Business Combinations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 27, 2013

Jul. 28, 2012

Jul. 30, 2011

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Purchase Consideration Summary (NDS) [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the purchase consideration for the NDS acquisition (in millions):

	Fair Value
Cash consideration to seller	$	4,012
Repayment of NDS debt to third party creditors	993
Total purchase consideration	$	5,005

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

The total purchase allocation for NDS is summarized as follows (in millions):

	Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents	$	98
Accounts receivable, net	199
Other tangible assets	268
Goodwill	3,444
Purchased intangible assets	1,746
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(378		)
Liabilities assumed	(372		)
Total purchase consideration	$	5,005

Summary Of Purchase Acquisitions

A summary of the allocation of the total purchase consideration is presented as follows (in millions):

Fiscal 2013	Purchase Consideration		Net  Liabilities Assumed			Purchased Intangible Assets		Goodwill
Meraki, Inc.	$	974	$	(59	)	$	289	$	744
Intucell, Ltd.	360		(23		)	106		277
Ubiquisys Limited	280		(30		)	123		187
All others (nine in total)	363		(25		)	127		261
Total other acquisitions	$	1,977	$	(137	)	$	645	$	1,469

Allocation of the purchase consideration for business combinations completed in fiscal 2012 is summarized as follows (in millions):

Fiscal 2012	Purchase Consideration		Net  Liabilities Assumed			Purchased Intangible Assets		Goodwill
Lightwire, Inc.	$	239	$	(15	)	$	97	$	157
All others (six in total)	159		(24		)	103		80
Total acquisitions	$	398	$	(39	)	$	200	$	237

Allocation of the purchase consideration for business combinations completed in fiscal 2011 is summarized as follows (in millions):

Fiscal 2011	Purchase Consideration		Net  Liabilities Assumed			Purchased Intangible Assets		Goodwill
Total acquisitions (six in total)	$	288	$	(10	)	$	114	$	184