v3.10.0.1

HPE Next (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
--- | ---
Jul. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring and Related Costs | During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2018, the Company incurred $131 million and $499 million in net charges associated with the HPE Next initiative, which were recorded within Transformation costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and include the following:
| Three months ended July 31, 2018 |  | Nine months ended July 31, 2018
| In millions
Program management(1) | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 82 |
IT costs | 38 |  |  | 107 |
Restructuring charges | 129 |  |  | 385 |
Gain on real estate sales | (77 | ) |  | (114 | )
Other | 13 |  |  | 39 |
Total | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 499 |
(1) | Primarily consists of consulting fees and other direct costs attributable to the design and execution of the HPE Next initiative.
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Cost | Restructuring activities related to the Company's employees and infrastructure for the 2015 and 2012 Plans are presented in the table below:
| 2015 Plan |  | 2012 Plan |  |
| Employee Severance |  | Infrastructure and other |  | Employee Severance and EER |  | Infrastructure and other |  | Total
| In millions
Liability as of October 31, 2017 | $ | 219 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 254 |
Charges | 5 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | 12 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 14 |
Cash payments | (147 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | — |  |  | (167 | )
Non-cash items | (3 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Liability as of July 31, 2018 | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 101 |
Total costs incurred to date, as of July 31, 2018 | $ | 747 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 1,267 |  |  | $ | 145 |  |  | $ | 2,237 |
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of July 31, 2018 | $ | 747 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 1,267 |  |  | $ | 145 |  |  | $ | 2,237 |
| Employee Severance |  | Infrastructure and other
| In millions
Liability as of October 31, 2017 | $ | 296 |  |  | $ | — |
Charges | 347 |  |  | 38 |
Cash payments | (365 | ) |  | (8 | )
Non-cash items | (13 | ) |  | (8 | )
Liability as of July 31, 2018 | $ | 265 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Total costs incurred to date, as of July 31, 2018 | $ | 643 |  |  | $ | 38 |
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of July 31, 2018 | $ | 750 |  |  | $ | 180 |

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_RestructuringAndRelatedActivitiesAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfRestructuringAndRelatedCostsTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfRestructuringReserveByTypeOfCostTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration