Bluelock CEO Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award Finalist

John Qualls selected as a finalist for demonstrating extraordinary success in innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to his business and community

(Indianapolis, Indiana – May 4, 2010) – Bluelock, an experienced provider of cloud hosting and managed services, announces that Ernst & Young LLP has named Bluelock CEO and co-founder, John Qualls, a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award for the Midwest region. Encompassing companies based in Indiana and Illinois, all regional finalists were selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. Winners will be announced at a gala event on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers Chicago.

Celebrating its 24th anniversary this year, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Recognized globally, this award honors the most outstanding entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. The Midwest program has participated in the program since 1987 and has had 11 regional winners go on to win the award at the national level.

“For the past 24 years, Ernst & Young has honored outstanding entrepreneurs through our Entrepreneur Of The Year program,” said Randy Tavierne, Ernst & Young Partner and Midwest Strategic Growth Markets Leader. “These entrepreneurs make a tremendous difference within our communities and for our larger economy. We thank them for the positive impact they’ve had in the Midwest.”

“I am thrilled and honored to have been selected as a finalist for this prestigious award and am humbled to be a part of it,” said Qualls. “This program and the individuals it has recognized throughout the years have set an unprecedented example of what it means to be a “successful entrepreneur, and I am humbled to be a part of that.”

Regional award winners will be eligible for consideration in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Winners in a number of national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California in November, and go on to compete for the award at the global level which has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in fifty countries throughout the world.

For more information on Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® awards program, please visit www.ey.com/us/eoy. For more information on John Qualls and Bluelock, please visit www.bluelock.com.

About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program

Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

About Bluelock

Bluelock is an experienced provider of cloud computing and managed IT services, offering the people, expertise and IT infrastructure in a world-class, SAS 70 certified datacenter. Bluelock CloudSuite, a comprehensive set of cloud computing solutions, offers a tailored selection of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) environments to best configure users’ computing resources. With Cloud Suite’s array of public and virtual private cloud computing solutions, clients have the ability to utilize cloud resources based on their specific needs to optimize deployment, management, and investment. Recently named the 2009 Service Provider of the Year for the Americas by VMware, the global leader in virtualization technology solutions, Bluelock offers solutions for the developer to the Fortune 500 executive. Bluelock, a Collina Ventures company, is privately-held and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information, visit www.bluelock.com.

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