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Revenue Recognition
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Revenue Recognition  
Revenue Recognition

3. Revenue Recognition:

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following tables provide details of revenue by major products/service offerings and by geography.

Revenue by Major Products/Service Offerings

    

    

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

For the three months ended March 31:

2020

2019

 

Cognitive Applications

$

1,182

$

1,238

*

Cloud & Data Platforms

 

2,536

 

1,917

Transaction Processing Platforms

 

1,520

 

1,812

Total Cloud & Cognitive Software

5,238

4,967

*

Consulting

 

2,071

 

2,001

*

Application Management

 

1,840

 

1,908

Global Process Services

 

225

 

247

Total Global Business Services

4,136

4,155

*

Infrastructure & Cloud Services

 

4,916

 

5,209

Technology Support Services

 

1,550

 

1,665

Total Global Technology Services

6,467

6,875

Systems Hardware

 

997

 

914

Operating Systems Software

 

371

 

414

Total Systems

1,368

1,328

Global Financing**

 

299

 

406

Other

 

62

 

451

*

Total revenue

$

17,571

$

18,182

* Recast to conform to current period presentation. Refer to note 4, “Segments,” for additional information.

** Contains lease and loan/working capital financing arrangements which are not subject to the guidance on revenue from contracts with customers.

Revenue by Geography

(Dollars in millions)

    

 

For the three months ended March 31:

2020

 

2019

Americas

$

8,166

$

8,493

Europe/Middle East/Africa

 

5,517

 

5,727

Asia Pacific

 

3,888

 

3,961

Total

$

17,571

$

18,182

Remaining Performance Obligations

The remaining performance obligations (RPO) disclosure provides the aggregate amount of the transaction price yet to be recognized as of the end of the reporting period and an explanation as to when the company expects to recognize these amounts in revenue. It is intended to be a statement of overall work under contract that has not yet been performed and does not include contracts in which the customer is not committed, such as certain as-a-Service, governmental, term software license and services offerings. The customer is not considered committed when they are able to terminate for convenience without payment of a substantive penalty. The disclosure includes estimates of variable consideration, except when the variable consideration is a sales-based or usage-based royalty promised in exchange for a license of intellectual property. Additionally, as a practical expedient, the company does not include contracts that have an original duration of one year or less. RPO estimates are subject to change and are affected by several factors, including

terminations, changes in the scope of contracts, periodic revalidations, adjustments for revenue that has not materialized and adjustments for currency.

At March 31, 2020, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to RPO related to customer contracts that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied was $118 billion. Approximately 60 percent of the amount was expected to be recognized as revenue in the subsequent two years, approximately 35 percent in the subsequent three to five years and the balance (mostly Infrastructure & Cloud Services) thereafter.

Revenue Recognized for Performance Obligations Satisfied (or Partially Satisfied) in Prior Periods

For the three months ending March 31, 2020, revenue was reduced by $14 million for performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods mainly due to changes in estimates on contracts with cost-to-cost measures of progress.

Reconciliation of Contract Balances

The following table provides information about notes and accounts receivables — trade, contract assets and deferred income balances:

    

At March 31, 

    

At December 31, 

(Dollars in millions)

2020

2019

Notes and accounts receivable — trade (net of allowances of $337 and $299 at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively)

$

6,927

$

7,870

Contract assets (1)

 

488

 

492

Deferred income (current)

 

13,377

 

12,026

Deferred income (noncurrent)

 

3,769

 

3,851

(1)Included within prepaid expenses and other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The amount of revenue recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2020 that was included within the deferred income balance at December 31, 2019 was $4.2 billion and was primarily related to services and software.