Acquisitions, Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

Acquisitions, Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

	Personal Systems		Printing		Enterprise Group		Enterprise Services(3)			Software			HP Financial Services		Corporate Investments		Total
	In millions
Balance at October 31, 2012(1)(2)	$	2,588	$	2,591	$	16,825	$	—		$	8,921		$	144	$	—	$	31,069
Goodwill acquired during the period		—		—		—		112			—			—		—		112
Goodwill adjustments		—		—		39		(15	)		(81	)		—		—		(57	)
Balance at October 31, 2013(1)(2)	$	2,588	$	2,591	$	16,864	$	97		$	8,840		$	144	$	—	$	31,124
Goodwill acquired during the period		—		—		—		—			12			—		—		12
Goodwill adjustments		—		—		3		—			—			—		—		3
Balance at October 31, 2014(1)	$	2,588	$	2,591	$	16,867	$	97		$	8,852		$	144	$	—	$	31,139

(1)	Goodwill is net of accumulated impairment losses of $14.5 billion. Of that amount, $8.0 billion relates to the ES segment, $5.7 billion relates to Software, and the remaining $0.8 billion relates to Corporate Investments.
(2)	Effective at the beginning of its first quarter of fiscal 2014, HP implemented certain organizational changes to align its segment financial reporting more closely with its current business structure. As a result of these organizational realignments, HP transferred $126 million of goodwill related to the transfer of the Printing spare and replacement parts business from the EG segment to the Printing segment, $48 million of goodwill related to the transfer of the Personal Systems spare and replacement parts business from the EG segment to the Personal Systems segment, $42 million of goodwill related to the transfer of the Personal Systems trade and warranty support business from the EG segment to the Personal Systems segment and $22 million of goodwill related to the transfer of the HP Exstream business from the Printing segment to the Software segment. See Note 2 for a full description of the segment realignments.
(3)	Goodwill relates to the MphasiS Limited reporting unit.

Intangible Assets

	As of October 31, 2014										As of October 31, 2013
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment Loss			Net		Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment Loss			Net
	In millions
Customer contracts, customer lists and distribution agreements	$	5,289	$	(3,228	)	$	(856	)	$	1,205	$	5,321	$	(2,709	)	$	(856	)	$	1,756
Developed and core technology and patents		4,266		(1,301	)		(2,138	)		827		5,331		(1,966	)		(2,138	)		1,227
Trade name and trade marks		1,693		(261	)		(1,336	)		96		1,730		(211	)		(1,336	)		183
In-process research and development		—		—			—			—		3		—			—			3
Total intangible assets	$	11,248	$	(4,790	)	$	(4,330	)	$	2,128	$	12,385	$	(4,886	)	$	(4,330	)	$	3,169

Schedule of weighted-average useful lives of intangible assets at the time of acquisition

	As of October 31, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets	Weighted-Average Useful Lives
	In years
Customer contracts, customer lists and distribution agreements		8
Developed and core technology and patents		8
Trade name and trade marks		7

Estimated future amortization expense related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets

        As of October 31, 2014, estimated future amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets was as follows:

Fiscal year	In millions
2015	$	872
2016		653
2017		244
2018		147
2019		110
Thereafter		102
Total	$	2,128