How Xero plans to keep its tech edge

How Xero plans to keep its tech edge
Xero chief technology officer Mark Rees says the biggest opportunities lie at the intersection of improving data and advancing AI. (Image: Xero)
Ben Moore
Founded in 2006, Xero was the Uber of accounting three years before Uber was founded.Rod Drury could see the potential of cloud-based software, so he went all-in on digital tech to create a company that would go on to become one of New Zealand’s biggest success stories.One of the things that make cloud-based applications so appealing is that updates to the software could be made at any time without customers having to be involved.This also meant updates and improvements could roll out as soon as they were available.As a result, the arms r...

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