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Hewlett Packard Enterprise just released its new logo, and it’s really boring

News Analysis
Apr 16, 20152 mins

New Hewlett Packard Enterprise logo symbolizes simplicity

This week CEO Meg Whitman released the logo for the newly created Hewlett Packard Enterprise division of the soon to be split up company.

Count me in the camp that is disappointed.

Whitman unveiled the new logo in a blog post:

“We needed a logo and a design system that would be singular and defining.  We needed a design that would express our renewed commitment to focus and simplicity. And we needed a logo that would be as transformative, flexible and agile as we are becoming, while standing out from the pack.”

And this is what they came up with:

Later in the blog post, Whitman admits that it is simple. “But, guess what, that’s what we’re going to be about – easy to do business with and precise in our work, our engineering and our innovation.”

She goes on to point out the other groundbreaking change in the logo: “Maybe you noticed it, but take a look at the name ‘Hewlett’ in the new design. This is the first time in our history that the two t’s in Hewlett connect.” Wow!

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Please let me know what you think in the comments section. I, for one, think it’s boring.

brandon_butler

Senior Editor Brandon Butler covers the cloud computing industry for Network World by focusing on the advancements of major players in the industry, tracking end user deployments and keeping tabs on the hottest new startups. He contributes to NetworkWorld.com and is the author of the Cloud Chronicles blog. Before starting at Network World in January 2012, he worked for a daily newspaper in Massachusetts and the Worcester Business Journal, where he was a senior reporter and editor of MetroWest 495 Biz. Email him at bbutler@nww.com and follow him on Twitter @BButlerNWW.

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