HPE Next (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2018

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Costs

During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2018, the Company incurred $131 million and $499 million in net charges associated with the HPE Next initiative, which were recorded within Transformation costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and include the following:

	Three months ended July 31, 2018			Nine months ended July 31, 2018
	In millions
Program management(1)	$	28		$	82
IT costs	38			107
Restructuring charges	129			385
Gain on real estate sales	(77		)	(114		)
Other	13			39
Total	$	131		$	499

(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	5			(2		)	12			(1		)	14
Cash payments	(147		)	(8		)	(12		)	—			(167		)
Non-cash items	(3		)	4			(1		)	—			—
Liability as of July 31, 2018	$	74		$	11		$	15		$	1		$	101
Total costs incurred to date, as of July 31, 2018	$	747		$	78		$	1,267		$	145		$	2,237
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of July 31, 2018	$	747		$	78		$	1,267		$	145		$	2,237

	Employee Severance			Infrastructure and other
	In millions
Liability as of October 31, 2017	$	296		$	—
Charges	347			38
Cash payments	(365		)	(8		)
Non-cash items	(13		)	(8		)
Liability as of July 31, 2018	$	265		$	22
Total costs incurred to date, as of July 31, 2018	$	643		$	38
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of July 31, 2018	$	750		$	180