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	Sep. 01, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		$ 2,622	$ 2,495
Foreign exchange impact		1	2
Ending balance		2,988	2,622
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments			(6)
Temptime acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments		1
Goodwill on acquisition			73
Profitect acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition			54
Cortexica acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition			4
Reflexis acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	$ 364	364
AIT
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		227	154
Foreign exchange impact		0	0
Ending balance		228	227
AIT \| Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments			0
AIT \| Temptime acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments		1
Goodwill on acquisition			73
AIT \| Profitect acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition			0
AIT \| Cortexica acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition			0
AIT \| Reflexis acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition		0
EVM
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		2,395	2,341
Foreign exchange impact		1	2
Ending balance		2,760	2,395
EVM \| Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments			(6)
EVM \| Temptime acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Xplore purchase price allocation adjustments		$ 0
Goodwill on acquisition			0
EVM \| Profitect acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition			54
EVM \| Cortexica acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition			$ 4