The world is moving to the cloud. With cloud-computing programs like DropBox, Apple’s iCloud, and Google Drive, more and more individuals and businesses find that moving to a cloud service can solve several technological hurdles.

From a cost or hardware perspective, cloud services are a great aide to businesses. With these tools, companies no longer need to buy individual and expensive servers to store all of their important files and data.

Package plans from cloud services offer as much storage as a business could need, leaving your company without having to worry about server maintenance or hardware malfunctions. And with no in-office servers to maintain, you save money by not needing to hire out specialists when an issue arises.

Everyone in your office can connect easily to the cloud system of your company’s choice. Usually the only thing required is Internet access and logging in to the company account. No need to learn any complicated server setup to find the documents they need.

Cloud computing has walked hand in hand with an increase in business collaboration. Employees can access files from anywhere, more than one employee can access the server and file at the same time. Several cloud services, such as Google Drive, allows multiple people to work on a single file at the same time.

The days of a single person working on a document, saving it, emailing or printing it off for the next person to work on, can be safely put to rest. Now, all members of a project can access the individual files at the same time, working collaboratively in order to finish their tasks quickly and more efficiently. And without having to worry about opening or working on an outdated version of the document.