BlueLock Wins Americas VMware Service Provider Program Partner of the Year Award at VMware Partner Exchange 2010

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlueLock, an experienced provider of cloud computing and managed IT services, announced today that it has been recognized by VMware as a recipient of a VMware Partner Network Award, winning the Americas VMware Service Provider Program Partner of the Year category. The award was presented at VMware Partner Exchange 2010, VMware’s annual partner event, on February 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Our selection not only validates our program commitment, marketing involvement and product depth and usage, but more importantly our vast experience in enabling our clients to move to and receive value from cloud computing.”

“VMware’s partners continue to be the bedrock of our business, and we are pleased to recognize the great work they have accomplished throughout the year,” said Doug Smith, senior director, global partner sales, VMware. “VMware Partner Exchange brings partners together for four days filled with training, education and networking with peers – making this the premier event to help them strengthen their virtualization practices and distinguish themselves in the marketplace. We congratulate BlueLock, and we look forward to continuing our work together to help deliver virtualization solutions for customers building private cloud infrastructures.”

“We are extremely honored to be recognized with this award from VMware, the global leader in virtualization solutions,” said John Qualls, President and CEO, BlueLock. “Our selection not only validates our program commitment, marketing involvement and product depth and usage, but more importantly our vast experience in enabling our clients to move to and receive value from cloud computing.”

VMware acknowledged key performances and outstanding achievements by the company’s ecosystem partners during 2009. Winners from around the world were recognized in 15 categories:

Solution Provider of the Year
Education Partner of the Year
Distributor of the Year
Systems Integrator of the Year
SMB Partner of the Year
Desktop Virtualization Partner of the Year
VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) Partner of the Year
Academic Partner of the Year
Technology Innovator
Vertical Trailblazer
VMware Competency Partner of the Year
Partner Executive MVP
Corporate Reseller of the Year
Federal Partner of the Year
SpringSource Partner of the Year

About VMware Partner Exchange
VMware Partner Exchange is the marquis global event for virtualization partners, offering more than 150 sessions and an extensive exhibitor pavilion to demonstrate how partners can best accelerate their virtualization businesses. This year partner attendees received a preview into the next generation of products and programs coming from VMware and offered partners an exclusive opportunity to hear from VMware executives including Carl Eschenbach, executive vice president of worldwide field operations and Dr. Stephen Herrod, CTO and senior vice president of R&D.

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 CloudSuite’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. A top VMware vCloud hosting provider, 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.