For an undisclosed amount, Hopkinton based EMC Corporation has agreed to purchase ProActivity Software solutions out of Israel. ProActivity produces a BPM solution that will be plugged into EMC’s Documentum product line. The apparent buzz for this news peice reported on Boston.com, Alarm Clock and serveral other sources, is that it is the 3rd Isreali [...]

In a move that could signal the next generation of the online video industry, Sony BMG Music Entertainment has launched a new music channel service MusicBox that features full length music videos. The service itself provides a fairly standard online video player provided through a partnership with Cambridge, MA based Brightcove Networks. However, the real [...]

Welcome to the inaugural post for the New England Web 2.0 Blog. I’ve started this post as a way to both comment and categorize new technology start-ups within the Boston area and throughout New England. Why? It will attempt to make sense of why the Boston area, which formerly was a strong hold for new [...]