Segment Information and Major Customers

3 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information and Major Customers

Segment Information and Major Customers

(a)Revenue and Gross Margin by Segment

We conduct business globally and are primarily managed on a geographic basis consisting of three segments: the Americas, EMEA, and APJC. Our management makes financial decisions and allocates resources based on the information it receives from our internal management system. Sales are attributed to a segment based on the ordering location of the customer. We do not allocate research and development, sales and marketing, or general and administrative expenses to our segments in this internal management system because management does not include the information in our measurement of the performance of the operating segments. In addition, we do not allocate amortization and impairment of acquisition-related intangible assets, share-based compensation expense, significant litigation settlements and other contingencies, charges related to asset impairments and restructurings, and certain other charges to the gross margin for each segment because management does not include this information in our measurement of the performance of the operating segments.

Summarized financial information by segment for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and 2023, based on our internal management system and as utilized by our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), is as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended
	October 28, 2023		October 29, 2022
Revenue:
Americas	$	9,022	$	7,914
EMEA	3,664		3,675
APJC	1,982		2,043
Total	$	14,668	$	13,632
Gross margin:
Americas	$	5,968	$	4,984
EMEA	2,545		2,325
APJC	1,328		1,274
Segment total	9,841		8,582
Unallocated corporate items	(284)		(236)
Total	$	9,557	$	8,346

Amounts may not sum due to rounding.

Revenue in the United States was $8.1 billion and $7.1 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively.

(b)Revenue for Groups of Similar Products and Services

We design and sell Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and IT industry and provide services associated with these products and their use. Effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, we began reporting our product and service revenue in the following categories: Networking, Security, Collaboration, Observability, and Services and conformed our product revenue for prior periods to the current period presentation.

The following table presents revenue for groups of similar products and services (in millions):

	Three Months Ended
	October 28, 2023		October 29, 2022
Revenue:
Networking	$	8,822	$	8,031
Security	1,010		971
Collaboration	1,117		1,086
Observability	190		157
Total Product	11,139		10,245
Services	3,529		3,387
Total	$	14,668	$	13,632

Amounts may not sum due to rounding.