Survey Data Hub - Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services, Budgets & Outlook 2025
Biography
Gabriella (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.
Recent Research from Ellie Brown
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New initiatives and 'business as usual' cloud operations fuel 2025 spending – Highlights from VotE: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services
Organizations plan to increase spending on infrastructure and platform as a service and public cloud despite mixed macroeconomic sentiment and expanded adoption of FinOps/cloud cost management practices. Data from our Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting & Managed Services, Budgets & Outlook 2025 survey reveals that new initiatives, including AI and ongoing operations such as migrations, will drive public cloud spending in 2025.
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Data Insight: ML services keep piling on — hyperscale SKU changes for December 2024
In addition to publishing quarterly cloud price benchmarks, 451 Research's Cloud Price Index periodically tracks SKU changes at AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. The three made over 65,000 changes to their cloud service portfolios in December, with key service additions made in the machine-learning and container categories.
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Cloud Price Index - Data Visualization (Q1 2025)
The Cloud Price Index now produces more than 500 public cloud benchmarks each quarter for 10 regions around the world, spanning compute, storage, machine learning, database, serverless and network, as well as tracks categorical changes to hyperscaler SKU portfolios on a monthly cadence. The new format aggregates this data into an interactive dashboard with a suite of visualization tools.
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Cloud Price Index Cost Explorer (Q1 2025)
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Public Cloud Price Index: Q1 2025 Country Benchmarks and Tools
The Cloud Price Index now produces more than 500 public cloud benchmarks each quarter for 10 regions around the world, spanning compute, storage, machine learning, database, serverless and network. The new format aggregates this data into a single spreadsheet, with tools that allow clients to chart time-based and geographical trends plus to build their own baskets of cloud services.
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