Making the cloud work for you

The cloud has become a place to store files in quantity.  Most services offer large files offerings, where you can purchase more online cloud storage if needed.  Skydrive is my go to tool of choice, however it has one flaw:  It will not work on the antiquated computer I work with at work, and the system treats it as a "social" network.  Icloud offers opportunities to upload and download files between work and home, however, the files will only open with pages, numbers, or keynote, again due to the antiquated technology I work with.  This made Google docs my go to program to share files.  Recently, I have not been able to use Google docs as I have in the past, where I woudl upload files and then print them at work.  I guess they think I am checking my personal email versus actually uploading files that will assist me in doing my job.  Dropbox is a great tool to use and works on my older computer.  Recently there have been problems uploading and downloading files from the shared folders.  Working in the 21st century with a 20th century technology philosophy, have a great evening!