Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
May 01, 2020	May 03, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Charged under shared services agreement	$ 27,516,000	$ 23,638,000
Purchases of computer equipment from Dell	1,020,000	7,016,000
Revenues	141,181,000	132,842,000
Dell Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Performance bonds, outstanding	1,700,000
Dell Inc. \| Principal Owner
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Charged under shared services agreement	1,000,000.0	1,600,000
Dell Inc. \| Principal Owner \| Contracts Not Yet Transferred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues	14,600,000	14,800,000
Dell Inc. \| Principal Owner \| Solutions Purchases
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues	6,000,000.0	3,300,000
Dell Inc. \| Chief Executive Officer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues	100,000	100,000
Dell and EMC \| Principal Owner
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases of computer equipment from Dell	300,000	1,400,000
EMC and VMware \| Subsidiary of Common Parent
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase of annual maintenance services	400,000	800,000
Carbon Black Inc. \| Subsidiary of Common Parent \| Solutions Purchases
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases of solutions from Carbon Black	1,600,000
RSA Security LLC and Pivotal Software, Inc. \| Subsidiary of Common Parent
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase of annual maintenance services	60,000	56,000
Revenues	$ 0	$ 26,000

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