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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D. C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

(Mark one)

|/x/ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999

OR

|/ / | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. (NO FEE REQUIRED)
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For The Transition Period From  To

Commission file number: 00029758

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DATALINK CORPORATION(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

|MINNESOTA                                      |  | 41-0856543                          
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|(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |  | (IRS Employer Identification Number)

7423 WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55439(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(952) 944-3462(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $0.001 par value.

Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. Yes /x/  No / /

Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form
10-K. /x/

At
March 16, 2000, the latest practicable date, the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was: $111,553,992

At
March 16, 2000, the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock was: 8,772,537

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Proxy Statement"), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, are incorporated by reference to Part III of this Form 10-K.

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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements. We have based these forward looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future
events, including, among other things: the current state of our markets and strategy, our hiring and retention plans, our anticipated use of proceeds, our projected capital expenditures and liquidity,
our potential acquisitions, competition in our markets and our technological capabilities. You may find these statements throughout this Annual Report and specifically in the sections entitled "Risk
Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Business." Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including all the risks discussed in "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Annual Report.

We
use the terms "believe," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate" and "anticipate" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our
current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions subject to risks and uncertainties. We do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.

PART I

Item 1.  Business.

Overview

We are a premier independent provider of networked data storage solutions. We analyze, custom design, integrate, install and support high-end networked data
storage solutions for our customers. Because we are not a manufacturer, our highly skilled engineering and product management staff tests and compares all the data storage technologies available from
the leading manufacturers and software developers. Our engineers then have the flexibility to choose from the best of these storage technologies and products to solve our customers' growing data
storage needs. In addition, we maintain a superior sales and support staff that ensures the continued success of our networked data storage solutions for each customer. We believe these value-added
services and our adherence to the highest quality standards have resulted in superior levels of customer satisfaction.

The Data Storage Industry

Growth of Enterprise Data

In the last decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the volume of data created, processed and accessed through computer systems. Data-intensive
applications such as on-line transaction processing, multimedia products, e-mail, e-commerce, web hosting, data warehousing, data mining and enterprise resource management have fueled demand for
additional storage capacity. According to Dataquest, Inc., an independent market research firm, the overall storage market for multiuser servers will grow from $33 billion in 1999 to $64
billion in 2003. This overall storage market includes redundant arrays of independent disks, storage area networks, tape storage, network attached storage and storage management software.

The
significance of this data has changed as well. Organizations have recognized the importance and value of data as a strategic and competitive asset. Employees, customers and
suppliers demand uninterrupted access to mission-critical data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a result, the ability to efficiently store, manage, protect and provide access to this data is fast
becoming one of the most important aspects of business-critical decision making, increasing the need for high-performance, scalable and reliable storage devices and systems.

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To
meet the needs for high-end data storage and retrieval, organizations are demanding increasingly sophisticated data storage solutions. Consequently, we believe that organizations
are expected to dedicate an increasing percentage of their information technology budgets to data storage.

Limitations of Traditional Direct Attached Data Storage Technologies

Data storage technology has not kept pace with increasing data management demands or with advancements in computer processing capabilities. The most basic and
prevalent data storage technique has been to directly attach a storage device, such as a single hard disk or, on more advanced systems, a redundant array of independent disks, or RAID system, to
individual servers and workstations. This technique has the benefit of being simple. However, in organizations of almost any size, this technique suffers from a number of significant drawbacks,
including:



The Evolution of Storage Area Networks

To solve the inherent problems of traditional directly attached storage solutions, new technologies have emerged such as the "storage area network," commonly
referred to in the industry as a SAN. A SAN is a high-speed computer network dedicated to data storage that allows RAID, tape backup and other storage devices to be shared enterprise-wide and to be
administered centrally through common software. Similar to the way in which traditional computer networks permit any end user on the network to access any network server, a SAN creates a "pool" of
data storage that can be shared by multiple servers.

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Through
various configurations similar to those used in traditional computer networks, SANs can connect any server with any storage system, and storage systems with each other. We believe this "any-
to-any" connectivity will enable large amounts of data to be shared, managed and accessed among servers and storage systems running different computer operating systems or software applications.

While
in its early stages of development, use of the SAN architecture is expected to grow rapidly because it is designed to meet the growing need to manage data effectively and
efficiently. According to Dataquest, Inc., 80% of storage revenue from external RAID systems will be based on SAN architecture by the end of 2002. IDC has estimated that worldwide revenue from
SAN products will grow from $3.8 billion in 1999 to over $11.4 billion in 2002, representing a compound annual growth rate of over 44%.

The Datalink Opportunity

The increased need for data storage and the development of sophisticated networked data storage systems have created a demand for independent data storage
solution providers such as Datalink. Both potential customers and data storage device manufacturers are looking to independent storage solutions providers such as Datalink primarily for the following
reasons:



We
believe we are uniquely positioned to capitalize on this significant opportunity for the following reasons:



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The Datalink Solution

We combine our technical expertise, the best products from leading manufacturers and comprehensive service and support to meet each customer's specific needs.
Our comprehensive data storage services include:

Analysis

At the beginning of each engagement, we place considerable emphasis on formulating a needs analysis based on each customer's business initiatives, operating
environment and current and anticipated data storage needs. While our focus is on each customer's unique situation, we bring to each engagement our extensive product knowledge and the experience we
have gained from providing data storage solutions for over ten years to customers in numerous industries.

Design

Once we have completed our initial analysis, we begin the design phase of the project. Our team of engineers and technical sales consultants works together to
design a system that meets the customer's data storage needs and its budget. Our independence permits us to choose from a wide range of technologies in order to fuse together the appropriate hardware,
software and services for each project. Our engineers continually evaluate and test all available emerging and existing data storage technologies. The engineers then have the ability to consistently
select the best available hardware and software products for our customers. Because of our established, strong relationships with the major networked storage hardware and software suppliers, we often
participate in their new product development, evaluation, introduction, marketing and quality control programs. This collaboration with suppliers enables us to identify innovative new hardware and
software products and incorporate them into our system designs.

Integration

We integrate our data storage solutions using ISO 9001 quality standards to ensure that all components work together consistently without quality degradation.
We test data storage solutions and their components for interoperability and compatibility, primarily at our own testing laboratories in Atlanta, Chicago and Minneapolis. This allows us to simulate
the customer's operating environment without jeopardizing the customer's data and enables us to demonstrate our proposed solution before implementing it.

Implementation

Once we design and test a system, we formulate a detailed project management plan with our customers to meet their financial and operating objectives and
minimize disruption to their operations. We create a bill of materials for each project and oversee the timely delivery of hardware and software products to the customer's location. Our engineering
staff then performs the actual installation at the customer's site.

Training

While our systems are complex, we strive to ensure that our customers understand them before we complete our project. In addition, we offer
manufacturer-certified courses at our regional technology centers. We believe we are the only third party certified to conduct training courses in the systems of each of the two major data storage
system software developersLegato Systems, Inc. and VERITAS Software Corporation.

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Technical Support

We provide our customers advanced technical support from a team of help desk analysts and professional engineers. Our extensive experience in data storage
systems enables our staff to deliver expert configuration and usage assistance, technical advice and prompt incident detection and resolution. Most technical support is coordinated through our help
desk, which is staffed with technical support analysts trained to solve technical issues and to assist our engineering staff in troubleshooting escalated problems. The help desk staff also acts as our
primary interface with suppliers' technical support organizations.

Maintenance

We offer maintenance and repair service options under our service program. We offer a variety of on-site service options, including four hour guaranteed
response time service seven days per week, 24 hours per day. Our technical staff first assists customers in identifying the source of system problems and in determining whether there is defective
hardware or software. We contract with a number of our suppliers and other independent service organizations to provide any required on-site maintenance and repair services.

One Integrated Solution

Our expert ability to synthesize data storage components into unique, state-of-the-art networked data storage solutions allows us to address a wide variety of
customer needs. Our solutions have ranged from relatively simple RAID installations to very complex SAN configurations.

An
example of one of our more complex solutions is illustrated by our recent work for a large Fortune 250 manufacturer. The customer had an inefficient data storage architecture using
75 RAID storage devices. The customer connected each RAID device by a computer system interface, or SCSI, to its own dedicated server. This design prevented the customer from balancing the
enterprise's storage requirements across the various RAID devices. As a result, the system underutilized the RAID devices. The customer needed to add new RAID devices even though it had additional
overall storage capacity on other existing RAID devices. The system design also made it very difficult for the customer to manage the enterprise's storage policies.

To
solve our customer's problems, we designed a highly sophisticated SAN storage solution that replaced the 75 RAID storage devices with three multi-terabyte class RAID systems. By
using higher performance Fibre Channel technology rather than SCSI, we enabled the customer's servers to share storage across the enterprise and among the three RAID systems. This created a fully
redundant storage infrastructure and dramatically increased the performance and scalability of the customer's networked storage system. It also simplified the customer's data storage management by
consolidating the system administration.

We
are currently preparing to further enhance this customer's networked data storage system. We plan to eliminate use of the customer's local area network, or LAN, as the network
through which the customer backs up its data to magnetic tape libraries. By eliminating the flow of backup data through the LAN, the customer will increase the LAN's availability for mission-critical
business applications.

Our Strategy

Our strategy is to maintain our position as a premier independent provider of high-end networked data storage solutions and to capture an increasing share of
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these
objectives, we intend to build upon our record of successfully addressing the evolving networked storage management needs of our customers. Key elements of our strategy include:

Leveraging Market Presence

We intend to expand our business by broadening our relationships with existing customers and by utilizing our market presence and technical expertise to
attract new customers. We believe that the longevity of service of our sales representatives and engineering staff will continue to be critical to building and maintaining long-term, trusting
relationships with our existing and prospective customers. In addition, our broad experience in a diverse group of data intensive industries enables us to understand application and business issues
specific to customers operating within a given industry and to design and implement the appropriate networked storage solution.

