On Message with Ben Gross

From the Ferris Research weblog:

Rumor has it that MessageLabs is looking for a buyer, and has engaged UBS as investment banker. We believe the rumor to be correct.
All in all, it’s probably a good time for MessageLabs stockholders to sell:

Generally,
plenty of M&A interest in the malware field — think of the recent
acquisition of BlackSpider [...]

Email service provider Constant Contact recently landed $15 million in new funding in a round led by Greylock Partners, which is providing $10 million, while the existing investors including Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Hudson Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, and Morgan Stanley Venture Partners contribute the other $5 million. The company says it will hire an additional [...]