In 1978, renowned commercial real estate firm Avison-Young was founded in Edmonton, Canada. Today, Avison-Young has 64 offices in 55 markets - across Canada, the US, and Europe - making it one of the world's fastest-growing commercial real estate services firms. But when the firm started ramping up the pace of its expansion in 2009, each new office was furnished with a separate server for file storage and backups. It soon became clear that if the company wanted to scale quickly, it would need to find a better solution.