Making Selective Acquisitions

We intend to seek and consummate additional strategic acquisitions. We believe that appropriate acquisitions will enable us to access a larger group of
high-quality engineers and to help us broaden our coverage and geographic reach.

Expanding Our Presence

We intend to expand geographically by opening new regional sales and technical centers. Since January 1998, we have increased the number of our offices
from 10 to 19, including our expansion into the southeastern United States as a result of the July 1998 acquistion of DCSI. To further serve our
growing customer base, we also intend to expand our existing offices to add sales and engineering talent.

Maintaining Technological Leadership

We intend to continue to develop leading-edge networked storage solutions for our customers. We intend to continually develop and add expertise to our
engineering staff and to continue our close working relationships with our suppliers in order to maintain expertise in networked storage solution design and implementation.

Providing Professional Consulting and Project Management Services

We intend to continue expanding our ability to provide our customers with comprehensive professional consulting and project management services. Utilizing the
expertise of our professional engineers, we assist our customers in the total assessment, planning, design, implementation and ongoing management of enterprise-wide networked data storage solutions.

Hiring Additional Engineering and Sales Personnel

We intend to continue aggressively recruiting high-quality engineering and sales personnel. We also intend to continue to maximize job satisfaction and retain
our existing workforce. Our goal is to remain one of the most rewarding places to work in our industry.

Maintaining Superior Service and Support

We intend to maintain and continually improve our high standards for superior technical and sales service and support. We intend to continue use of our ISO
9001 quality system and procedures and to continue recruiting and retaining experienced sales and technical team members.

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Suppliers and Products

As an independent solutions provider, we do not manufacture any of the data storage components we use. Instead, we continually evaluate and test new and
emerging technologies from other companies to ensure that our solutions incorporate state-of-the-art, high-end, cost-effective networked technologies. This enables us to maintain our technological
leadership in networked storage solutions, to identify new and innovative products and applications and to maintain confidence among our customers and suppliers in our expertise.

We
have strong, established relationships with the major networked storage hardware and software suppliers. Our expertise in open system environments includes UNIX, Windows NT, Linux
and Novell NetWare and in-depth knowledge of all major hardware platforms, including Hewlett-Packard Company, International Business Machines Corp., Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Sun
Microsystems, Inc. This expertise has earned us preferred status with many of our principal suppliers. Preferred status often enables us to often participate in our suppliers' new product
development, evaluation, introduction, marketing and quality control programs. These collaborations enable us to identify and market innovative new hardware and software products, exchange critical
information and implement joint corrective action programs in order to maximize quality. In addition, our close working relationships with our principal suppliers foster substantial cross-marketing
opportunities.

Some
of our major suppliers and the products they provide are listed below:

|Products                        |  | Suppliers                                                                                                    
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|RAID                            |  | CLARiiON, a division of EMC Corp.
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc.           
|Magnetic Tape                   |  | ATL Products, Inc. a division of Quantum Corporation
Spectra Logic Corporation
Storage Technology Corporation
|Software                        |  | Legato Systems, Inc.
LSC, Incorporated
OTG Software, Inc.
VERITAS Software Corporation                       
|Switches                        |  | Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.                                                                         
|Routers                         |  | Crossroads Systems, Inc.                                                                                     
|Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors |  | Emulex Corporation
JNI Corporation
QLogic Corporation                                                        
|Hubs                            |  | Gadzoox Networks, Inc.
Storage Technology Corporation                                                        
|Thin Server Technology          |  | Axis Communications, Inc.
Network Appliance Inc.
Plasmon IDE, Inc.                                           
|SCSI Host Bus Adaptors          |  | Adaptec, Inc.                                                                                                
|Optical                         |  | Plasmon IDE, Inc.                                                                                            

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Customers

Our customers trust us with their most demanding data storage projects. Our high-end solutions range from discrete storage device installations to extremely
complex organization-wide SAN implementations costing over $5,000,000. We serve customers throughout the United States in a diverse group of data intensive industries. Our broad industry experience
enables us to understand application and business issues specific to each customer and to design and implement appropriate networked storage solutions. We enjoy strong relationships with our
customers, which is reflected in significant repeat business. We derived approximately 80% of our 1999 revenues from customers who did business with us in 1998. No single customer generated more than
5% of our net sales in 1998 or 1997. In 1999, Gateway 2000, Inc. represented 13% of our revenues. Our other customers also include BellSouth.net, Conseco Services, L.L.C., Imation Inc.,
McKesson HBOC Inc., Motorola, Inc., Sprint Corporation, Tyson Foods Corp. and WestGroup, a division of The Thompson Corporation.

Sales and Marketing

We market and sell our products and services throughout the United States primarily through a direct sales force. In addition to our Minneapolis headquarters,
we have 18 field sales offices in order to serve our customers' needs more efficiently.

Our
field account executives and inside sales representatives work closely with our engineering team in evaluating the networked storage needs of existing and prospective customers
and in designing high quality, cost effective solutions. To ensure quality service, we assign each customer a specific field account executive and inside sales representative. Our inside sales
representatives proactively share responsibility with our field account executives in soliciting new and repeat business and in maintaining consistent customer contact. We believe that the longevity
of service of our sales force is a key factor to earning and retaining the trust and confidence of our customers. We believe this differentiates us from many other storage solution providers that have
greater sales force turnover.

In
addition to the efforts of our field account executives and inside sales representatives, we engage in a variety of other marketing activities designed to attract new business and
retain customer loyalty. We regularly attend major trade shows, conduct in-house and out service training and informational seminars, publish a quarterly newsletter and advertise our services in
several targeted national business publications.

Original Equipment Manufacturer Services

We have original equipment manufacturer customers for whom we assemble and integrate hardware and software products and subassemblies acquired from our various
suppliers. We design customized enclosures for most of these OEM products. When requested by the customer, we obtain the necessary agency and governmental approvals for the subassemblies we design.
These approvals may include those relating to safety and radio frequency emissions and immunity, such as Underwriter's Laboratory and European "CE" certifications. We fully document all custom
subassemblies for ease of replication and service. We subject the assembled units to a system level test to ensure performance to specifications in the anticipated end-user computing environment. Our
integration and assembly operations are also ISO 9001 registered. In accordance with these standards, we have designed our integration and assembly operations with similar quality procedures to those
of our hardware suppliers. Our close working relationship with our suppliers generally enables us to:



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We
believe that our current facilities are adequate to meet our integration and assembly needs in the foreseeable future.

ISO 9001 Quality System

In May 1996, we completed an approximately three-year process of obtaining an ISO 9001 Certificate of Registration from KPMG Quality Registrar for its
quality system described under the American
National Standards Institute. This internationally recognized endorsement of ongoing quality management is designed to assure consistent quality products and services. In 1999, we completed the ISO
9001 re-registration and audit process. We believe our ISO 9001 registration represents a substantial competitive advantage to us in attracting and retaining business. We employ ISO 9001 standards of
operation throughout our organization. These quality initiatives streamline the quality assurance programs and implementation procedures for our customers. Our quality assurance team constantly
monitors our processes and procedures, identifies areas for improvement and efficiently implements corrective and preventive actions. We require our suppliers to be ISO 9001 registered or otherwise
meet our rigid supplier qualification standards.

Competition

The networked storage market is rapidly evolving and highly competitive. We compete with independent storage system suppliers to the high-end networked market,
including Dot Hill Systems Corp., EMC Corporation, MTI Technology Corporation and numerous value-added resellers, distributors and consultants. We also compete in the storage systems market with
general purpose computer suppliers, including Compaq Computer Corporation, Dell Computer Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, International Business Machines Corp., Silicon Graphics, Inc. and
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Further, we compete with storage service providers who manage, store and backup their customers' data at off-site networked data storage locations. In addition, our
customers and prospects may develop in-house storage systems expertise.

Some
of our competitors include our suppliers. They may dedicate or acquire greater sales and marketing resources in the future to provide networked storage solutions than at present
and could terminate their relationships with us. Other suppliers may also enter the market and compete with us. We also expect competition will increase as a result of industry consolidation. Current
and potential competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase the ability of their products to address the needs of our
prospective customers. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share.

Employees

As of December 31, 1999, we had a total of 156 full-time employees. We have no employment agreements with any of our employees. None of our employees
are unionized or subject to a collective bargaining agreement. We have experienced no work stoppages and believe that our employee relations are good.

Backlog

Products are configured to customer specifications and are generally shipped shortly after receipt of the order. Customers may change their orders with little
or no penalty. For these reasons, the Company's backlog at any particular time is not meaningful because it is not necessarily indicative of future sales levels.

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Item 2.  Properties.

Our principal engineering operations and our integration, assembly and customer service operations are located at our 37,200 square foot, leased executive and
administrative facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The leases, which expire in December 2002, provide us with rights to take additional space in the building. Our landlord is a partnership
whose partners primarily consist of our founding stockholders. We believe that these facilities are adequate for our needs for the next 12 months. We are assessing our future space needs. We also
lease remote facilities for our field sales and engineering personnel. We believe that we will be able to locate suitable additional facilities as we expand geographically.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.

As of the date hereof, the Company is not involved in any material legal proceedings. The Company was not involved in any material legal proceedings that were
terminated during the fourth quarter of 1999.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

No matters were submitted during the fourth quarter of the Company's 1999 fiscal year to a vote of security holders, through the solicitation of proxies or
otherwise.

