 |
| | 97 |
| | — |
| | 2,437 |
| Total segment net revenue | $ | 27,727 |
| | $ | 22,398 |
| | $ | 3,933 |
| | $ | 3,498 |
| | $ | 4 |
| | $ | 57,560 |
| Earnings (loss) from operations | $ | 3,909 |
| | $ | 818 |
| | $ | 871 |
| | $ | 389 |
| | $ | (245 | ) | | $ | 5,742 |
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| Schedule of Reconciliation of Revenues and Earnings before Taxes from Segments to Combined and Consolidated |
The reconciliation of segment operating results to Hewlett Packard Enterprise consolidated and combined results was as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the fiscal years ended October 31, | | 2016 | | 2015 | | 2014 | | In millions | Net Revenue: | |
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| Total segments | $ | 52,479 |
| | $ | 54,558 |
| | $ | 57,560 |
| Elimination of intersegment net revenue and other | (2,356 | ) | | (2,451 | ) | | (2,437 | ) | Total Hewlett Packard Enterprise consolidated and combined net revenue | $ | 50,123 |
| | $ | 52,107 |
| | $ | 55,123 |
| Earnings before taxes: | |
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| Total segment earnings from operations | $ | 5,653 |
| | $ | 5,595 |
| | $ | 5,742 |
| Corporate and unallocated costs and eliminations | (598 | ) | | (454 | ) | | (592 | ) | Stock-based compensation expense | (558 | ) | | (565 | ) | | (427 | ) | Amortization of intangible assets | (755 | ) | | (852 | ) | | (906 | ) | Restructuring charges | (1,236 | ) | | (954 | ) | | (1,471 | ) | Acquisition and other related charges | (178 | ) | | (89 | ) | | (11 | ) | Separation costs | (598 | ) | | (797 | ) | | — |
| Defined benefit plan settlement charges | — |
| | (225 | ) | | — |
| Impairment of data center assets | — |
| | (136 | ) | | — |
| Gain on H3C and MphasiS divestitures | 2,420 |
| | — |
| | — |
| Interest and other, net | (312 | ) | | (51 | ) | | (91 | ) | Tax indemnification adjustments | 317 |
| | — |
| | — |
| Loss from equity interests | (76 | ) | | (2 | ) | | — |
| Total Hewlett Packard Enterprise consolidated and combined earnings before taxes | $ | 4,079 |
| | $ | 1,470 |
| | $ | 2,244 |
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| Schedule of Reconciliation of Assets from Segments to Combined and Consolidated |
Total assets by segment and the reconciliation of segment assets to Hewlett Packard Enterprise consolidated assets were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | As of October 31, | | 2016 | | 2015 | | In millions | Enterprise Group | $ | 26,163 |
| | $ | 27,987 |
| Enterprise Services | 9,563 |
| | 11,581 |
| Software | 9,425 |
| | 9,996 |
| Financial Services | 13,594 |
| | 13,163 |
| Corporate Investments | 161 |
| | 83 |
| Corporate and unallocated assets | 20,773 |
| | 17,106 |
| Total Hewlett Packard Enterprise consolidated assets(1) | $ | 79,679 |
| | $ | 79,916 |
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_______________________________________________________________________________ | | (1) | The Company elected to adopt the amendments prescribed by ASU 2015-17 related to deferred tax assets and liabilities in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and applied them retrospectively, as required by the standard. The total assets by segment and total Hewlett Packard Enterprise consolidated assets for fiscal 2015 were restated accordingly. |
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| Schedule of net revenue by geographical areas |
Net revenue by country in which Hewlett Packard Enterprise operates was as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the fiscal years ended October 31, | | 2016 | | 2015 | | 2014 | | In millions | U.S. | $ | 19,581 |
| | $ | 20,063 |
| | $ | 20,833 |
| United Kingdom | 5,074 |
| | 5,379 |
| | 5,661 |
| Other countries | 25,468 |
| | 26,665 |
| | 28,629 |
| Total net revenue | $ | 50,123 |
| | $ | 52,107 |
| | $ | 55,123 |
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| Schedule of net property, plant and equipment by geographical areas |
Net property, plant and equipment by country in which Hewlett Packard Enterprise operates was as follows: | | | | | | | | | | As of October 31, | | 2016 | | 2015 | | In millions | U.S. | $ | 4,768 |
| | $ | 4,851 |
| United Kingdom | 912 |
| | 955 |
| Other countries | 3,956 |
| | 4,080 |
| Total net property, plant and equipment | $ | 9,636 |
| | $ | 9,886 |
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| Schedule of Revenue by Segment and Business Unit |
Net revenue by segment and business unit was as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the fiscal years ended October 31, | | 2016 | | 2015 | | 2014 | | In millions | Servers | $ | 14,019 |
| | $ | 14,219 |
| | $ | 13,401 |
| Technology Services | 7,160 |
| | 7,662 |
| | 8,383 |
| Storage | 3,065 |
| | 3,180 |
| | 3,315 |
| Networking | 2,975 |
| | 2,846 |
| | 2,628 |
| Enterprise Group | 27,219 |
| | 27,907 |
| | 27,727 |
| Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing | 11,425 |
| | 12,107 |
| | 14,038 |
| Application and Business Services | 7,447 |
| | 7,699 |
| | 8,360 |
| Enterprise Services | 18,872 |
| | 19,806 |
| | 22,398 |
| Software | 3,195 |
| | 3,622 |
| | 3,933 |
| Financial Services | 3,190 |
| | 3,216 |
| | 3,498 |
| Corporate Investments | 3 |
| | 7 |
| | 4 |
| Total segment net revenue | 52,479 |
| | 54,558 |
| | 57,560 |
| Eliminations of intersegment net revenue and other | (2,356 | ) | | (2,451 | ) | | (2,437 | ) | Total net revenue | $ | 50,123 |
| | $ | 52,107 |
| | $ | 55,123 |
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