Business Combinations, Intangibles and Goodwill (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 consist of (tables in millions):



	September 30, 2015
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Book Value
Purchased technology	$	3,266	$	(1,845	)	$	1,421
Patents	225		(128		)	97
Software licenses	111		(94		)	17
Trademarks and tradenames	253		(151		)	102
Customer relationships and customer lists	1,523		(1,060		)	463
Leasehold interest	152		(19		)	133
Other	46		(40		)	6
Total intangible assets, excluding goodwill	$	5,576	$	(3,337	)	$	2,239



	December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Book Value
Purchased technology	$	2,935	$	(1,668	)	$	1,267
Patents	225		(117		)	108
Software licenses	108		(93		)	15
Trademarks and tradenames	226		(136		)	90
Customer relationships and customer lists	1,473		(974		)	499
Leasehold interest	152		(16		)	136
Other	44		(34		)	10
Total intangible assets, excluding goodwill	$	5,163	$	(3,038	)	$	2,125

Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, net, on a consolidated basis and by segment, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 consist of (table in millions):



	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
	Information Storage		Enterprise Content Division			RSA Information Security		Pivotal		VMware Virtual Infrastructure		Total
Balance, beginning of the period	$	8,266	$	1,486		$	2,203	$	171	$	4,008	$	16,134
Goodwill resulting from acquisitions	935		—			—		3		17		955
Finalization of purchase price allocations and other, net	2		(8		)	—		—		—		(6		)
Balance, end of the period	$	9,203	$	1,478		$	2,203	$	174	$	4,025	$	17,083

Virtustream

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition

The following table summarizes the allocation of the consideration to the fair value of the assets acquired and net liabilities assumed, net of cash acquired (table in millions):



Current assets	$	18
Property, plant and equipment, net	14
Intangible assets:
Purchased technology (weighted-average useful life of 8.6 years)	302
Customer relationships and customer lists (weighted-average useful life of 12.3 years)	50
Trademarks and tradenames (weighted-average useful life of 7.6 years)	27
Total intangible assets, net, excluding goodwill	379
Goodwill	891
Other assets, net	12
Total assets acquired	1,314
Current liabilities	(27		)
Deferred income taxes	(61		)
Other liabilities	(7		)
Total net liabilities assumed	(95		)
Fair value of assets acquired and net liabilities assumed	$	1,219