MANAGEMENT

The following table lists our current directors and executive officers:

|Name                |  | Age |  | Position                                       
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|Greg R. Meland      |  | 46  |  | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
|Stephen M. Howe     |  | 41  |  | Vice PresidentSales and Marketing             
|Michael J. Jaeb     |  | 50  |  | Vice PresidentOperations and Administration   
|Daniel J. Kinsella  |  | 41  |  | Chief Financial Officer                        
|Scott D. Robinson   |  | 40  |  | Chief Technical Officer                        
|Robert M. Price     |  | 69  |  | Chairman of the Board and Director             
|Paul F. Lidsky*     |  | 46  |  | Director                                       
|Margaret A. Loftus* |  | 55  |  | Director                                       
|James E. Ousley*    |  | 54  |  | Director                                       

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Greg R. Melandjoined our company in 1991 as its Vice President of Sales and Engineering. He became President and Chief Executive
Officer in 1993. Between 1979 and 1991, Mr. Meland served in various sales and marketing positions with the Imprimis disk drive subsidiary of Control Data Corporation (which was sold to Seagate
in 1989), most recently as the North Central U.S. Director of Sales.

Stephen M. Howejoined us in 1989 as a field account executive and became Vice PresidentSales in 1997. In 1999,
Mr. Howe became our Vice PresidentSales and Marketing. Between 1982 and 1989, he was employed by Teltrend Inc., a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, most recently as
Assistant Vice President of Operations. Mr. Howe was a sales representative for Hamilton Avnet Corp., an electronics distributor, between 1980 and 1982.

Michael J. Jaebjoined us in 1999 as Vice PresidentOperations and Administration. Between 1987 and 1999, Mr. Jaeb
was employed with Aetrium Incorporated, a manufacturer of semiconductor test handling and reliability test equipment, most recently as Corporate Vice President of Human Resources

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and
Administration. From 1979 to 1987, he held various professional and management positions with Control Data Corporation, Micro Component Technology, Inc. and Varitronics, Inc.

Daniel J. Kinsellajoined us in 1999 as Chief Financial Officer. Between 1998 and 1999, he was Chief Financial Officer of Lloyd's
Barbeque Company. Mr. Kinsella served in various finance roles for Grist Mill Company between 1989 and 1998, most recently as its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From 1984 to
1989, Mr. Kinsella was the Director of Financial Reporting for Inter-Regional Financial Group, Inc. Between 1980 and 1984, he was employed by Touche Ross & Company, most recently
as an audit manager. Mr. Kinsella is a Certified Public Accountant.

Scott D. Robinsonjoined our company in 1989 as Chief Engineer and became Vice PresidentEngineering in 1993. In 1999,
Mr. Robinson became our Chief Technical Officer. Between 1983 and 1989, he was employed by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, most recently as an Advanced Electrical Engineer in the
Digital Imaging Applications Center. Mr. Robinson received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1982 from Marquette University and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1989 from the
University of Minnesota.

Robert M. Pricewas elected as the Chairman of the Board and a director of our company in June 1998. Mr. Price has been
President of PSV, Inc., a technology consulting business located in Burnsville, Minnesota, since 1990. Between 1961 and 1990, he served in various executive positions, including as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, with Control Data Corporation. Mr. Price also serves on the Board of Directors of International Multifoods Corporation, Tupperware Incorporated, Fourth Shift
Corporation, Affinity Technology Group, Inc., and Public Service Company of New Mexico. Mr. Price is Mr. Meland's father-in-law.

Paul F. Lidskywas elected as a director in June 1998. Since 1997, Mr. Lidsky has been the President and Chief Executive
Officer of OneLink Communications, Inc., a telecommunications company. Between 1992 and 1997, Mr. Lidsky was employed by Norstan, Inc., a comprehensive technology services
company, most recently as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Lidsky is also a director of OneLink Communications, Inc. and Ancor Communications,
Incorporated.

Margaret A. Loftuswas elected as a director in June 1998. Ms. Loftus is an owner of Loftus Brown-Wescott, Inc., a
business consulting firm, which she co-founded in 1989. Between 1976 and 1988, she was employed by Cray Research, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Software. Ms. Loftus is also a
director of Analysts International Corporation.

James E. Ousleywas elected as a director in June 1998. Since 1992, Mr. Ousley has been President and Chief Executive
Officer of Control Data Systems, Inc., a leading systems integrator and provider of electronic commerce solutions. Between 1968 and 1992, Mr. Ousley served in various sales, marketing
and operational executive positions with Control Data Corporation, most recently as President of the Computer Products Group. Mr. Ousley is also a director of Bell Microproducts, Inc.
and ActiveCard, Inc.

Our
directors hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected or appointed.

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PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

Our common stock has been quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "DTLK" since August 6, 1999, the day of our initial public offering. The
table below sets forth, for the calendar quarters indicated, the high and low per share closing sale prices of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.

|                                       |  | High |       | Low
|-------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- | ---
|Year Ended December 31, 1999           |  |      |       |    
|Third Quarter (from August 6, 1999)    |  | $    | 16.31 |    
|Fourth Quarter                         |  |      | 24.25 |    
|Year Ending December 31, 2000          |  |      |       |    
|First Quarter (through March 15, 2000) |  |      | 32.25 |    

On
March 15, 2000, the closing price per share of our common stock was $32.25. We urge potential investors to obtain current market quotations before making any decision to
invest in our common stock. On February 29, 2000, there were 64 holders of record of our common stock. Many of our shares are held by beneficial owners through a small number of holders of
record.

Except
for distributions paid to our pre-initial public offering corporation stockholders related to S corporation earnings generated prior to August 6, 1999, we have paid no
dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain future earnings for use in our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. In
addition, we are effectively restricted under our credit agreement from paying cash dividends on our common stock.

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Item 6.  Selected Financial Data.

You should read the information below with our "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our consolidated
financial statements. Our independent accountants, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, audited our 1995 through 1999 financial statements. We derived the data below at December 31, 1998 and 1999, and
for the years ended 1997, 1998 and 1999, from our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report. We derived the data below at December 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, and for the
years ended 1995 and 1996, from our consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report. Our historical financial results do not necessarily indicate our future operating results.

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|Net income per share, basic                                         |  | $                      
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|Net income per share, diluted                                       |  | $                      
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|Weighted average shares outstanding, basic                          |  |                        
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|Pro forma income taxes(3)                                           |  |                        
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|Pro forma net income per share, diluted(4)                          |  |                        
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|Shares used in computing pro forma net income per share, diluted(4) |  |                        
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|                                      |  | As of December 31,
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|Balance Sheet Data:                   |  |                   
|Cash and cash equivalents             |  | $                 
|Working capital                       |  |                   
|Total assets                          |  |                   
|Note payable to former stockholder(5) |  |                   
|Common stock, subject to put option   |  |                   
|Stockholders' equity (deficiency)     |  |                   

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Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in Item 8. The following
information includes forward-looking statements, the realization of which may be affected by certain important factors discussed under "Risk Factors."

OVERVIEW

We are an independent provider of networked data storage solutions. We derive our revenues principally from designing and installing data storage systems. Our
solutions can include hardware products, such as disk arrays, tape systems and interconnection components, and storage management software products. Prior to January 1, 2000, we normally
recognized revenues for product and software sales when we shipped the products and software to our customers or after they accepted products under evaluation. However, in December 1999, the SEC staff
issued Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 101, "Revenue Recognition," which clarified the SEC staff's view regarding the recognition and reporting of revenues in particular transactions.
Based on advice from our independent accountants in light of

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SAB
No. 101, we modified our revenue recognition policy related to hardware and software products when we provide any installation or configuration services in connection with the sale. This
change is effective as of January 1, 2000. We now recognize revenue from hardware and software product sales when we complete our installation and configuration services. Under the SAB
No. 101 transition provisions, we are accounting for this change in accounting policy prospectively. As of January 1, 2000, we will record a charge to earnings representing the
cumulative effect, net of income taxes, of this change in our accounting policy. Because of the recent nature of this accounting policy change, we have not yet determined the amount of the charge.

As
indicated above, our customers usually engage us for assistance in the installation of our solutions. Occasionally, they also engage us for consulting services. We recognize
revenues for this work as we render these services.

We
also sell service contracts to some of our customers. We fulfill our obligations under these service contracts primarily through agreements with third party hardware and software
vendors. Prior to January 1, 2000, we recognized revenues and expenses for our service contracts upon execution. However, in light of SAB No. 101, we modified our revenue recognition
policy related to service contracts beginning on January 1, 2000. We now defer revenues and direct costs from these contracts. We amortize these revenues and expenses over the contract term,
which is generally 12 months. Under the SAB No. 101 transition provisions, we are also accounting for this change in accounting policy prospectively. Accordingly, as of January 1,
2000, we recorded a charge to earnings of approximately $600,000, representing the cumulative effect, net of income taxes, of this change in our accounting policy.

In
the past, we have experienced fluctuations in the timing of orders from our customers, and we expect to continue to experience these fluctuations in the future. These fluctuations
have resulted from, among other things, the time required to design, test and evaluate our data storage solutions before customers deploy them, the size of customer orders, the complexity of our
customers' network environments, necessary system configuration to deploy our solutions and new product introductions by suppliers. As a result, our net sales may fluctuate from quarter to quarter.

Prior
to our initial public offering in August 1999, we were an S corporation. The only income tax expense we reported prior to August 1999 resulted from the C
corporation taxable income of Direct Connect Systems, Inc., or DCSI, allocated to us between July 1998, when we acquired DCSI, and January 1999, when we merged DCSI into us. Upon
our August 1999 initial public offering, we became a C corporation and began reporting income tax expense. This change in tax status complicates comparison of our historical operating results.

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Results of Operations

The following table shows, for the periods indicated, certain selected financial data expressed as a percentage of net sales.

|                           |  | Years Ended December 31, |  
|-------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | -
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|Net sales                  |  | 100.0                    | %
|Cost of sales              |  | 78.2                     |  
|                           |  |                          |  
|Gross profit               |  | 21.8                     |  
|                           |  |                          |  
|Operating expenses:        |  |                          |  
|Sales and marketing        |  | 7.3                      |  
|General and administrative |  | 4.2                      |  
|Engineering                |  | 1.3                      |  
|Offering costs             |  |                         |  
|                           |  |                          |  
|Total operating expenses   |  | 12.8                     |  
|                           |  |                          |  
|Operating income           |  | 9.0                      | %
|                           |  |                          |  

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997

Net Sales.Our net sales increased 35.2% in 1999 over 1998 to $118.9 million and increased 23.4% in 1998 over 1997 to
$88.0 million. Our net sales in 1997 were $71.3 million. The increased sales represent more data storage solution installations for our customers and the increasing complexity of our data storage
solutions. We believe that growing data storage needs and the emergence of new technologies for networked data storage have increased customer demand for our solutions. We have hired additional sales
and engineering personnel and opened sales offices in new geographic locations. Additionally, our net sales increased in 1998 and 1999 due to our acquisition of DCSI in July 1998.

