Rod Drury

Type: Person

Name: Rod Drury

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Xero offers 10k bonus to new employees

Accounting software provider Xero is offering a $10,000 bonus to new developers who join its Wellington-based team. Accounting software provider Xero is offering a $10,000 bonus to new developers who join its Wellington-based team. The company, whose ... [Published NZ News UK - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Xero Ltd, Rod Drury, Accounting Software

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Value of technology

WHEN a groundbreaking IT entrepreneur turned up in the suburbs, businesses jumped at the chance to hear how the Kiwi tycoon has taken his talent to the world.Software magnate Rod Drury founded Xero in 2006 and the public company now exports its revolutionary ... [Published Times Newspapers Online - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Rod Drury, Xero Ltd, Prostate Cancer Foundation, New Zealand, Small Businesses

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Kids' bike track 'just like the real thing'

A Junior Bike Track complete with traffic lights, roundabouts and traffic signs, will be officially opened on Marine Parade in eight days' time. It is the second stage of the Napier City Council's Marine Parade "enhancement" plan, following the extension ... [Published Hawkes Bay Today - May 20 2013]

Entities: Rod Drury, Chris Tremain, Napier (New Zealand), Stormwater

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Boring budgets best for tech

There's nothing like exciting government interventions to make the headlines, but the question is, how effective are they?I say this as I note that both New Zealand and Australia have had their budgets declared in the past week.They presented a nice example ... [Published ZDNet - May 20 2013]

Entities: Rod Drury, Xero Ltd, New Zealand

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The Week in Brief 16 May 2013

The Sydney Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society is hosting a presentation on From Flight Test to Commercial Flights by Sustainable Aviation Fuels in the Rupert Myers Theatre at the University of NSW at 1800 on 22 May. The presentation will be by Dr ... [Published Aviation Business Asia Pacific - May 16 2013]

Entities: Aviation, Aerospace, Australia, Lockheed Martin Australia Pty Limited

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Slingbox

NZ Tech Podcast: Slingbox, VDSL, HTC One, HP Slate 7

This week Paul Spain is joined by Nate Dunn and Rod Drury to discuss Slingbox, new HTC and HP Android devices, MYOB's acquisition of BankLink, VDSL and UFB, Blackberry expansion to iOS and Android, 2degrees new prepaid mobile plans and more.This episode ... [Published GeekZone - May 15 2013]

Entities: Slingbox, HP Slate, HTC One, Rod Drury

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 4 reports

MYOB buys online banking business BankLink

Accounting software firm MYOB is paying $136 million for a New Zealand-based online banking business to make it more competitive in the cloud-based market.MYOB says buying BankLink from Media Transfer Services, which it says is a key strategic move, will ... [Published Radio New Zealand - May 14 2013]

Entities: Xero Ltd, Rod Drury, Accounting Software

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 3 reports

IRD software revamp still a work in progress

First were years of inaction, when successive governments buried their heads in the sand as Inland Revenue's core computer system grew into an impenetrable spaghetti of 40 million lines of code, barely understood and increasing poorly documented by Inland ... [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 05 2013]

Entities: Peter Dunne, Rod Drury, Xero Ltd, COBOL

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Market close: shares drop as Fletcher gives off ‘lower-end’ vibe

New Zealand shares fell as Fletcher Building, the biggest company on the NZX 50 Index by market value, left some investors at a Macquarie briefing in Sydney with the impression earnings would be at the low end of guidance.The NZX 50 fell 30.14 points, ... [Published National Business Review - May 03 2013]

Entities: New Zealand, BT Funds Management, Briscoe Group Limited, Metlifecare Ltd

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

IRD upgrade another potential train wreck - expert

Plans for a $1.5 billion upgrade of Inland Revenue's computer system are being labelled another potential "Novopay train wreck".The assessment comes from the founder of online accounting company Xero who says the upgrade could be done for around $500 ... [Published ONE News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Novopay, Rod Drury, Peter Dunne

