Ellie Brown is a research analyst at 451 Research from S&P Global Energy Horizons covering quantum technologies and cloud computing. She manages the Cloud Price Index, the division’s benchmark tracking product that covers 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 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 master's degree in environmental policy and management with a concentration in sustainable energy from the University of Denver, along with a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in physics from the University of Utah.
While progress has been steady and the first half of the decade was marked by excitement, quantum computing road maps and commercial timelines show that significant work remains. If progress continues as anticipated, the industry could see early fault-tolerant quantum computers before the turn of the decade.
451 Research's Cloud Price Index periodically tracks SKU changes at AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. The three made over 111,000 changes to their service portfolios in April, with a new regional rollout in India helping the nation snag over 7% of SKU changes for the month, second only to the US.
Quantum computing may be the least understood among the current crop of emerging technologies, but a lack of understanding is not dampening the technology’s potential impact. Take five minutes to read five Voice of the Customer qualitative interview comments and what they mean.
FCC filings from SpaceX, Blue Origin and Starcloud have injected genuine momentum into the orbital data center concept. However, the gap between spectrum positioning and commercially viable orbital compute remains large, and the scientific, environmental and engineering challenges have yet to be seriously answered.
451 Research's Cloud Price Index periodically tracks SKU changes at AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. The three made fewer than 93,000 changes to their service portfolios in March, the first time in the past six months that total changes didn't clear the 100,000 mark.
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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