Gross Profit.Our gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased to 26.1% in 1999 from 25.2% in 1998 and 21.8% in
1997. These increases were primarily due to the increasing percentage of our sales generated from large storage systems solutions sold to end-user customers. We typically generate higher margins on
solutions we provide directly to end-user customers than sales we make through value-added resellers and original equipment manufacturers. Also, as the complexity of our data storage solutions has
increased, we have been able to generate higher gross margins.

Sales and Marketing.Sales and marketing expenses include wages and commissions paid to sales and marketing personnel,
travel costs, advertising, promotion and hiring expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased to $11.8 million in 1999 compared to $7.8 million in 1998 and $5.2 million in 1997. As a percentage of
net sales, our sales and marketing expenses were 9.9% in 1999, 8.8% in 1998 and 7.3% in 1997. The increases in our sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of our net sales and in absolute dollars
over these years were principally attributable to an increase in commissions paid to our sales representatives on sales to end-user customers and to the hiring of new sales representatives. New sales
representatives are usually less productive during their first two years than more seasoned sales personnel. In addition, during 1998, we absorbed the incremental hiring costs for inside sales
representatives to support the operations of DCSI. A majority of our sales and marketing expenses are directly variable with sales.

General and Administrative.General and administrative expenses include wages for administrative personnel,
professional fees, depreciation and amortization, communication expenses and rent and related facility expenses. General and administrative expenses increased to $7.7 million in 1999 compared to $5.4
million in 1998 and $3.0 million in 1997. As a percentage of net sales, general and administrative expenses

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were
6.5% in 1999, 6.1% in 1998 and 4.2% in 1997. Of the increased general and administrative expenses in 1999, approximately $430,000 resulted from an increase from 1998 in amortization of
identifiable intangible assets and goodwill related to our acquisition of DCSI. Depreciation expense related to new information systems and facilities improvements increased significantly from the
comparable periods in 1998 and 1997. In addition, we have experienced increases in administrative personnel and related expenses and our rent and communications expenses increased over these years
primarily due to our acquisition of DCSI and the opening of additional sales offices.

Engineering.Engineering expenses include employee wages, travel, hiring and training expenses for the professional
engineers and technicians. Engineering expenses increased to $2.6 million in 1999 compared to $1.4 million in 1998 and $926,000 in 1997. Engineering expenses as a percentage of net sales were 2.2% in
1999, 1.6% in 1998 and 1.3% in 1997. The increase over these years is primarily attributable to the addition of new engineering personnel and increased compensation levels to more effectively compete
for qualified engineers with networked storage solutions experience. Competition for these engineers is intense and we expect that future compensation levels may continue to increase. Our engineering
travel expenses have also increased due to the continued geographic expansion of our business.

Offering Costs.We incurred expenses of approximately $173,000 in the first quarter of 1999 and $733,000 in the third
quarter of 1998 in conjunction with our initial public offering. Our offering was twice delayed by market conditions. As required, we expensed these previously deferred costs each time we determined
that the offering would be delayed more than 90 days.

Operating Income.Operating income increased 25.0% to $8.7 million in 1999 from $7.0 million in 1998. Operating income
increased 8.6% in 1998 from $6.4 million in 1997. Our operating income was 7.3% of net sales in 1999, a decline from the 1998 and 1997 levels of 7.9% and 9.0%, respectively. The
decrease in operating income as a percentage of net sales in 1999 was principally attributable to the increase in our operating expenses described above. However, our operating margin improved
steadily throughout 1999 from 5.6% in the first quarter to 8.4% in the fourth quarter. These increases are the result of our increasing sales which have allowed us to more fully absorb our prior
investments in people and facilities. Our goal is to increase sales of complex networked data storage solutions to our customers, which we believe will increase our gross margins further. However, our
improved gross margins may be offset by higher costs to develop, implement and support these high-end networked data storage solutions. In addition, the costs associated with future acquisitions will
probably also depress margins for a period after each acquisition.

Income Taxes.Until August 1999, when we became a public company, we were an S corporation and were not taxed on
our income. We provided for income taxes of $1.3 million in 1999 and $148,000 in 1998. Our 1998 income tax expense resulted from the taxable income generated by our DCSI subsidiary from the date of
our acquisition in July 1998. In January 1999, we merged DCSI into Datalink. Our 1999 income tax expense resulted from the taxable income we generated after our August 1999
initial public offering and the tax effect of DCSI's merger into Datalink. For more information, see Note 6 of the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Quarterly Results and Seasonality

The following table sets forth our unaudited quarterly financial data for each quarter of 1998 and 1999. In our opinion, this unaudited information has been
prepared on the same basis as the audited information and includes all adjustments (including all normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present

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the information set forth below. The operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.

|                 |  | Quarters Ended
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|
|Net sales        |  | $             
|Gross profit     |  |               
|Operating income |  |               
|Net income       |  |               

We
have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, quarterly variations in our net sales as a result of a number of factors, including the length of the sales cycle with
customers for large storage system evaluations and purchases, new product introductions by suppliers and their market acceptance, delays in product shipments or other quality control difficulties, our
ability to integrate any acquired
businesses, trends in the networked data storage industry in general, the geographic and industry specific market in which we are currently active, or may be in the future, and the opening of new
field sales offices. Net sales also tend to be lower in the summer months and higher in the quarter ending December 31 reflecting our customers' timing of purchase decisions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically, we have financed our operations and capital requirements through cash flows generated from operations, supplemental bank borrowings and the
proceeds from our initial public offering. Our working capital was $17.9 million at December 31, 1999 as compared to $6.7 million at December 31, 1998. Our current ratio was 2.0:1 at
December 31, 1999 as compared to 1.4:1 at December 31, 1998. At December 31, 1999, our cash and cash equivalents were $6.5 million.

Cash
provided by operating activities for 1999 was $3.5 million as compared to $11.5 million in 1998 and $4.6 million in 1997. The cash provided in 1999 reflected our increasing sales
and net income, partially offset by increased accounts receivable and inventories due to the increase in net revenues. The significant amount of cash provided by operating activities in 1998 relates
to a high level of accounts payable at December 31, 1998. We purchased inventories to support our calendar year-end sales, which were particularly strong. We also experienced delays in payments
to some vendors as a result of the integration of our accounting operations with DCSI.

Cash
used in investing activities during 1999 was $1.1 million as compared to $4.2 million in 1998 and $766,000 in 1997. These uses reflected expenditures for computer and office
equipment and improvements to support increasing sales volumes, including the opening of new field sales offices. The 1998 uses included $3.1 million applied to acquire the net assets of DCSI.

Cash
provided by financing activities in 1999 was $1.3 million. Net proceeds of $18.2 million from the issuance of common stock in our initial public offering was offset, in part, by
net repayments of borrowings of $3.2 million and $12.8 million of dividend distributions paid to our ten pre-initial public offering stockholders. $3.7 million of these dividend distributions enabled
these pre-initial public offering stockholders to pay their income tax liabilities resulting from our S corporation taxable income. We also made a $9.1 million dividend distribution to these
stockholders for all previously taxed, but undistributed, S corporation earnings. At December 31, 1999, we accrued an additional $744,000 for payment to these stockholders related to their tax
liabilities. We expect this amount to be paid in full during the first quarter of 2000. Cash used in financing activities was $5.6 million in 1998 and $2.8 million in 1997. This was due primarily to
net repayments of borrowings to our bank and to dividends paid to our pre-initial public offering stockholders. These dividends totaled $3.9 million in 1998 and $4.0 million in 1997. Again, the

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dividends
primarily enabled our pre-initial public offering stockholders to pay their income tax liabilities resulting from our S corporation taxable income.

Our
bank revolving credit agreement permits us to borrow up to $10.0 million on a revolving basis. At December 31, 1999, we had no borrowings outstanding and therefore we had
the entire $10.0 million facility to borrow against.

Effective
February 28, 1999, we redeemed 1,095,720 shares of common stock held by one of our former stockholders and issued him a $3.0 million note payable in four installments
through February 2002. We made a principal payment of $906,000 against this note on August 28, 1999. For more information, see Note 10 of the Notes to our consolidated financial
statements.

On
March 7, 2000, we filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering of 2.2 million shares of our common stock to the
public. The price for the shares will be determined at the time the offering is finalized.

We
believe that funds generated from operations and this offering, together with the available credit under our revolving credit agreement, will be sufficient to finance our current
operations and planned capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities" (FAS 133), which is effective for all fiscal quarters of fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999. This statement establishes a new model for accounting for
derivatives and hedging activities. Under FAS 133, we must recognize all derivatives as assets and liabilities and measure them at fair value. In July 1999, the FASB issued Statement of
Accounting Standards No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities-Deferral of Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133," which defers the effective date to all fiscal
quarters of fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. We do not expect the adoption of FAS 133 to have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In
January 1999, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position No. 98-9 (SOP 98-9), "Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition, with Respect to Certain Transactions." This SOP retains the limitations of SOP 97-2 on what constitutes vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value. SOP 98-9 will be effective for
transactions entered into in fiscal years beginning after March 15, 1999. We do not expect the adoption of SOP 98-9 to have a significant impact on our financial position or results of
operations.

