# Prof. Panos Ipeirotis on how cloud computing can backfire

1 Faculty News April 27, 2012 ![WIRED logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032348.jpg?itok=Wszefc-R)>

Excerpt from [WIRED](http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/aws-bill-in-minutes/) -- "As the world moves more and more information to cloud services from the likes of Amazon and Google, these services don’t always interact as effectively as they should. Amazon Web Services can save you money, but [Ipeirotis](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/panagiotis-ipeirotis)’ tale also shows that there are cases where the cloud can backfire."

[Read more](http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/aws-bill-in-minutes/)

Additional coverage appeared the [WIRED blog](http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/04/denial-of-money/) and [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/panos-ipeirotis-1200-crowdsource-experiment-2012-4).