Michael Colapietro found something unexpected in Rhode Island when he started searching for a place to move his software company.

With the success of the latest version of its Web-based business platform last year, InQuest Technologies was looking to expand its work force and needed a larger office than the one it had in Southboro, Mass. But that wasn’t the only thing that Colapietro, the chief executive officer of the 12-year-old company, wanted.

It was important to him that the firm be among other innovative technology companies. That was why Colapietro, a native Rhode Islander, and cofounder Jeremy Carr started the company in 1997 in Massachusetts, where high-tech companies have flourished. And it was why last year they were planning on opening a new headquarters in Worcester.

But then an employee suggested taking a look at Providence, and company executives started meeting with officials from the state Economic Development Corporation.

Full Story: InQuest Technologies relocates its headquarters from Massachusetts to Providence Source: Providence Journal, February 12th, 2009 Author: Alex Kuffner Added on February 12th, 2009 at 9:07 am, by Matt Mikula