Inflation

We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our results of operations in recent years. We cannot assure you that inflation will not adversely
affect our business in the future.

Year 2000 Disclosure

As the year 2000 approached, we upgraded our internal computer systems to accept four digit entries in the date code field to distinguish 21st century dates
from 20th century dates. Our total 1999 expenditures to address potential year 2000 issues were not significant. After the millenium change, we did not experience any downtime or detect problems as a
result of year 2000 issues in our financial reporting, resource planning, operating system and networking software, office application suite, electronic mail applications or other internal computing
systems. We also did not experience any downtime as a result of these year 2000 issues with any of our vendors. In addition, none of our customers advised us of a year 2000 failure with any product or
software we installed. Nevertheless, if unanticipated or unremediated year

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2000
problems arise, these failures or problems could disrupt our normal business activities and operations. If the year 2000 problem is with a supplier or customer, we may have difficulty in
determining the cause of the problem. If any products or software sold by us to our customers fails, we could be liable to our customers for damages and costs to the extent that our vendors do not
cover these liabilities.

RISK FACTORS

Our business depends on our ability to hire and retain scarce technical personnel

Our future operating results depend upon our ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified engineers with networked storage solutions experience.
Competition to hire these engineers is intense. If we fail to recruit and retain additional engineering personnel, we will experience greater difficulty realizing our growth strategy, which could
negatively affect our business, financial condition and stock price.

Our growth plans depend in part on our ability to successfully complete acquisitions

As part of our growth plan, we intend to pursue strategic acquisitions of businesses that give us access to additional qualified technical personnel and either
expand or complement our business. However, we have to date completed only one acquisition and are not currently negotiating any acquisition transactions. In addition, we may be unable to identify
suitable acquisition candidates. If we do not make suitable acquisitions, we will find it more difficult to realize our growth objectives.

If
we do make acquisitions, we will face a number of other risks and challenges, including:



These
factors and our limited experience in negotiating, consummating and integrating acquisitions could hamper our ability to realize our growth objectives, and could adversely
affect our business, earnings, financial condition and, ultimately, our stock price. Acquisitions that use stock as payment also could result in dilution of our per share earnings and of your voting
rights.

Competition could prevent us from increasing or sustaining our revenues or profitability

The networked data storage market is rapidly evolving and highly competitive. As technologies change rapidly, we expect that competition will increase in the
future. We compete with independent storage system suppliers to the high-end market and numerous resellers, distributors and consultants. We also compete in the storage systems market with general
purpose computer suppliers. Many of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, purchasing and other resources than we do. As a result, they may
respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of products and deliver competitive products
at lower end-user prices.

Some
of our current and potential competitors include our suppliers. We are not the exclusive supplier of any data storage product we offer-instead, our suppliers market their
products through other independent data storage solution providers, original equipment manufacturers and, often, through their own internal sales forces. We believe direct competition from our
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expected,
the data storage industry continues to consolidate. This consolidation would probably result in fewer suppliers with greater resources to devote to internal sales and marketing efforts. In
addition, our suppliers have established and will probably continue to establish cooperative relationships with other suppliers and other data storage solution providers. These cooperative
relationships are often intended to enable our suppliers to offer comprehensive storage solutions which compete with those we offer. If our relationships with our suppliers become adversarial, it will
be more difficult for us to stay ahead of industry developments and provide our customers with the type of service they expect from us.

In
addition, most of our customers already employ in-house technical staffs. To the extent a customer's in-house technical staff develops sophisticated storage systems expertise, the
customer may be less likely to seek our services. Further, we compete with storage service providers who manage, store and backup their customers' data at off-site networked data storage locations.

We derive a large percentage of our revenues from a small number of customers

In 1999, we derived 13% of our revenues from one customer, and our top three customers collectively accounted for 19% of our revenues. Because we intend to
continue to seek out large projects, we expect that a significant percentage of our revenues will continue to come from a small number of customers, although the composition of our key customers is
likely to change from year to year. If we fail to obtain a growing number of large projects each year, our revenues and profitability will likely be adversely affected. In addition, our reliance on
large projects makes it more likely that our revenues and profits will fluctuate unpredictably from year to year. Unpredictable revenue and profit fluctuations may make our stock price more volatile
and lead to a decline in our stock price.

We rely on only a few key suppliers and would suffer materially if we could not obtain their products

We rely on our close relationships with our suppliers to provide access to products and new technology necessary to design and implement leading-edge networked
storage solutions for our customers. We do not have long-term supply contracts with any of our suppliers. In many instances, we rely upon only one or two suppliers for each of our key products. Our
reliance on these suppliers leaves us vulnerable to an inadequate supply of required products, price increases, late deliveries and poor product quality. Disruption or termination of the supply of
products from our suppliers for any reason would probably prevent or delay our shipments to our customers. Our customers expect reliable and prompt service from us. If we cannot obtain necessary
components, or the components we obtain are unreliable or unexpectedly expensive, we will not meet our customers' expectations. If we cannot meet our customers' expectations, our business will suffer
considerably.

We have no employment agreements with our key employees

Our future operating results depend in significant part upon the continued contributions of our executive officers, managers, salespeople, engineers and other
technical personnel, many of whom have substantial experience in our industry and would be difficult to replace. We do not have employment, non-competition or nondisclosure agreements with our
officers or employees. Accordingly, our employees may voluntarily leave us at any time and work for our competitors. Our growth strategy depends in part on our ability to retain our current employees
and hire new employees. Any failure to retain our
key employees will make it much more difficult for us to maintain our operations and attain our growth objectives and could therefore be expected to adversely affect our operating results, financial
condition and stock price.

If we cannot effectively manage our future growth, our business may suffer

Our planned growth and expansion, if realized, would place a significant strain on our administrative, operational and financial resources. This growth may
also increase demands on our professional and technical services, sales, marketing and customer service and support functions. Our planned geographic

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expansion
may exacerbate these challenges and require us to hire, train, motivate and manage new management, technical, sales and administrative employees. If we manage this planned growth poorly, we
may be unable to continue to provide our customers with the high level of technical service and expertise they expect from us. This failure would harm our reputation, hamper our ability to grow and
adversely affect our financial condition and stock price.

In
addition, our planned geographic expansion will increase our costs and make it more difficult to manage our operations. As a result, we may not achieve commercial success or
maintain client service and support at historic levels. If we fail to manage our growth and generate sufficient revenues to offset the additional costs of geographical expansion, our profitability,
financial condition and stock price will likely suffer.

If the data storage industry fails to develop compelling new storage technologies, our business may suffer

Rapid and complex technological change, frequent new product introductions and evolving industry standards increase demand for our services. Because of this,
our future success depends in part on the data storage industry's ability to continue to develop leading-edge storage technology solutions. Our customers utilize our services in part because they know
that newer technologies offer them significant benefits over the older technologies they are using. If the data storage industry ceases to develop compelling new storage solutions, or if a single data
storage standard becomes widely accepted and implemented, it will be more difficult to sell new data storage systems to our customers.

Our long sales cycle may cause fluctuating operating results, which may adversely affect our stock price

Our sales cycle is typically long and unpredictable, making it difficult to plan our business. This long sales cycle requires us to invest resources in
potential projects that may not occur. In addition, our long and unpredictable sales cycle may cause us to experience significant fluctuations in our future annual and quarterly operating results. It
can also result in delayed revenues, difficulty in matching revenues with expenses and increased expenditures. Our business, operating results or financial condition and stock price may suffer as a
result of any of these factors.

Control by our existing stockholders could discourage the potential acquisition of our business

Currently, our executive officers, directors and 5% or greater stockholders and their affiliates will beneficially own approximately 70% of our outstanding
common stock. Acting together, these insiders could elect our entire Board of Directors and control the outcome of all other matters requiring stockholder approval. This voting concentration may also
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our management or control or otherwise discourage potential acquirers from attempting to
gain control of us. If potential acquirers are deterred, you may lose an opportunity to profit from a possible acquisition premium in our stock price.

Our stock price is volatile

Through March 15, 2000, the market price of our common stock has increased 330% since August 6, 1999, the date of our initial public offering,
and may continue to be volatile. We cannot assure you that our stock price will continue to increase, or even that it will not decline significantly from the price you pay. Our stock price may be
adversely affected by many factors, including:



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In
addition, the stock market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations which, in no relationship to operating performance, have adversely affected
the market prices of securities of some companies. Recently, companies in the technology sector, such as Datalink, have experienced more stock price volatility than companies in other sectors of the
market and may be more vulnerable to price declines in the event of a general market decline.

Changes in required accounting practices may affect our reported operating results and stock price

As a public company, we prepare our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, as interpreted by the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. In December 1999, the SEC released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, an accounting bulletin clarifying its position on revenue recognition
policies under GAAP for public companies. In light of this new SEC accounting bulletin and on the advice of our independent accountants, we have recently modified our revenue recognition policies and
will record a cumulative effect to earnings charge in the first quarter of 2000 as a result. This prospective change may make it more difficult for investors to compare our historical operating
results against our future operating results. In addition, any future changes to GAAP standards or additional SEC statements on accounting policies may require us to further change our practices.
These uncertainties may cause our reported operating results and stock price to decline.

If we or our customers or suppliers suffer any lingering year 2000 issues, our business may be disrupted

Products we have installed may contain undetected errors or defects associated with the inaccurate processing of dates beginning in the year 2000. Known or
unknown errors or defects in these products could result in delay or loss of revenue, diversion of management resources, damage to our reputation, product liability claims or increased service and
warranty costs.

If
unanticipated or unremediated year 2000 problems arise, these failures or problems could disrupt our normal business activities and operations. If the year 2000 problem is with a
supplier or customer, we
may have difficulty in determining the cause of the problem. Any unresolved problems will potentially damage our reputation with our customers, and may accordingly adversely affect our business,
operating results, financial condition and stock price.

