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Taking your Board to the Cloud

If you want to convince your Board of Directors on cloud adoption, a good place is to begin is with a SAAS (Software as a Service Solution) for the Members of your companies Board.
Do you  know  in every board meeting confidentiality, integrity and availability are the key for Board members and they also need to be kept informed of various actions taken by your Company.
The  important events are the quarterly Board Meeting, Extraordinary Board Meeting and the Annual General Body Meeting.
Most Board Meetings start with preparing a Agenda and a Board Note which highlights the points to be discussed and approved by the Board of Directors. This has to be prepared and circulated among Board Members with utmost secrecy since any leakage will harm the company and may lead to regulatory non-compliance.

It takes a number of days to prepare the Board Notes and the weight of the completed Board Notes paper dossier is heavy and need to be securely delivered to the Directors of the Board. This is a challenge and an arduous task for the CFO/Company Secretary of the company. It calls for dedicated printers and significant consumption of paper and toner cartridges. 
An easy way is to take your company Board to the Cloud by the use of the SAAS solution know as BoardBooks offered by Diligent Board Members Services, Inc. a company which is traded on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
BoardBooks allows digital deliver of the Board notes and circulars and confidential information to your Directors in a secure, reliable and timely manner and gives Directors enough time to read and make their observations.
You can find more about BoardBooks at www.boardbooks.com.
Its time to take your Board of Directors to the Cloud and make the corporate governance more effective of your business.

Note: This article was inspired by Mr. Jayanta Prabhu CIO, Essar Group of Companies, India.

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