Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill allocated to the Company's reportable segments as of January 31, 2020 and the change in the respective carrying amounts during the three months then ended were as follows:



	Compute		HPC & MCS		Storage			Intelligent Edge		Financial Services		Total
	In millions
Balance at October 31, 2019^{(1) (2)}	$	7,532	$	4,478	$	4,158		$	1,994	$	144	$	18,306
Goodwill adjustments	—		—		(1		)	—		—		(1		)
Balance at January 31, 2020⁽²⁾	$	7,532	$	4,478	$	4,157		$	1,994	$	144	$	18,305


(1)	As a result of the organizational realignments which were effective as of November 1, 2019, (described in Note 1, "Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies"), goodwill was reallocated to the respective segments as of the beginning of the period using a relative fair value approach.


(2)	Goodwill is net of an accumulated impairment loss of $88 million related to the Corporate Investments segment which was recorded during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. There is no remaining goodwill in the Corporate Investments segment.

Effective as of November 1, 2019, the Company's operations were realigned into seven segments for financial reporting purposes. The Company's reporting units containing goodwill are consistent with the reportable segments identified in Note 2, "Segment Information". As a result of this realignment, the Company performed an interim goodwill impairment analysis for the new segments as of November 1, 2019, which did not result in any goodwill impairment charges. The Company will continue to evaluate the recoverability of goodwill on an annual basis as of the beginning of its fourth fiscal quarter and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate there may be a potential impairment.