We may be liable for warranty claims

Products we offer may contain defects in hardware, software or workmanship that remain undetected or that may not become apparent until after commercial
shipment. If a supplier were to fail to meet its warranty obligations to us, we might be liable to our customers. We do not maintain insurance for these expenses. We cannot assure you that our
suppliers will be willing or able to honor their warranties, that we may not incur our own uninsured warranty costs or that our repair and maintenance subcontractors will perform their services in a
timely and proper manner.

Our governing documents and Minnesota law may discourage the potential acquisitions of our business

Our Board of Directors may issue up to 39 million additional shares of capital stock and establish their rights, preferences and classes, in some cases without
stockholder approval. In addition, we are subject to anti-takeover provisions of Minnesota law. These provisions may deter or discourage takeover attempts and other changes in control of us not
approved by our Board of Directors. If potential acquirers are deterred, you may lose an opportunity to profit from a possible acquisition premium in our stock price.

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Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our interest income is sensitive to changes in the general level of U.S. interest rates, particularly since the majority of our investments are in short-term
instruments. Due to the nature of our short-term investments, we have concluded that there is no material market risk exposure. Therefore, no quantitative tabular disclosures are required.

The
following discusses our exposure to market risk related to changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and equity prices.



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Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

DATALINK CORPORATION

INDEX OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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|Report of Independent Accountants                          |  | 27   
|Consolidated Balance Sheets                                |  | 28   
|Consolidated Statements of Operations                      |  | 29   
|Consolidated Statement of Stockholders Equity (Deficiency) |  | 30   
|Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow                       |  | 31   
|Notes to Financial Statements                              |  | 32-44

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Datalink Corporation:

In
our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficiency) and cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Datalink Corporation and its subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.



Minneapolis,
Minnesota
February 16, 2000, except as to Note 2, Revenue Recognition,
for which the date is March 30, 2000

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DATALINK CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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|Assets                                                                                                                                           
|Current assets:                                                                                                                                   |  |             
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                         |  | $           
|Accounts receivable, net                                                                                                                          |  |             
|Inventories                                                                                                                                       |  |             
|Other current assets                                                                                                                              |  |             
|Deferred income taxes                                                                                                                             |  |             
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Total current assets                                                                                                                              |  |             
|Property and equipment, net                                                                                                                       |  |             
|Intangibles, net                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Other                                                                                                                                             |  |             
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Total assets                                                                                                                                      |  | $           
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)                                                                                                
|Current liabilities:                                                                                                                              |  |             
|Line of credit                                                                                                                                    |  | $           
|Accounts payable                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Accrued expenses                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Income taxes payable                                                                                                                              |  |             
|Note payable to former stockholder, current portion                                                                                               |  |             
|Capital lease obligation, current portion                                                                                                         |  |             
|Deferred compensation, current portion                                                                                                            |  |             
|Distribution payable to S corporation stockholders                                                                                                |  |             
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Total current liabilities                                                                                                                         |  |             
|Note payable to former stockholder, less current portion                                                                                          |  |             
|Capital lease obligation, less current portion                                                                                                    |  |             
|Deferred compensation, less current portion                                                                                                       |  |             
|Deferred income taxes                                                                                                                             |  |             
|Commitments and contingencies                                                                                                                     |  |             
|Common stock, subject to put option; $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 7,100,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 1998 |  |             
|Stockholders' equity (deficiency):                                                                                                                |  |             
|Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 8,772,537 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 1999                     |  |             
|Additional paid-in capital                                                                                                                        |  |             
|Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)                                                                                                           |  |             
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Total stockholders' equity (deficiency)                                                                                                           |  |             
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             
|Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficiency)                                                                                           |  | $           
|                                                                                                                                                  |  |             

The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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DATALINK CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

|                                                                                    |  | Year Ended December 31,
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------
|
|Net sales                                                                           |  | $                      
|Cost of sales                                                                       |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Gross profit                                                                        |  |                        
|Operating expenses:                                                                 |  |                        
|Sales and marketing                                                                 |  |                        
|General and administrative                                                          |  |                        
|Engineering                                                                         |  |                        
|Offering costs                                                                      |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Operating income                                                                    |  |                        
|Interest expense                                                                    |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Income before income taxes                                                          |  |                        
|Income tax expense                                                                  |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Net income                                                                          |  | $                      
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Net income per share, basic                                                         |  | $                      
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Net income per share, diluted                                                       |  | $                      
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Weighted average shares outstanding, basic                                          |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted                                        |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Pro forma data (unaudited see Note 3):                                              |  |                        
|Income before income taxes on S corporation income                                  |  |                        
|Pro forma income taxes                                                              |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Pro forma net income                                                                |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Pro forma net income per share, diluted                                             |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        
|Weighted average shares used in calculating pro forma net income per share, diluted |  |                        
|                                                                                    |  |                        

The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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DATALINK CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)

|                                                                           |  | Common Stock |   |   |       | Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) |   |            |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------ | - | - | ----- | --------------------------------------- | - | ---------- | -
|
|
|Balances, December 31, 1996                                                |  | 6,900,000    |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Net income                                                                 |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Cash dividends of $0.58 per share                                          |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Accretion of common stock value                                            |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|                                                                           |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Balances, December 31, 1997                                                |  | 6,900,000    |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Net income                                                                 |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Cash dividends of $0.39 per share                                          |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Issuance of shares in acquisition (Note 12)                                |  | 200,000      |   | $ | 200   |                                         | $ | 1,999,800  |  
|Cash dividends of $0.18 per share                                          |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Accretion of common stock value                                            |  |              |   |   | (200  | )                                       |   | (1,999,800 | )
|                                                                           |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Balances, December 31, 1998                                                |  | 7,100,000    |   |   |      |                                         |   |           |  
|Net income                                                                 |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Cash dividends of $0.14 per share                                          |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Repurchase of common stock                                                 |  | (1,095,720   | ) |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Cash dividends of $0.44 per share                                          |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Accretion of common stock value                                            |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Termination of put options                                                 |  |              |   |   | 6,004 |                                         |   |            |  
|Common shares issued for cash less $2,321,240 offering costs               |  | 2,701,590    |   |   | 2,702 |                                         |   | 18,212,705 |  
|Issuance of additional shares in acquisition (Note 12)                     |  | 66,667       |   |   | 67    |                                         |   |            |  
|Distribution of previously taxed, but undistributed S corporation earnings |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Cash dividend payable to S corporation stockholders                        |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|                                                                           |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  
|Balances, December 31, 1999                                                |  | 8,772,537    |   | $ | 8,773 |                                         | $ | 18,212,705 |  
|                                                                           |  |              |   |   |       |                                         |   |            |  

The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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DATALINK CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

|                                                                                            |  | Year Ended December 31, |            
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | -----------
|
|Cash flows from operating activities:                                                       |  |                         |            
|Net income                                                                                  |  | $                       | 6,075,936  
|Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |  |                         |            
|Provision for bad debts                                                                     |  |                         | 27,235     
|Depreciation and amortization                                                               |  |                         | 177,302    
|Amortization of intangibles                                                                 |  |                         |            
|Loss on disposal of property and equipment                                                  |  |                         | 9,527      
|Deferred income taxes                                                                       |  |                         |            
|Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                                                |  |                         |            
|Accounts receivable                                                                         |  |                         | (3,191,818 
|Inventories                                                                                 |  |                         | 1,350,013  
|Other current assets                                                                        |  |                         | (3,554     
|Other assets                                                                                |  |                         | (10,916    
|Accounts payable                                                                            |  |                         | (150,824   
|Accrued expenses                                                                            |  |                         | 333,239    
|Income taxes payable                                                                        |  |                         |            
|Deferred compensation                                                                       |  |                         | (59,058    
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Net cash provided by operating activities                                                   |  |                         | 4,557,082  
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Cash flows from investing activities:                                                       |  |                         |            
|Purchase of property and equipment                                                          |  |                         | (766,436   
|Net assets acquired, net of cash acquired                                                   |  |                         |            
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Net cash used in investing activities                                                       |  |                         | (766,436   
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Cash flows from financing activities:                                                       |  |                         |            
|Proceeds from borrowings on line of credit                                                  |  |                         | 70,372,500 
|Principal payments on line of credit                                                        |  |                         | (69,233,611
|Dividends and distributions paid                                                            |  |                         | (3,988,299 
|Proceeds from issuance of stock, net                                                        |  |                         |            
|Payments of notes payable to former stockholder                                             |  |                         |            
|Principal payments on capital lease obligations                                             |  |                         |            
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities                                         |  |                         | (2,849,410 
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                       |  |                         | 941,236    
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                                              |  |                         | 221,871    
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                                                    |  | $                       | 1,163,107  
|                                                                                            |  |                         |            

The
accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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DATALINK CORPORATION

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Description of Business:

Datalink Corporation (the "Company") analyzes, custom designs, integrates, installs and supports data storage solutions.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:



The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and, from July 15, 1998 through January 3, 1999, its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Direct Connect Systems, Inc. ("DCSI") (see Notes 6 and 12). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.



Cash equivalents consist principally of money market funds with original maturities of three months or less, are readily convertible to cash and are stated at
cost, which approximates fair value.



Inventories, principally consisting of data storage products and components, are valued at the lower of cost or market with cost determined on a first-in,
first-out (FIFO) method.



Property and equipment, including purchased software, are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization are provided by charges to operations using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets (ranging from 3 to 10 years). Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line
basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the underlying lease term. The costs and related accumulated depreciation and amortization on asset disposals are removed from the accounts
and any gain or loss is included in operations. Major renewals and betterments are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are charged to current operations when incurred.



Identifiable intangible assets and goodwill are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 3 to 7 years.



The Company periodically, at least quarterly, analyzes its long-lived assets for potential impairment, assessing the appropriateness of lives and
recoverability of unamortized balances through measurement of undiscounted operating cash flows on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.



