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Technológie v biznise Future of data is in clouds Cloud is in its basis a space at great-capacity server reserved especially for needs of the concrete client. This cloud serves then as a quite common FTP storage, however with the possibility of wider support from the side of applications and supplementary services. In practice, the cloud is proving competent mainly as not taking place of need to send the same file to several people via email. In the article we will introduce several such cloud services which should every IT worker, manager of technical department, graphic designer or freelancer know and eventually consider their using. Technologies in business Cloud. The new concept which got in vocabulary of many people wor­ king in offices or homeoffices during last two years. Cloud services are first and foremost radical simplification of communication among workers and more effe­ ctive activity of a com­ pany. Google Drive The service Drive belongs to the most popular and reliable. Every user gains free 15 GB of space and the service enables direct playback or even editing of files. It is considered a great solution mainly for companies which work with big amount of documents and they need to edit them operatively (for example shared reports in Excel). Besides the standard upload on server, the service Drive offers also integration with system Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS. Google Drive figures then in system as the other disc and you can easily shift the files on it as if you copy the files within a system. The files saved in Google Drive can be shared either only with concrete people or with anybody who has link to the file. One file can have a size to 10 GB and for the monthly lump sum it is possible to enlarge the cloud space to 200 TB. drive.google.com Dropbox One of the best cloud services in the world, according to many even the best. Dropbox is quick, reliable and with a bit of effort it offers a lot of space in addition. The basic free of cost package of 2 GB is possible to expand either by gradual inviting of colleagues to the service, by recommendation or by switching with social networks, eventually for a relatively low fee it enables to expand the space from 50 to 100 GB. For firms there is a payed program Teams for five and more users, whereupon everybody of them receives to 200 GB. The environment of Dropbox is very simple, sometimes even trivial or minimalistic. Also thanks to that is Dropbox so popular. The files saved in Dropbox can be shared either only with concrete people or with anybody who has link to the file. The service is same as Google Drive possible to integrate with system in computer or smartphone and to shift the documents for sharing on it very comfortably. dropbox.com Box If you use the smartphones Sony Xperia in a firm or personally, the service Box will provide you to 50 GB of space completely free and without a time limit. If you do not use Sony Xperia, you will get 10 GB free and next gigabytes for additional charge. For the companies there is also the package Business with the monthly lump sum 12 € and space to 1 TB. The service Box is same as two previous reliable, extraordinary fast and saf