Comments on: Google Apps to power Sify mail, chat apps

By: Brio

Brio — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:14:53 +0000

Brio is Authorized Reseller in India for info : http://googleapps.brio.co.in

By: Anand Manaswin

Anand Manaswin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:43:24 +0000

It is ridiculous, bogus and funny news. Sify shifts their users to google apps and saving own infrastructure cost. Google apps is free for ALL anyone can use gapps if they own a domain which hardly costs
rupees 500 (as per winzsys.com). This is nothing but selling their user database and earning revenue through advertisements… absolutely free of cost.

By: Sify starts redirecting Broadband users to WiYi, iGoogle Partner Site |Technology and Business Startups in India

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:10:46 +0000

[...] is powered by Google apps suite and borrows all the features from Google apps (check out the demo of Sify’s [...]

By: Jagannath A

Jagannath A — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:54:19 +0000

airtel doesnt have a portal like sify but it also offers airtel branded google apps for its internet customers. probably sify just followed airtel…

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:35 +0000

Very true – the thing is many of the Indian ISPs were confused about the ‘right’ business mix – so they went onto launch their content portals as well.

Looking at all these – I guess Airtel is far more a focused company and no wonder their market share reflects the same too.

By: Mahesh T

Mahesh T — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:11 +0000

Once upon a time…ISP’s aggressively partnered with portals to provide Email,IM and Front page to their customers. They even paid portals for the service. (Y! had 12% of its revenues coming in from deals with sbc,comcast,bt)

With the tide of internet advertising raising high; Email,IM and Front page became free(ad supported) services and the dynamics of the equation changed: Portals pay ISP’s to expand their distribution.

But, i think, there is a catch in the ISP-Portal play at India: the cyber cafes. In US, people were onto internet for the first time though their own net connection. Not so in India…Cyber cafes, Universities and Office are the main doors into Internet. Hence, distribution shrinks primarily to Front page(igoogle?)

-Mahesh
Celebrating Life…

PS: I hope, Google stays “Don’t be Evil” and not syndicate its ads in the Popups that Sify forces on to its users. Because, Sify is evil and greedy enough to show a popup every minute!!

By: Google Apps to Power Sify « Sworldist.com

Google Apps to Power Sify « Sworldist.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:59:06 +0000

[...] reports that the reason behind Sify partnering with Google is to replace its older system with a new one [...]