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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS | GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following:
| 2018 |  | 2017
| (in thousands)
Goodwill | $ | 6,341,355 |  |  | $ | 5,703,992 |
Other intangible assets: |  |  |
Customer-related intangible assets | $ | 2,486,217 |  |  | $ | 2,078,891 |
Acquired technologies | 896,701 |  |  | 722,466 |
Trademarks and trade names | 289,588 |  |  | 247,688 |
Contract-based intangible assets | 178,391 |  |  | 171,522 |
| 3,850,897 |  |  | 3,220,567 |
Less accumulated amortization: |  |  |
Customer-related intangible assets | 860,715 |  |  | 685,869 |
Acquired technologies | 351,170 |  |  | 210,063 |
Trademarks and trade names | 83,234 |  |  | 50,849 |
Contract-based intangible assets | 67,160 |  |  | 92,079 |
| 1,362,279 |  |  | 1,038,860 |
| $ | 2,488,618 |  |  | $ | 2,181,707 |
The following table sets forth the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the 2016 fiscal transition period and the year ended May 31, 2016:
| North America |  | Europe |  | Asia-Pacific |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Balance at May 31, 2015 | $ | 779,734 |  |  | $ | 485,921 |  |  | $ | 226,178 |  |  | $ | 1,491,833 |
Goodwill acquired | 3,318,768 |  |  | — |  |  | 53,402 |  |  | 3,372,170 |
Effect of foreign currency translation | (3,872 | ) |  | (13,737 | ) |  | (15,397 | ) |  | (33,006 | )
Measurement-period adjustments | (8,200 | ) |  | (411 | ) |  | 7,019 |  |  | (1,592 | )
Balance at May 31, 2016 | 4,086,430 |  |  | 471,773 |  |  | 271,202 |  |  | 4,829,405 |
Goodwill acquired | — |  |  | 28,820 |  |  | — |  |  | 28,820 |
Effect of foreign currency translation | (1,911 | ) |  | (45,265 | ) |  | (2,160 | ) |  | (49,336 | )
Measurement-period adjustments | (1,267 | ) |  | (28 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,295 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 | 4,083,252 |  |  | 455,300 |  |  | 269,042 |  |  | 4,807,594 |
Goodwill acquired | 784,668 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 784,668 |
Effect of foreign currency translation | 5,060 |  |  | 57,838 |  |  | 18,291 |  |  | 81,189 |
Measurement-period adjustments | 23,511 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,030 |  |  | 30,541 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 | 4,896,491 |  |  | 513,138 |  |  | 294,363 |  |  | 5,703,992 |
Goodwill acquired | 641,483 |  |  | — |  |  | 57,387 |  |  | 698,870 |
Effect of foreign currency translation | (7,463 | ) |  | (28,377 | ) |  | (25,243 | ) |  | (61,083 | )
Measurement-period adjustments | (424 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (424 | )
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | 5,530,087 |  |  | $ | 484,761 |  |  | $ | 326,507 |  |  | $ | 6,341,355 |
There were no accumulated impairment losses for goodwill at any balance sheet date reflected in the table above. Customer-related intangible assets, acquired technologies, contract-based intangible assets and trademarks and trade names acquired during the year ended December 31, 2018 had weighted-average amortization periods of 11.5 years, 6.2 years, 19.3 years and 12.5 years, respectively. Customer-related intangible assets, acquired technologies, contract-based intangible assets and trademarks and trade names acquired during the year ended December 31, 2017 had weighted-average amortization periods of 16.8 years, 8.8 years, 3 years and 15 years, respectively. Customer-related intangible assets acquired 2016 fiscal transition period had a weighted-average amortization period of 12.1 years. Customer-related intangible assets, acquired technologies and trademarks and trade names acquired during the year ended May 31, 2016 had weighted-average amortization periods of 13.9 years, 5.0 years and 7.0 years, respectively. Amortization expense of acquired intangibles was $377.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, $337.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, $194.3 million for the 2016 fiscal transition period and $113.7 million for the year ended May 31, 2016, respectively. The estimated amortization expense of acquired intangibles as of December 31, 2018 for the next five years, calculated using the currency exchange rate at the date of acquisition, if applicable, is as follows (in thousands):
2019 | $ | 408,358 |
2020 | 378,538 |
2021 | 296,435 |
2022 | 256,054 |
2023 | 213,726 |

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