HPE Next (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Costs

In association with the HPE Next initiative, during the three months ended January 31, 2019, the Company incurred $83 million of net charges, of which $78 million were recorded within Transformation costs, and $5 million were recorded within Non-service net periodic benefit credit in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings. During the three months ended January 31, 2018, the Company incurred $245 million of net charges, which were recorded within Transformation costs.

	Three months ended January 31,
	2019		2018
	In millions
Program management(1)	$	11	$	24
IT costs	27		33
Restructuring charges(2)	33		171
Gain on real estate sales	—		(1		)
Other(3)	12		18
Total	$	83	$	245

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

(2) For the three months ended January 31, 2019, $5 million of these costs were recorded in Non-service net periodic benefit credit in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

(3) Primarily consists of site relocation costs in connection with 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, 2018	$	62		$	10		$	11		$	1	$	84
Cash payments	(9		)	(1		)	(2		)	—		(12		)
Liability as of January 31, 2019	$	53		$	9		$	9		$	1	$	72
Total costs incurred to date, as of January 31, 2019	$	751		$	78		$	1,268		$	145	$	2,242
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of January 31, 2019	$	751		$	78		$	1,268		$	145	$	2,242

	Employee Severance			Infrastructure and other
	In millions
Liability as of October 31, 2018	$	291		$	33
Charges	28			5
Cash payments	(91		)	(7		)
Non-cash items	(4		)	(2		)
Liability as of January 31, 2019	$	224		$	29
Total costs incurred to date, as of January 31, 2019	$	794		$	66
Total costs expected to be incurred, as of January 31, 2019	$	1,200		$	180