Xero has snared Andy Lark, an expatriate New Zealander to be its new chief marketing officer as it moves to strengthen its push into the vital US market.

Peter Karpas, Xero's North America chief executive has quit just six months after joining the cloud-based accounting software company

Xero boss Rod Drury is disappointed with the sell recommendation Craigs Investment Partners has slapped on the company's stock.

Broker Craigs Investment Partners has slapped a sell recommendation on Xero shares after initiating research of the online accounting software firm.

It was a tale of two technology companies yesterday as Eroad stock soared following the firm's NZX debut.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen takes a look at rural broadband, the Black Hat hacking conference and he reviews the Nomadkey USB cable.

New Zealand shares fell, led by Xero, A2 Milk Co and Pacific Edge, joining a global sell-off as geopolitical risk spooked investors.

My doubts as to whether Telecom's separation was for real vanished this week when the retail arm lashed out against Chorus.

Software company Xero will get to a position this financial year where it can make a listing on a US stock exchange "when the timing is deemed right".

Xero head Rod Drury says the company will get into a position this year where it will be able to make a listing on a US stock exchange "when the timing is deemed right".

Everyone knew layoffs were coming because the financial markets demanded blood, but few expected Microsoft to cut its workforce by a massive 18,000.

Xero’s Rod Drury wants one, Labour’s offering one, but National aren’t so keen on a taxpayer funded chief technology officer for New Zealand.

Debate has broken out on twitter after Labour said it will appoint a chief technology officer - something Xero boss Rod Drury has been advocating.

Barack Obama has one. So do many large companies, writes Rod Drury. The chief technology officer's role, for the US at least, is to apply technology to help create jobs, reduce the cost of health care.

Rod Drury, the boss of online accounting software firm Xero was in the city-state on the French Riviera this month for the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

Xero chief executive Rod Drury has lost out on claiming the World Entrepreneur of the Year title.

Xero chief executive Rod Drury is competing for the title of World Entrepreneur of the Year.

Kiwi cloud accounting firm Xero has topped a list of ‘‘most innovative growth companies’’ prepared by American business publication Forbes.

NZ shares rose yesterday, led by Goodman Property Trust, after the property investor said full-year net profit rose 72 per cent. Trade Me and Xero paced the gains while Ryman Healthcare fell ahead of reporting earnings today.

Shares in Xero climbed 11 percent after the accounting software developer said it slowed the pace of cash outflow in the first three months of the year.

New Zealand tech stocks led the local market higher in morning trade, snapping a two-day decline as investors returned to tech and biotech stocks.

Pacific Edge shares slumped to a five-month low and Xero plunged again as as the local stock market joined a global sell-off amid concerns high-growth companies may struggle to convert sales into profits.

Xero chief executive Rod Drury is "extremely confident" the market will return to technology stocks after the company's shares slumped to a four-month low.

Xero boss Rod Drury says the company's $210m of cash means it can ignore mounting concerns over tech stocks and continue to "drive its business".

Xero chief executive Rod Drury says the software maker's booming share price is a problem, but a 'quality problem.