The Good News Blog

Xeroing in on Oz

Openside CA - Friday, February 12, 2010

And the award for this month’s good news item in the transtasman stakes goes to … Openside’s own partner company Xero.

Here’s one of a slew of upbeat reports on the success of the “New Zealand accounting minnow” in pushing into the Australian market during a challenging economic time (and which has enjoyed its biggest gains during the past six months).


The Sydney Morning Herald piece quotes Xero founder and CEO Rod Drury as He saying he expects accelerated demand now that the partnership with Telstra T-suite is on-stream and with the continuing involvement with banks and card providers through data feeds onto the software.

The amping up of media interest across the Ditch in Xero has also been noted by this country’s major daily, the New Zealand Herald, which also offers a market perspective on Xero’s doubling of clients during the past year