Acquisition, Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible assets at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 consisted of the following:



	September 30, 2017							December 31, 2016
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Customer relationships	$	455,275	$	(327,947	)	$	127,328	$	445,039	$	(300,906	)	$	144,133
Software & technology	154,571		(142,604		)	11,967		150,037		(136,508		)	13,529
Trademarks & other	37,326		(31,245		)	6,081		36,212		(28,702		)	7,510
Total intangible assets	$	647,172	$	(501,796	)	$	145,376	$	631,288	$	(466,116	)	$	165,172

Amortization Expense In Future Periods

Future amortization expense as of September 30, 2017 was as follows:



Remaining for year ending December 31, 2017	$	7,727
Year ending December 31, 2018	27,356
Year ending December 31, 2019	23,977
Year ending December 31, 2020	18,389
Year ending December 31, 2021	15,365
Thereafter	52,562
Total	$	145,376

Schedule of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying value of goodwill, by reporting segment, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 are shown in the table below. Prior year amounts have been recast for the change in reportable segments.



	December 31, 2016		Acquisitions		Foreign currency translation		September 30, 2017
North America Mailing	$	354,000	$	—	$	13,208	$	367,208
International Mailing	145,566		—		12,074		157,640
Small & Medium Business Solutions	499,566		—		25,282		524,848
Production Mail	101,099		—		5,734		106,833
Presort Services	196,890		6,229		—		203,119
Enterprise Business Solutions	297,989		6,229		5,734		309,952
Software Solutions	501,591		—		8,388		509,979
Global Ecommerce	272,189		—		—		272,189
Digital Commerce Solutions	773,780		—		8,388		782,168
Total goodwill	$	1,571,335	$	6,229	$	39,404	$	1,616,968