Segment and Entity Wide Disclosures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

The table below (in thousands, except percentage data) sets forth Ciena’s segment revenue for the respective periods indicated:



	Year Ended October 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Revenue:
Networking Platforms
Converged Packet Optical	$	1,926,087	$	1,779,932	$	1,661,702
Packet Networking	313,089		252,862		229,223
Optical Transport	13,534		35,989		73,004
Total Networking Platforms	2,252,710		2,068,783		1,963,929

Software and Software-Related Services
Software Platforms	65,871		48,689		38,466
Software-Related Services	95,248		76,380		61,821
Total Software and Software-Related Services	161,119		125,069		100,287

Global Services
Maintenance Support and Training	227,400		228,982		224,079
Installation and Deployment	117,524		130,916		115,531
Consulting and Network Design	42,934		46,823		41,843
Total Global Services	387,858		406,721		381,453

Consolidated revenue	$	2,801,687	$	2,600,573	$	2,445,669

Segment profit (loss) and the reconciliation to consolidated net income (loss)

The table below (in thousands) sets forth Ciena’s segment profit and the reconciliation to consolidated net income during the respective periods indicated:



	Year Ended October 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Segment profit:
Networking Platforms	$	578,039		$	544,744		$	515,550
Software and Software-Related Services	32,536			7,123			4,174
Global Services	159,882			157,915			141,638
Total segment profit	770,457			709,782			661,362
Less: non-performance operating expenses
Selling and marketing	356,169			349,731			333,836
General and administrative	142,604			132,828			123,402
Amortization of intangible assets	33,029			61,508			69,511
Acquisition and integration costs	—			4,613			25,539
Significant asset impairments and restructuring costs	23,933			4,933			8,626
Add: other non-performance financial items
Interest expense and other income (loss), net	(58,596		)	(69,451		)	(76,684		)
Less: Provision (benefit) for income taxes	(1,105,827		)	14,134			12,097
Consolidated net income	$	1,261,953		$	72,584		$	11,667

Ciena's geographic distribution of revenue and long-lived assets

For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):



	Year Ended October 31,
	2017		2016		2015
North America	$	1,736,047	$	1,689,263	$	1,598,328
EMEA	404,099		393,705		400,294
CALA	164,308		195,085		201,499
APAC	497,233		322,520		245,548
Total	$	2,801,687	$	2,600,573	$	2,445,669

For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net, was as follows (in thousands):



	October 31,
	2017		2016
Canada	$	203,491	$	173,885
United States	90,482		103,018
Other International	14,492		11,503
Total	$	308,465	$	288,406

Schedule of revenue by major customers by reporting segments

For the periods below, customers accounting for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue were as follows (in thousands):



	October 31,
	2017		2016		2015
AT&T	$	448,943	$	479,077	$	487,831
Verizon	288,048		n/a		n/a
Total	$	736,991	$	479,077	$	487,831

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