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Xero brushes off 23pc share fall

Xero chief executive Rod Drury has brushed off another big drop in Xero's share price on the NZX this morning, saying it won't affect the company.Xero shares were trading at $11.51 shortly after 11am, down 13.5 per cent today and 23 per cent below their ... [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Xero Ltd, Rod Drury, Share Price

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Xero: A billion-dollar software company that had five years in stealth at the bottom of the planet

Xero, a cloud-based accounting company that has so far raised $67 million in venture capital, had one hell of a stealth period. By spending its first five years operating only in New Zealand, the company was able to not only build up a strong product ... [Published PandoDaily - May 01 2013]

Entities: Xero Ltd, Rod Drury, New Zealand, Stealth

Quotes

"obviously it costs us quite aa lot to use recruitment firms" Drury said

Xero offers 10k bonus to new employees [Published NZ News UK - 4 hours ago]

...and said it was a valuable component to the plan of making Napier a "kids capital" which would appeal to holidaying families as well as locals. "i was impressed with the openness of council and their attitude to get this project across the line so quickly" Mr Drury said. Mayor Arnott said the next two developments of the Big Picture plan were under way

Kids' bike track 'just like the real thing' [Published Hawkes Bay Today - May 20 2013]

"We are flipping lots of BankLink customers at the moment," Drury said, "but this really opens up the floodgates."

Takeover opens floodgate, says rival [Published Marlborough Express - May 14 2013]

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Xero offers 10k bonus to new employees [Published NZ News UK - 4 hours ago]
Value of technology [Published Times Newspapers Online - 19 hours ago]
Kids' bike track 'just like the real thing' [Published Hawkes Bay Today - May 20 2013]
Boring budgets best for tech [Published ZDNet - May 20 2013]
The Week in Brief 16 May 2013 [Published Aviation Business Asia Pacific - May 16 2013]
NZ Tech Podcast: Slingbox, VDSL, HTC One, HP Sl... [Published GeekZone - May 15 2013]
MYOB buys online banking business BankLink [Published Radio New Zealand - May 14 2013]
MYOB buy desperate fling, says rival Xero [Published New Zealand Herald - May 14 2013]
Takeover opens floodgate, says rival [Published Marlborough Express - May 14 2013]
MYOB snaffles BankLink [Published MSN New Zealand - May 14 2013]
MYOB snaffles BankLink in $136 mln private equi... [Published Scoop - May 14 2013]
Renewed interest in shares thrills NZX boss [Published stuff.co.nz - May 13 2013]
Search for tomorrow [Published National Business Review - May 10 2013]
Third business expo sells out [Published North Harbour News - May 10 2013]
Small business: Your business online - Guy Horr... [Published New Zealand Herald - May 10 2013]
Mighty River - a mighty boost [Published New Zealand Herald - May 07 2013]
Government IT failures confirm the cost of comp... [Published ZDNet - May 06 2013]
IRD software revamp still a work in progress [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 05 2013]
Dunne: $1.5b is ballpark figure for IRD upgrade... [Published National Business Review - May 05 2013]
Cost of IRD technology project unclear [Published MSN New Zealand - May 05 2013]
Market close: shares drop as Fletcher gives off... [Published National Business Review - May 03 2013]
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares drop as Fletcher vibe s... [Published Scoop - May 03 2013]
NZ shares drop [Published ONE News - May 03 2013]
IRD upgrade another potential train wreck - expert [Published ONE News - May 02 2013]
Xero brushes off 23pc share fall [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 02 2013]
Xero shares continue slide [Published Manawatu Standard - May 02 2013]
Xero: A billion-dollar software company that ha... [Published PandoDaily - May 01 2013]
Xero chief spruiks benefits of dual-listing as ... [Published Leading Company - May 01 2013]
Innovation, connection, education to drive Capi... [Published Voxy.co.nz - Apr 30 2013]
Kia ora e hoa ma: PandoDaily is in New Zealand [Published PandoDaily - Apr 29 2013]