More and more office applications are moving to cloud from spreadsheets and word processing programs to accounting systems. Some are even free of charge (Google Sheets and Wave Accounting) but others are available for a subscription fee. For the small business owner who wants to be able to access all of their data from anywhere they are on any device they are using, cloud computing is becoming more and more the solution of choice.
If you are interested in learning more about the options available to small businesses, this article from PC Magazine highlights several cloud computing options available.