Wednesday New Technologies and the Marketplace 1:30-2:10 Using the Cloud to Improve Performance Business Performance Jim Hill, CEO, Proofpoint Systems The business arena is rich with examples of expansive, well meaning improvement initiatives that fail to meet their intended results despite the commitment of extraordinary effort and considerable resources. Whether in the private or public sector, a consistent trend has emerged—traditional performance improvement strategies are subject to four risks: time, cost, solution variability, and information control. These risks are unnecessary. They are also easily solved using cloud-based business improvement systems. This session will provide 3 tools to address these risks: A way for leaders to reduce their time-to-results and minimize the costs of getting there Introduction of a cloud-based “prescription guide” for organizational health A means for organizations to improve control of their data [View Author Bio] Back