Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Schedule of allocation and changes in the carrying amount of goodwill

	Personal Systems		Printing			Enterprise Group			Enterprise Services(3)			Software			HP Financial Services		Corporate Investments		Total
	In millions
Balance at October 31, 2013(1)(2)	$	2,588	$	3,103		$	16,864		$	97		$	8,328		$	144	$	—	$	31,124
Goodwill acquired during the period		—		—			—			—			12			—		—		12
Goodwill adjustments		—		—			3			—			—			—		—		3
Balance at October 31, 2014(1)(2)	$	2,588	$	3,103		$	16,867		$	97		$	8,340		$	144	$	—	$	31,139
Goodwill acquired during the period		—		—			1,891			—			96			—		—		1,987
Goodwill adjustments		—		(11	)		(46	)		(5	)		(123	)		—		—		(185	)
Balance at October 31, 2015(1)	$	2,588	$	3,092		$	18,712		$	92		$	8,313		$	144	$	—	$	32,941

(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)	In connection with the Separation, effective at the beginning of its fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, HP implemented an organizational change which resulted in the transfer of the marketing optimization solutions business from the Software segment to the Commercial Hardware business unit within the Printing segment. As a result, HP reclassified $512 million of goodwill related to the marketing optimization solutions business from the Software segment to the Printing segment. The reclassification has been reflected retrospectively for all periods presented above.
(3)	Goodwill relates to the MphasiS Limited reporting unit.

Intangible Assets

	As of October 31, 2015										As of October 31, 2014
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment Loss			Net		Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment Loss			Net
	In millions
Customer contracts, customer lists and distribution agreements	$	5,311	$	(3,674	)	$	(856	)	$	781	$	5,289	$	(3,228	)	$	(856	)	$	1,205
Developed and core technology and patents		4,312		(1,165	)		(2,138	)		1,009		4,266		(1,301	)		(2,138	)		827
Trade name and trade marks		1,458		(57	)		(1,336	)		65		1,693		(261	)		(1,336	)		96
In-process research and development		159		—			—			159		—		—			—			—
Total intangible assets	$	11,240	$	(4,896	)	$	(4,330	)	$	2,014	$	11,248	$	(4,790	)	$	(4,330	)	$	2,128

Schedule of intangible assets

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

Schedule of estimated future amortization expense related to finite-lived purchased intangible assets

        As of October 31, 2015, estimated future amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets was as follows:

Fiscal year	In millions
2016	$	773
2017		353
2018		253
2019		213
2020		181
Thereafter		82
Total	$	1,855