OnDemand Speed Links 16 September 2011

Windows Server 8 to Serve Up The Cloud
Is Microsoft finally coming around to fully embrace private clouds with Windows Server 8?

Google Shores Up Android By Buying Large Batch of IBM Patents
Google quietly purchased (if you can call a few billion dollar transaction quiet) an additional 1000 patents from IBM In August. These patents range from server and desktop patents to web related patents.

America Invents Act Signed Into Law
On the subject of patents,President Obama recently signed the America Invents Act into law. Critics argue that this bill will further hamper technology startups due to the fact that the bill will transition the patent process  from “first to invent” to” first to file”.

Facebook Aims for Small Business Market
With Google+ just getting around to soon launching Business Pages, Facebook wil try to corner the SMB demographic by offering $50 in advertising to 200,000 small businesses