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Reorganization and Business Transformation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Reorganization and Business Transformation | Reorganization and Business Transformation In the fourth quarter of 2015 the Company announced a plan to realign Teradata’s business by reducing its cost structure and focusing on the Company’s core data and analytics business. This business transformation includes exiting the marketing applications business (see Note 15), rationalizing costs, and modifying the Company’s go-to-market approach. The Company incurred the following costs related to these actions for the years ended December 31:
In millions |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Employee severance and other employee related cost |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Asset write-downs |  | 80 |  |  | 140 |
Professional services, legal and other associated cost |  | 35 |  |  | 8 |
Total reorganization and business transformation cost |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 152 |
The charges for asset write-downs were for non-cash write-downs of goodwill, acquired intangibles and other assets (see Note 15). In addition to the costs and charges incurred above, the Company made cash payments of $20 million in 2016 and $14 million in 2015 for employee severance that did not have a material impact on its Statement of Operations due to Teradata accounting for its postemployment benefits under Accounting Standards Codification 712, Compensation - Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits (“ASC 712”), which uses actuarial estimates and defers the immediate recognition of gains or losses. Because the Company accounts for postemployment benefits under ASC 712, it did not record any liability associated with ASC 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: 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 2: 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 Reference 3: 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 + Details
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