Australian small businesses are increasingly looking to the online marketplace to find new ways of promoting and selling their products and services, but when it comes to leading the way it’s the women not their male counterparts, in greater number, who are biting the bullet and embracing the opportunities offered by the social media networks and other online channels.

American Express has announced its plans to donate $1 toward relief efforts for every message of hope shared for Japan on Facebook.

Backup and security vendor Acronis has appointed Karl Sice as general manager – Pacific.

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American Express Business Travel has launched a telepresence advisory service designed to help its customers avail themselves of publicly accessible Cisco TelePresence facilities around the world.

Document management software provider WindowLogic has hired four senior staff for its Sydney office.

PayPal has appointed a new head of its Australian merchant services division, on the back of what the company says is ten-fold growth in the market and half of the top 100 Australian online retailers offering PayPal as a payment option.