A typical company produces lots of documents and other content each day. This could include emails, documents, forms, invoices, quotes reports, working drawings and more. These documents contain sensitive information and are often considered to be business sensitive. You aren’t likely to want them falling into the wrong hands.

Utilizing a cloud-based document management system can help you to reduce this risk by storing these important documents in a secure cloud. The majority of providers provide a high security level for data and encryption for data that is in transit as well as at rest, which adds an additional layer of security. Additionally, many secure document storage companies employ a redundant backup system to keep the data of customers safe in the event that the cloud server fails or a disaster destroys paper records.

Cloud document management systems can also can save you IT resources, as the service provider is responsible for managing your infrastructure. This allows your team to concentrate on a larger, core area of your company and reduces the requirement for costly maintenance and upgrades to your hardware.

Cloud document management systems provide additional benefits, like automated notifications, role based security options and search functions. This means that less time is wasted manually handing paper documents from one employee to the other and the system allows your employees to find documents easily. This reduces the chance of errors, such as saving documents in the incorrect client folder or losing vital documents because they weren’t properly filed.