Kirk Chan presented on leveraging PeopleSoft cloud features to reduce costs and enhance security and scalability. Some key cloud features discussed include the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture for mobile-responsive applications, Deployment Packages for automated deployments, and lifting non-production databases to the cloud. Cloud deployment can lower hardware/facility costs and make systems more scalable. Cloud features also allow securely enabling on-premise PeopleSoft, such as using a "shadow" database to enhance security for sensitive employee data while improving onboarding processes.