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Do Google apps allow you to have your own server completely cut off from Google? (cos no way would the company I am in want to let google see their mail)

• locusm 14y ago
  No you dont host the Google Apps product locally - thats the whole point of it.
  • tripzilch 14y ago
    Yeah, that's going to be a dealbreaker for a lot of businesses. Some of them actually take confidentiality of their own and clients' data somewhat seriously. And for good reasons, too. Besides, you're not just trusting Google with your internal communications and sensitive customer data, but it's also an American corporation that's been known to willingly share data with government agencies. If you're not based in the US yourself, why place such trust? To illustrate, imagine there's a service like "Yandex Apps" (maybe there even is, I don't know), of course some businesses would not care as long as the product is good, but you can also imagine there'd be many that would be rather hesitant to host their sensitive business data on a Russian webserver on a different continent... :)
    • locusm 14y ago
      Yes, Americas National Security Letters and lawful interception laws are sparking a lot of concern over this.