Two iMacs and icloud?

I am going to be helping a friend out by working out how to back up his mac mini server to the icloud or to some other cloud service. He has along side the mini server a iMac 27 which he uses for this design work ( backed up onto the mini). Also he has an iMac 24 at home which connects to the mini via a VPN but is wanting to use a cloud technology so that if he works on a indesign document at work he can continue it at home without the use of hard drives, flashy sticks etc. The icloud seems to only deal with iWork document and photos, any possiblibly that it will take many Gigs of project work (photoshop, illustrator).
If not then what will another solution be?
Thanks
Phil

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