Concurrent with the closing of its initial public offering on August 6, 1999, the Company terminated its status as an S corporation. Accordingly, the
Company's income is subject to state and federal income taxes. The Company calculates income taxes in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," which requires the
use of the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the liability method, deferred income taxes are recorded to reflect the tax consequences in

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future
years of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts using enacted tax rates for the years in which these items are expected to
affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period and
the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.



Prior to January 1, 2000, the Company recognized product revenue when the hardware and software was shipped to its customers or after they accepted
products under evaluation. In December 1999, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 101, "Revenue Recognition," which clarified the SEC staff's views regarding the
recognition and reporting of revenues in certain transactions. In consideration of the views expressed in SAB No. 101 and effective as of January 1, 2000, the Company has modified its
revenue recognition policy related to products when the Company provides any installation or configuration services in connection with the sale. The Company will recognize revenue from hardware and
software product sales when it completes its installation and configuration services. Under the transition provisions outlined in SAB No. 101, the Company will account for this change in
accounting policy prospectively as of January 1, 2000 and will record a charge to earnings on that date representing the cumulative effect, net of income taxes, of the change in accounting
policy. The Company has not yet determined the amount of this charge.

In
further consideration of SAB No. 101 and effective as of January 1, 2000, the Company has modified its revenue recognition policy related to service contracts to
defer revenues and direct costs resulting from these contracts, and to amortize such revenues and expenses into operations over the term of the contracts, which are generally twelve months. These
contracts are maintenance service agreements which are fulfilled by the Company primarily through underlying maintenance service contracts with hardware and software vendors. Under the transition
provisions outlined in SAB No. 101, the Company will account for this change in accounting policy prospectively as of January 1, 2000 and will record a charge to earnings on that date of
approximately $600,000, which represents the cumulative effect, net of income taxes, of this change in accounting policy. Prior to January 1, 2000, the Company recognized revenues and expenses
related to sales of service agreements upon execution of the contract.

The
Company recognizes installation and consulting service revenue as it renders these services.



Costs related to the Company's initial public offering incurred during 1998 and the first quarter of 1999 totaling $732,738 and $172,628, respectively, were
initially deferred, but were expensed during the third quarter of 1998 and the first quarter of 1999, respectively, when the offering was delayed due to market conditions.



Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share includes the effect of common
stock equivalents, if any, for each period. There were no common stock equivalents outstanding in 1997 and 1998. In 1999, the Company granted

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stock
options, all of which have been included in the computation of diluted earnings per share, increasing the weighted average number of shares outstanding by 141,847 shares.



The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.



Effective with its year end 1998 financial statements, the Company adopted SFAS No. 131, "Disclosure About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,"
which requires disclosure of segment data in a manner consistent with that used by an enterprise for internal management reporting and decision making. The Company views its operations and manages its
business as one segment, the design and installation of high-end networked data storage solutions. Factors used to identify the Company's single operating segment include the organizational structure
of the Company and the financial information
available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker in making decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. During 1999, net sales to one customer totaled 13% of total
net sales.



Effective with its year end 1998 financial statements, the Company adopted SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which established standards for
reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general purpose financial statements. The Company's comprehensive income is equal to its net income for all periods
presented.



In March 1998, the AICPA issued SOP No. 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use," ("SOP No. 98-1").
SOP No. 98-1 requires entities to capitalize certain costs related to internal-use software once certain criteria have been met. The Company adopted SOP 98-1 beginning on January 1, 1999. The
adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

In
June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities"
(FAS 133), which is effective for all fiscal quarters of fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999. This statement establishes a new model for accounting for derivatives and hedging
activities. Under FAS 133, the Company must recognize all derivatives as assets and liabilities and measure them at fair value. In July 1999, the FASB issued Statement of Accounting Standards
No. 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities-Deferral of Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133," which defers the effective date to all fiscal quarters of fiscal years
beginning after June 15, 2000. The Company does not expect the adoption of FAS 133 to have a significant impact on its financial positions or results of operations.

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In
December 1998, the AICPA issued SOP No. 98-9, "Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to Certain Transactions," ("SOP 98-9"). SOP 98-9 amends
SOP 97-2 and SOP 98-4 by extending the deferral of the application of certain provisions of SOP 97-2 amended by SOP 98-4 through fiscal years beginning on or before March 15, 1999. All other
provisions of SOP 98-9 are effective for transactions entered into in fiscal years beginning after March 15, 1999. The Company has not had significant software sales to date and management does
not expect the adoption of SOP 98-9 to have a significant effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

3. Pro Forma Data (Unaudited):



On August 6, 1999, the Company terminated its status as an S corporation and consequently is subject to federal and state income taxes. Accordingly, for
informational purposes, the accompanying statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 1999, includes a pro forma adjustment for the income taxes which would have been recorded if the
Company had been a C corporation for the entire year, based on the tax laws in effect. The pro forma adjustment for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 1999 does not include a one-time
income tax expense of $122,000 related to the recognition of a net deferred tax liability which was recorded by the Company upon terminating its S corporation status.



Pro forma net income per share is computed by dividing pro forma net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period including
common stock equivalents, after giving effect to the weighted average number of shares that would have been required to be sold at the initial public offering ("IPO") price, after deducting the
underwriting discount, to fund the distribution to the pre-IPO stockholders of all previously taxed, but undistributed, S corporation earnings, totaling $9,128,000 at August 6, 1999.

4. Selected Balance Sheet Information:

The following provides additional balance sheet information as of:

|                                     |  | December 31,
|------------------------------------ |  | ------------
|
|Accounts receivable:                 |  |             
|Accounts receivable                  |  | $           
|Less allowance for doubtful accounts |  |             
|                                     |  |             
|                                     |  | $           
|                                     |  |             

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|Property and equipment:                        |  |   |           |  |   |          
|---------------------------------------------- |  | - | --------- |  | - | ---------
|Leasehold improvements                         |  | $ | 317,361   |  | $ | 416,582  
|Equipment                                      |  |   | 1,120,976 |  |   | 1,409,499
|Computers and purchased software               |  |   | 2,289,879 |  |   | 2,912,531
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|                                               |  |   | 3,728,216 |  |   | 4,738,612
|Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |   | 1,261,270 |  |   | 2,242,840
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|                                               |  | $ | 2,466,946 |  | $ | 2,495,772
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|Intangibles:                                   |  |   |           |  |   |          
|Customer base                                  |  | $ | 700,000   |  | $ | 700,000  
|Noncompetition agreements                      |  |   | 500,000   |  |   | 500,000  
|Assembled workforce                            |  |   | 490,000   |  |   | 490,000  
|Trademark and tradename                        |  |   | 450,000   |  |   | 450,000  
|Goodwill                                       |  |   | 2,455,284 |  |   | 2,455,284
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|                                               |  |   | 4,595,284 |  |   | 4,595,284
|Less accumulated amortization                  |  |   | 375,700   |  |   | 1,183,116
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|                                               |  | $ | 4,219,584 |  | $ | 3,412,168
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|Accrued expenses:                              |  |   |           |  |   |          
|Commissions                                    |  | $ | 1,333,704 |  | $ | 1,851,641
|Other                                          |  |   | 853,268   |  |   | 957,398  
|                                               |  |   |           | 
|                                               |  | $ | 2,186,972 |  | $ | 2,809,039
|                                               |  |   |           | 

5. Borrowing Arrangements:

Effective June 1, 1999, the Company renewed its revolving credit agreement with a bank (the "Credit Agreement"). Under the Credit Agreement, the Company
may borrow up to $10,000,000, with borrowings limited to the sum of 80% of eligible accounts receivable plus 35% of eligible inventories, as defined. As of December 31, 1999, the amount
available under the borrowing base formula was the total $10,000,000 available under the Credit Agreement. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement were $3,210,355 as of December 31, 1998, with
interest at the bank's reference rate. The bank's reference rate was 7.75% as of December 31, 1998. There were no borrowings under the credit agreement as of December 31, 1999.

The
line of credit is collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company. The agreement includes various covenants, including requirements to maintain certain levels of net
income and tangible net worth and limitations on the payment of dividends and property and equipment acquisitions. Included in cash on the balance sheet is $1,499,000 as of December 31, 1998,
which was held in a restricted collateral cash account. This amount was applied to reduce bank borrowings in January 1999.

The
Company's long-term capital lease obligations consist of capital leases for office equipment with outstanding balances totaling $12,502, all of which is current as of
December 31, 1999.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

6. Income Taxes

Significant components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes are as follows:

|                             |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|---------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | -------
|
|Current:                     |  |                         |        
|Federal                      |  | $                       | 173,368
|State                        |  |                         | 26,837 
|                             |  |                         |        
|Total current tax provision  |  |                         | 200,205
|                             |  |                         |        
|Deferred:                    |  |                         |        
|Federal                      |  |                         | (45,733
|State                        |  |                         | (6,726 
|Change in tax statusDCSI    |  |                         |        
|Termination of S corporation |  |                         |        
|                             |  |                         |        
|Total deferred tax benefit   |  |                         | (52,459
|                             |  |                         |        
|Total income taxes           |  | $                       | 147,746
|                             |  |                         |        

On
August 6, 1999, the Company terminated its status as an S corporation and established a $122,586 net deferred tax liability and recorded a related income tax expense.

As
of December 31, 1998, DCSI was a C corporation and accordingly, was subject to corporate income taxes. A provision for taxes resulting from the taxable income of DCSI for
the period from July 15, 1998 through December 31, 1998 is included in the Company's consolidated financial statements. Effective January 4, 1999, DCSI merged into the Company
and, therefore, became part of the S corporation. Accordingly, effective January 4, 1999, none of the consolidated income of the Company was subject to corporate income taxes and all of the
deferred tax assets and liabilities described below were eliminated which resulted in a one-time tax benefit of $579,652 which is recorded as an offset against the Company's net income tax expense for
the year ended December 31, 1999.

