MercuryNews.com | 02/22/2006 | Software services companies get hotter among VCs

"In the past year, venture capitalists had flings with one hot investment idea after another. Now, another promising opportunity could be getting a lot more love in coming months -- software as a service, where customers use software over the Internet.Software-as-a-service companies have already been attracting attention. Venture funds in the United States poured $460 million into them last year."