Gabriella (Ellie) BrownCloud Price Index & Quantum Computing
Ellie Brown is a research analyst at S&P Global Market IntelligenceFull Bio
Ellie Brown is a research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence working across the 451 Research Cloud Transformation channel and the technology, media and telecommunications data team. She manages the Cloud Price Index, the division’s benchmark tracking product for pricing for a selection of cloud infrastructure and managed services around the world. Ellie compiles and maintains a dataset collected from millions of hyperscaler SKUs and looks at trends in pricing, service additions and regional expansion plans for the major public cloud providers.
Ellie’s additional coverage areas include the developing quantum computing and quantum network sectors, with research spanning quantum-suited verticals, new quantum hardware and software developments and the intersection of quantum technology, with key themes including AI and sustainability.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2022, Ellie’s work experience included product strategy/planning and go-to-market activities for SaaS and AI startups, as well as scientific research in astronomy and work as a secondary teacher.
Ellie holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in physics from the University of Utah and is pursuing a master’s degree in environmental policy and management with a concentration in sustainable energy from the University of Denver.Minimize
New technologies cycle through visibility phases, surfacing when breakthroughs are made, and quantum computing has just had a number. Still, the buzziness of the previous year seems to have faded. Is quantum getting boring? Analyst Gabriella Brown joins host Eric Hanselman to discuss why it’s not. New records have been set in qubit counts, and practical applications are floweri...
Cloud hyperscalers round out Q3 with new regions, services and SKU changes
Introduction Our benchmark cloud prices remained relatively stable in the third quarter of 2022, with a slight dip in broad pricing trends helping to allay worries about price hikes going into the end of the year. Beneath the surface, the quarter was active, with the Cloud Price Index logging nearly 345,000 stock-keeping unit changes (SKUs added, SKUs removed, price increases a...
