Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2025

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations and Goodwill

Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations

Intangible assets acquired through business combinations were as follows (in millions):

	Intangible Assets, Gross						Accumulated Amortization						Intangible Assets, Net				Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (Years)
	January 31, 2024		Additions and retirements, net		January 31, 2025		January 31, 2024		Expense and retirements, net		January 31, 2025		January 31, 2024		January 31, 2025		January 31, 2025
Acquired developed technology	$	4,624	$	(1,666)	$	2,958	$	(3,208)	$	1,455	$	(1,753)	$	1,416	$	1,205	0.9
Customer relationships	6,674		220		6,894		(2,985)		(835)		(3,820)		3,689		3,074		3.6
Other (1)	303		28		331		(130)		(52)		(182)		173		149		2.4
Total	$	11,601	$	(1,418)	$	10,183	$	(6,323)	$	568	$	(5,755)	$	5,278	$	4,428	2.8

(1) Included in Other are in-place leases, trade names, trademarks and territory rights.

Amortization of intangible assets resulting from business combinations for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023 was $1.6 billion, $1.9 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively.

The expected future amortization expense for intangible assets as of January 31, 2025 was as follows (in millions):

Fiscal Period:
Fiscal 2026	$	1,522
Fiscal 2027	1,147
Fiscal 2028	745
Fiscal 2029	578
Fiscal 2030	294
Thereafter	142
Total amortization expense	$	4,428

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of net assets acquired.

The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill, which is generally not deductible for tax purposes, were as follows (in millions):

Balance at January 31, 2023	$	48,568
Acquisitions and adjustments (1)	52
Balance as of January 31, 2024	$	48,620
Acquisition of Spiff	323
Acquisition of Zoomin	284
Acquisition of Own	1,812
Other acquisitions and adjustments (1)	244
Balance as of January 31, 2025	$	51,283

(1) Includes the effect of foreign currency translation.