As I opened my Sifymail account, I was surprised to see a webpage titled as Google accounts welcoming to my new account! It contained Google Terms of Service. Why does Google enters into another email provider's page? Google started to provide its Google Apps on 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) mode in 2006. Sify Technologies Ltd. that ranks in the top of 30 Indian websites as per Alexa, started to use Google Apps' SaaS software delivery in 2008 under an agreement with Google Inc. Thus Sifymail was powered by Google Apps platform. It offers its services under its own brand name, leaving all the hard work of management to Google! Now, why there has been the need for accepting the Terms of Service here, I wondered. The reason is that the Google is now offering many 'Additional Services' in using the Sifymail account.
After clicking on the 'Accept' button, my Inbox opened, greeting with a mail from Sify announcing its upgrading with additional services of Google such as Bloggers, Google Groups, Google Maps, Google+ and others!
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