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Segments and Entity-Wide Disclosures
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segments and Entity-Wide Disclosures
SEGMENTS AND ENTITY-WIDE DISCLOSURES
Segment Reporting

Ciena has the following operating segments for reporting purposes: (i) Networking Platforms; (ii) Software and Software-Related Services; and (iii) Global Services. See Note 3 to Ciena’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this report.

Ciena's long-lived assets, including equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, finite-lived intangible assets and maintenance spares, are not reviewed by Ciena's chief operating decision maker for purposes of evaluating performance and allocating resources. As of January 31, 2019, equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net totaled $288.7 million primarily supporting asset groups within Ciena’s Networking Platforms and Software and Software-Related Services segments and supporting Ciena’s unallocated selling and general and administrative activities. As of January 31, 2019, $27.4 million of Ciena’s intangible assets, net were assigned to asset groups within Ciena’s Networking Platforms segment and $111.6 million of Ciena’s intangible assets, net were assigned to asset groups within Ciena’s Software and Software-Related Services segment. As of January 31, 2019, $65.8 million of Ciena’s Goodwill was assigned to asset groups within Ciena’s Networking Platforms segment and $232.2 million of Ciena’s Goodwill was assigned to asset groups within Ciena’s Software and Software-Related Services segment. As of January 31, 2019, all of the maintenance spares, net, totaling $46.1 million, were assigned to asset groups within Ciena’s Global Services segment.

Segment Revenue

The table below (in thousands) sets forth Ciena’s segment revenue for the respective periods:
 
Quarter Ended January 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Revenue:
 
 
 
Networking Platforms
 
 
 
Converged Packet Optical
$
548,997

 
$
427,401

Packet Networking
71,569

 
68,632

Total Networking Platforms
620,566

 
496,033

 
 
 
 
Software and Software-Related Services
 
 
 
Platform Software and Services
41,598

 
44,136

Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
14,974

 
9,351

Total Software and Software-Related Services
56,572

 
53,487

 
 
 
 
Global Services
 
 
 
Maintenance Support and Training
61,277

 
55,958

Installation and Deployment
30,622

 
30,016

Consulting and Network Design
9,490

 
10,641

Total Global Services
101,389

 
96,615

 
 
 
 
Consolidated revenue
$
778,527

 
$
646,135


    
Segment Profit
Segment profit is determined based on internal performance measures used by Ciena’s chief executive officer to assess the performance of each operating segment in a given period. In connection with that assessment, the chief executive officer excludes the following items: selling and marketing costs; general and administrative costs; significant asset impairments and restructuring costs; amortization of intangible assets; acquisition and integration costs; interest and other income, net; interest expense; and provision for income taxes.
The table below (in thousands) sets forth Ciena’s segment profit and the reconciliation to consolidated net income (loss) during the respective periods indicated:
 
Quarter Ended January 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Segment profit:
 
 
 
Networking Platforms
$
136,590

 
$
88,569

Software and Software-Related Services
18,417

 
23,635

Global Services
39,701

 
41,037

Total segment profit
194,708

 
153,241

Less: Non-performance operating expenses
 
 
 
  Selling and marketing
98,113

 
88,515

  General and administrative
39,243

 
38,406

  Significant asset impairments and restructuring costs
2,273

 
5,961

  Amortization of intangible assets
5,528

 
3,623

  Acquisition and integration costs
1,608

 

Add: Other non-performance financial items
 
 
 
  Interest expense and other income, net
(5,188
)
 
(12,159
)
Less: Provision for income taxes
9,139

 
477,940

Consolidated net income (loss)
$
33,616

 
$
(473,363
)


Entity-Wide Reporting
Ciena’s revenue includes $464.1 million and $383.4 million of United States revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. No other country accounted for 10% or more of total revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018.
The following table reflects Ciena’s geographic distribution of equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net, with any country accounting for at least 10% of total equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net, specifically identified. Equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net, attributable to geographic regions outside of the U.S. and Canada are reflected as “Other International.” For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net was as follows (in thousands):
 
January 31,
2019
 
October 31,
2018
Canada
$
199,441

 
$
198,028

United States
71,256

 
75,479

Other International
18,016

 
18,560

Total
$
288,713

 
$
292,067



For the periods below, AT&T, a Web-scale provider and Verizon were the only customers that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue as follows (in thousands):
 
Quarter Ended January 31,
 
2019
 
2018
AT&T
$
94,172

 
$
90,645

Web-scale provider
89,514

 
n/a

Verizon
88,775

 
68,445

Total
$
272,461

 
$
159,090


n/a
Denotes revenue representing less than 10% of total revenue for the period


The customers identified above purchased products and services from each of Ciena’s operating segments.