HP Offers 'That Cloud Thing Everyone Is Talking About'

The Onion · 898.6K views · 2012-07-29 · 2:10

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Overview

A 2012 Onion News Network satire in which HP announces a push into cloud computing and insists it knows what the cloud is.

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Used as a joke whenever companies chase tech buzzwords, from cloud to AI.

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Topics

Satire & parody Cloud, DevOps & reliability

What people said

Bluecobra · 2026-01 · Joke / meme
Don’t forget about cloud-something! Related: HP Offers 'That Cloud Thing Everyone Is Talking About’ [VIDEO]
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LoganDark · 2025-03 · Joke / meme
The Onion also made some pretty good cloud parodies back in 2012: [VIDEO] Old animation though I wouldn't necessarily expect to only have been 10 years ago, and 10 years ago I wouldn't expect to be scolded for not using the cloud.
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tdeck · 2025-02 · Joke / meme
In case anyone hasn't seen the Onion video: [VIDEO] HP Offers 'That Cloud Thing Everyone Is Talking About'
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