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Xero Gets Some Acid on the Blogosphere

By Ben Kepes

Last week Xero announced that Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and the first external investor in Facebook, was investing NZD4 million to “support Xero’s expansion into the US market”. Not surprisingly the move got significant attention both in New Zealand and elsewhere – I have to admit that while I

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Interview with Rod Drury – Part two

By Ben Kepes

Part two of my recent interview with Rd – we discuss some of the strategies Xero uses for sales channels and also market factors affecting Xero in terms of competitors entering, both large companies trying to downscale, and small players trying to upscale. We also discuss the functionality roadmap for

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Can Microsoft be rebranded? or are they doomed to the position of ‘nerd’ forever?

By Julian Stone

Rod Drury wrote an interesting post over on his blog about what he would do if in charge of Microsoft. Have a read of the post – here’s the link: http://www.drury.net.nz/2008/05/24/if-i-was-in-charge-2/ But as much as I agree with nearly all his points, I wanted to expand on point number 15

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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