Hewlett-Packard, the last of the large monolithic IT enterprise firms for everything from supercomputers to Unix and tablets, was put to rest this week.

The official split, the separation of its PC and printer unit from its enterprise division, will be completed by Nov. 1. That will be legal end of HP as it exists currently, as it divides into HP Enterprise and HP Inc. But the change was already evident at its big user conference, HP Discover, this week.

The company unveiled a new logo for HP Enterprise, a green rectangle that evoked the art of the late minimalist artist Sol LeWitt. The PCs and printers that once had a prominent place at HP Discover were shuffled to the side.

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