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Discontinued Operations | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations | Discontinued Operations On April 1, 2017 and September 1, 2017, the Company completed the Everett and Seattle Transactions, respectively. As a result, the financial results of Everett and Seattle are presented as Net loss from discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The following table presents the financial results for HPE's discontinued operations.
| Fiscal years ended October 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| In millions
Net revenue | $ | — |  |  | $ | 8,511 |  |  | $ | 19,843 |
Cost of revenue(1) | — |  |  | 5,890 |  |  | 15,000 |
Expenses(2) | 51 |  |  | 3,063 |  |  | 4,596 |
Interest and other, net | 58 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 28 |
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations before taxes | (109 | ) |  | (481 | ) |  | 219 |
Benefit (provision) for taxes | 5 |  |  | 389 |  |  | (295 | )
Net loss from discontinued operations | $ | (104 | ) |  | $ | (92 | ) |  | $ | (76 | )
(1) | Cost of revenue includes cost of products and services.
(2) | For the periods following the Everett and Seattle Transactions in fiscal 2017, expenses primarily consist of separation costs, which relate to third-party consulting, contractor fees and other incremental costs arising from the transactions. Prior to the Everett and Seattle Transactions, expenses in fiscal 2017 and 2016 primarily consist of selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, research and development (“R&D”) expenses, restructuring charges, separation costs, amortization of intangible assets, acquisition and other related charges, and defined benefit plan settlement charges and remeasurement (benefit).
For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, significant non-cash items of discontinued operations consisted of depreciation and amortization of $526 million and $1,524 million, respectively. For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, purchases of property, plant and equipment of discontinued operations consisted of $158 million and $331 million, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 + Details
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