Business Combinations

3 Months Ended

Oct. 26, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

3. Business Combinations

(a) Acquisition Summary

The Company completed two business combinations during the three months ended October 26, 2013. A summary of the allocation of the total purchase consideration is presented as follows (in millions):

	Purchase Consideration		Net Tangible Assets Acquired (Liabilities Assumed)			Purchased Intangible Assets		Goodwill
Sourcefire, Inc.	$	2,449	$	81		$	577	$	1,791
Composite Software, Inc.	160		(10		)	75		95
Total	$	2,609	$	71		$	652	$	1,886

On October 7, 2013, the Company completed its acquisition of Sourcefire, Inc. (“Sourcefire”), a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions. Sourcefire delivers innovative, highly automated security through continuous awareness, threat detection and protection across its portfolio, including next-generation intrusion prevention systems, next-generation firewalls, and advanced malware protection. With the Sourcefire acquisition, the Company aims to accelerate its security strategy of defending, discovering, and remediating advanced threats to provide continuous security solutions to the Company’s customers in more places across the network. Product revenue from the Sourcefire acquisition has been included in the Company's Security product category.

On July 29, 2013, the Company completed its acquisition of privately held Composite Software, Inc. (“Composite Software”), a provider of data virtualization software and services. Composite Software provides technology that connects many types of data from across the network and makes it appear as if the data is in one place. With its acquisition of Composite Software, the Company intends to extend its next-generation services platform by connecting data and infrastructure. Revenue from the Composite Software acquisition has been included in the Company's Services category.

The total purchase consideration related to the Company’s business combinations completed during the three months ended October 26, 2013 consisted of cash consideration and vested share-based awards assumed. The total cash and cash equivalents acquired from these business combinations was approximately $132 million. Total transaction costs related to the Company’s business combination activities were $6 million for each of the three months ended October 26, 2013 and October 27, 2012. These transaction costs were expensed as incurred in general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company’s purchase price allocation for business combinations completed during recent periods is preliminary and subject to revision as additional information about fair value of assets and liabilities becomes available. Additional information, which existed as of the acquisition date but at that time was unknown to the Company, may become known to the Company during the remainder of the measurement period, a period not to exceed 12 months from the acquisition date. Adjustments in the purchase price allocation may require a recasting of the amounts allocated to goodwill retroactive to the period in which the acquisition occurred.

The goodwill generated from the Company’s business combinations completed during the three months ended October 26, 2013 is primarily related to expected synergies. The goodwill is generally not deductible for income tax purposes.

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the operating results of each business combination from the date of acquisition. Pro forma results of operations for the acquisitions completed during the three months ended October 26, 2013 have not been presented because the effects of the acquisitions, individually and in the aggregate, were not material to the Company’s financial results.

(b) Acquisition of WhipTail Technologies, Inc.

On October 28, 2013 the Company completed its acquisition of privately held WhipTail Technologies, Inc. (“WhipTail”). The Company agreed to pay approximately $0.4 billion in cash and retention-based incentives to acquire WhipTail. WhipTail is a leader in high performance, scalable solid state memory systems that enable organizations to simplify data center and virtualized environments and process more data in less time. With its WhipTail acquisition, the Company aims to strengthen its Unified Computing System (UCS) strategy and enhance application performance by integrating scalable solid state memory into the UCS’s fabric computing architecture. Revenue from the WhipTail acquisition will be included in the Company's Data Center product category. The Company expects that most of the purchase price will be allocated to goodwill and purchased intangible assets.