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AVIcode CEO Mike Curreri Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award Finalist in Maryland

BALTIMORE, Maryland, 05/15/2007 – AVIcode, Inc. today announced that CEO Mike Curreri is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2007 Award in the Maryland program. According to Ernst & Young, the awards program was designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs on a regional, national and global level who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Mr. Curreri was selected as a finalist from nearly 50 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on Thursday, June 28 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore.

“It is an honor to be named a finalist for such a prestigious award, and to be counted among so many established, respected companies in Maryland,” said Mike Curreri, AVIcode’s CEO. “Our success is a tribute to the many people who have worked hard to position AVIcode as the application monitoring solution of choice for companies like Bank of America, MSNBC, and XL Capital.”

Founded in 2004, AVIcode is the leading provider of application monitoring solutions for the .NET platform. AVIcode's award winning technology protects application development and management investments, and is recommended as a best practice by Microsoft. In addition, AVIcode's technology also powers Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager 2007, Quest Software's Foglight and Quest .NET Management Pack monitoring solutions.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 21st anniversary this year. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 national program. Award winners in several 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 on November 17, 2007. The national Entrepreneur Of The Year celebration is part of Ernst & Young’s Strategic Growth Forum. The overall national Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient is then considered for the world event held in Monte Carlo.

About AVIcode

AVIcode is the leading provider of .NET application monitoring solutions. AVIcode's patented technology protects application development and management investments, and is recommended as a best practice by Microsoft for .NET application monitoring. AVIcode's flagship product, Intercept Studio, detects application problems in real-time throughout the application lifecycle - including security and connectivity issues, performance bottlenecks, and code failures - and delivers immediate root cause information to accelerate problem resolution. Organizations worldwide rely on AVIcode's technology to get applications to market faster, reduce application maintenance and management costs, and ensure maximum application availability and reliability. And, AVIcode's award winning technology powers other monitoring solutions like Quest Software's Foglight for .NET and Quest .NET Management Pack. For more information, contact AVIcode at 443.543.0030 or info@avicode.com, or visit the company website at www.avicode.com.

About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards

The Entrepreneur Of The Year^ā awards program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^ā Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program, which celebrated its 20^th anniversary in 2006, honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 125 cities and 40 countries.

About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, is committed to enhancing the public’s trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 114,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism in providing a range of sophisticated services centered on our core competencies of auditing, accounting, tax, and transactions. Further information about Ernst & Young and its approach to a variety of business issues can be found at www.ey.com/perspectives. Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, a U.K. company limited by guarantee, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited does not provide services to clients. Ernst & Young LLP is a U.S. client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited.

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