Acquisitions, Divestiture, Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Disclosure

Intangible assets at December 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following:

	December 31, 2016							December 31, 2015
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Customer relationships	$	445,039	$	(300,906	)	$	144,133	$	437,459	$	(272,353	)	$	165,106
Software & technology	150,037		(136,508		)	13,529		149,591		(135,198		)	14,393
Trademarks & other	36,212		(28,702		)	7,510		35,314		(27,435		)	7,879
Total intangible assets, net	$	631,288	$	(466,116	)	$	165,172	$	622,364	$	(434,986	)	$	187,378

Future Amortization

The future amortization expense for intangible assets at December 31, 2016 is as follows:

Year ended December 31,
2017	$	29,391
2018	27,200
2019	23,848
2020	18,740
2021	18,946
Thereafter	47,047
Total	$	165,172

Schedule of Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by reporting segment, for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 are shown in the tables below.

	Gross value before accumulated impairment		Accumulated impairment		December 31, 2015		Acquisition		Impairment			Other (1)			December 31, 2016
North America Mailing	$	296,053	$	—	$	296,053	$	—	$	—		$	(3,215	)	$	292,838
International Mailing	148,351		—		148,351		—		—			(2,785		)	145,566
Small & Medium Business Solutions	444,404		—		444,404		—		—			(6,000		)	438,404
Production Mail	105,757		—		105,757		—		—			(4,658		)	101,099
Presort Services	196,890		—		196,890		—		—			—			196,890
Enterprise Business Solutions	302,647		—		302,647		—		—			(4,658		)	297,989
Software Solutions	674,976		—		674,976		11,908		(171,092		)	(14,201		)	501,591
Global Ecommerce	323,930		—		323,930		9,421		—			—			333,351
Digital Commerce Solutions	998,906		—		998,906		21,329		(171,092		)	(14,201		)	834,942
Total goodwill	$	1,745,957	$	—	$	1,745,957	$	21,329	$	(171,092	)	$	(24,859	)	$	1,571,335

	Gross value before accumulated impairment		Accumulated impairment		December 31, 2014		Acquisition		Other (1)			December 31, 2015
North America Mailing	$	309,448	$	—	$	309,448	$	—	$	(13,395	)	$	296,053
International Mailing	162,146		—		162,146		—		(13,795		)	148,351
Small & Medium Business Solutions	471,594		—		471,594		—		(27,190		)	444,404
Production Mail	110,837		—		110,837		—		(5,080		)	105,757
Presort Services	195,140		—		195,140		1,750		—			196,890
Enterprise Business Solutions	305,977		—		305,977		1,750		(5,080		)	302,647
Software Solutions	677,008		—		677,008		5,792		(7,824		)	674,976
Global Ecommerce	23,910		—		23,910		300,020		—			323,930
Digital Commerce Solutions	700,918		—		700,918		305,812		(7,824		)	998,906
Other	194,232		—		194,232		—		(194,232		)	—
Total goodwill	$	1,672,721	$	—	$	1,672,721	$	307,562	$	(234,326	)	$	1,745,957

(1) Primarily represents foreign currency translation adjustments. For 2015, Other represents the write-off of remaining goodwill upon the sale of Imagitas.