HPE Next (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

During the three months ended January 31, 2018, the Company incurred $245 million in net charges associated with the HPE Next initiative, which were recorded within Transformation costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings and include the following:



	Three months ended January 31, 2018
	In millions
Program management⁽¹⁾	$	24
IT costs	33
Restructuring charges	171
Gain on real estate sales	(1		)
Other	18
Total	$	245


(1)	Primarily consists of consulting fees and other direct costs attributable to the design and execution of the HPE Next initiative.

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Cost

Restructuring activities related to the Company's employees and infrastructure for the 2015 and 2012 Plans are presented in the table below:



	2015 Plan						2012 Plan
	Employee Severance			Infrastructure and other			Employee Severance and EER			Infrastructure and other			Total
	In millions
Liability as of October 31, 2017	$	219		$	17		$	16		$	2		$	254
Charges	2			2			—			(1		)	3
Cash payments	(108		)	(4		)	(6		)	—			(118		)
Non-cash items	6			—			2			—			8
Liability as of January 31, 2018	$	119		$	15		$	12		$	1		$	147
Total costs incurred to date, as of January 31, 2018	$	744		$	82		$	1,255		$	145		$	2,226
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of January 31, 2018	$	744		$	82		$	1,255		$	145		$	2,226



	Employee Severance			Infrastructure and other
	In millions
Liability as of October 31, 2017	$	296		$	—
Charges	162			9
Cash payments	(106		)	(2		)
Non-cash items	7			(3		)
Liability as of January 31, 2018	$	359		$	4
Total costs incurred to date, as of January 31, 2018	$	458		$	9
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of January 31, 2018	$	750		$	180