Significant
components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 1999 are as follows:

|Deferred tax assets:           |  |   |          |  
|------------------------------ |  | - | -------- | -
|Inventory                      |  | $ | 219,398  |  
|Accounts receivable allowances |  |   | 105,875  |  
|Other                          |  |   | 102,203  |  
|                               |  |   |         
|Total deferred tax assets      |  |   | 427,476  |  
|                               |  |   |         
|Deferred tax liabilities:      |  |   |          |  
|Intangibles                    |  |   | (461,679 | )
|Property and equipment         |  |   | (186,487 | )
|                               |  |   |         
|Total deferred tax liabilities |  |   | (648,166 | )
|                               |  |   |         
|Net deferred tax liability     |  | $ | (220,690 | )
|                               |  |   |         

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Prior
to January 4, 1999, deferred income tax liabilities and assets were recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of DCSI's
assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to
affect taxable income. Prior to January 4, 1999, income tax expense consists of the tax payable for DCSI for the period and the change during the period in its deferred tax assets and
liabilities.

As
of December 31, 1998, the Company had a deferred tax asset of $22,087 related primarily to DCSI's allowance for doubtful accounts and inventory capitalization and a deferred
tax liability of $601,739 related primarily to acquired identifiable intangible assets and property and equipment, resulting in a net deferred tax liability of $579,652.

The
reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to the Company's effective income tax rate is as follows:

|                                                       |  | 1998  |   | 1999  |  
|------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----- | - | ----- | -
|Tax at U.S. statutory rates                            |  | 34.0  | % | 34.0  | %
|State income taxes, net of Federal benefit             |  | 3.3   |   | 4.9   |  
|Taxable income allocated to S corporation stockholders |  | (38.0 | ) | (23.9 | )
|Effect of changes in tax status on deferred taxes      |  |       |   | (4.2  | )
|Other                                                  |  | 2.9   |   | 3.6   |  
|                                                       |  |       |   |       |  
|Effective tax rate                                     |  | 2.2   | % | 14.4  | %
|                                                       |  |       |   |       |  

7. Deferred Compensation Agreement:

The Company has a deferred compensation agreement with a retired officer who is also a stockholder. The Company is obligated to pay the retired officer (or a
designated beneficiary) $7,000 per month for 60 months beginning January 1996. The Company's obligation under the agreement is not funded. The present value of the Company's liability related
to the deferred compensation agreement was $145,960 and $73,285 as of December 31, 1998 and 1999, respectively, with interest computed at 10%.

Interest
expense related to the agreement was $24,942, $20,021 and $11,325 for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1998 and 1999, respectively.

8. Lease Commitments and Contingencies:

As of December 31, 1998 and 1999, the Company leased an office and warehouse facility under terms of operating leases with a partnership in which a
stockholder of the Company is a general partner. During 1997, the office and warehouse facility were sold to a limited liability partnership in which a majority of the limited partners are
stockholders of the Company.

In
the first quarter of 1999, the Company extended these lease agreements through December 2002. The extended agreements provide for options to extend the leases for two
additional three-year terms at the option of the Company. The Company also leases office space from nonaffiliated entities under operating lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2000.
In addition, the Company leases office and manufacturing facilities, along with office equipment, for DCSI under operating leases which

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expire
at various dates through 2001. In addition to minimum rents, the leases require the Company to pay certain operating costs of the lessor.

As
of December 31, 1999, future minimum lease payments due under noncancellable operating leases are as follows:

|Year Ended |  | Related Party |         | Other |   | Total  
|---------- |  | ------------- | ------- | ----- | - | -------
|2000       |  | $             | 189,864 |       | $ | 343,030
|2001       |  |               | 189,864 |       |   | 143,140
|2002       |  |               | 189,964 |       |   | 103,949
|2003       |  |               |         |       |   | 64,008 
|2004       |  |               |         |       |   | 42,672 
|           |  |               |         |       |   |        
|           |  | $             | 569,692 |       | $ | 696,799
|           |  |               |         |       |   |        

Total
rent expense, including certain lessor operating costs charged to the Company, is as follows:

|              |  | Year Ended December 31,
|------------- |  | -----------------------
|
|Related party |  | $                      
|Other         |  |                        
|              |  |                        
|              |  | $                      
|              |  |                        

9. Employee Benefit Plan:

The Company has a defined contribution retirement plan for eligible employees. Employees may contribute up to 10% of their pretax compensation to the 401(k)
portion of the plan. The Company is required to match 50% of an employee's contribution up to the first 6% of an employee's eligible compensation. The cost of the Company's contributions to the 401(k)
portion of the plan for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1998 and 1999, was $126,404, $157,866 and $270,220, respectively.

At
the discretion of the Board of Directors, the Company may also make profit sharing contributions to the plan, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code. The cost of the
Company's profit sharing contributions to the plan for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1998, 1999, was $164,350, $311,000 and $316,668, respectively.

As
of December 31, 1998, the Company also maintained the defined contribution retirement plan of DCSI. In the first quarter of 1999, the DCSI plan was merged into the Company's
plan. The cost of the Company's contributions to the DCSI plan for the period from July 15 through December 31, 1998 was $1,007.

10. Common Stock Buy-Sell Agreement:

Prior to the Company's initial public offering (the "Offering"), the Company and all of its stockholders had entered into Stock Purchase Agreements (the
"Agreements") that restricted the right of each stockholder to dispose of or encumber any shares of the Company's common stock and dictated terms
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transfer
of the shares. Upon the death, disability or termination of employment, each stockholder was required to put his or her shares to the Company, and the Company was obligated to purchase all
shares owned by that stockholder at a price determined pursuant to terms of the Agreements. In connection therewith, the value of the common stock subject to put options had been accreted to the value
determined according to terms of the Agreements. Effective November 1, 1996, one of the Agreements was amended to allow a retired stockholder to retain his shares until either he or his legal
representative require the Company to purchase his shares, or until his death.

In
connection with the Offering and pursuant to accounting rules and regulations applicable to public companies, the Company had adjusted its financial statements to reclassify
the carrying value of common stock pursuant to the Agreements out of stockholders' equity. The effect of this adjustment was to increase the carrying value of common stock subject to the put options,
and decrease stockholders' equity by $21,418,562 as of December 31, 1998. Effective August 6, 1999, in conjunction with the Offering, the put options were terminated and the carrying
value of the common stock subject to the put options totaling $22,515,648 was reclassified to stockholders' equity.

Effective
February 28, 1999, the Company redeemed 1,095,720 shares held by a former stockholder under terms of the Agreements. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreements, the
Company has issued a $3,019,914 note payable to this former stockholder. The note provides for interest on the outstanding balance at the prime rate beginning August 28, 1999. A principal
payment of $905,974 was made on August 28, 1999 with the remaining principal balance due in three installments of $704,647 plus any accrued interest on February 28, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
As of December 31, 1999, the Company is the owner and beneficiary of a term life insurance policy with a face value of $2.1 million insuring the life of this stockholder.

11. Stockholders' Equity:



During 1999, the Company completed an initial public offering of 2,701,590 shares of its common stock (the "Offering"). On June 1, 1998, in
contemplation of the Offering, the Company's Board of Directors and stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of
common stock to 50,000,000 and to change the par value of the common stock to $0.001. Pursuant to the Company's amended Certificate of Incorporation, all such authorized shares are deemed to be common
stock until otherwise designated by the Board of Directors. Also on June 1, 1998, the Company's Board of Directors and stockholders authorized a 690-for-1 stock split of its common stock. The
stock split has been retroactively reflected in the accompanying financial statements.



In connection with the Offering, the Company reserved an aggregate of 1,350,000 shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to the Company's Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Incentive Plan"). The terms of the plan allow for a variety of awards including incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock, performance shares, performance units, cash-based awards, phantom shares and other share-based awards as determined by the Company's Compensation Committee (the "Committee"). The Company has
also reserved 250,000 shares of common stock for

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issuance
pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Under terms of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, eligible employees may designate up to 10% of their compensation to be withheld
through payroll deductions and will be granted an option to purchase a designated number of shares of common stock at a purchase price determined by the Committee, but at no less than 85% of the lower
of the market price on the first or last day of the purchase period.



The Company's Board of Directors granted to each of four directors options to purchase 9,000 shares of the Company's common stock, coincident with the closing
of the Company's initial public offering. Such options, authorized under the Incentive Plan, have exercise prices equal to the initial public offering price of $7.50 per share, vest upon their grant
and expire 10 years after the date of the Board's authorization of the option grants.

The
Company's Board of Directors granted to employees, options to purchase 716,300 shares of the Company's common stock, coincident with the closing of the Company's initial public
offering. Such options, authorized under the Incentive Plan, have exercise prices equal to the initial public price of $7.50 per share, vest 25% annually and expire 10 years after the date of the
Board's authorization of the option grants. As of December 31, 1999, 82,125 of these options had been cancelled.

Additionally,
under the terms of the Incentive Plan, options to purchase 72,050 shares of the Company's common stock were granted to employees from the date of the initial public
offering to December 31, 1999. Such options vest 25% annually and expire 10 years after the date of grant.

During
1999, the Company granted 824,350 options with a weighted-average exercise price of $7.96. Of the options outstanding at December 31, 1999, 36,000 were exercisable with
a weighted-average exercise price of $7.50. During the year, 82,125 options were cancelled with a weighted-average exercise price of $7.50.

The
following is a summary of options outstanding at December 31, 1999:

|Stock Options |  | Exercise Price Per Share |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |       | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)
|------------- |  | ------------------------ |  | ----------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------
|672,825       |  | $7.50                    |  | $                                         | 7.50  |                                                    
|57,150        |  | $10.25-$13.50            |  | $                                         | 11.96 |                                                    
|12,250        |  | $15.75-19.63             |  | $                                         | 17.42 |                                                    
|              |  |                          |  |                                           |       |                                                    
|742,225       |  | $7.50-$19.63             |  | $                                         | 8.01  |                                                    
|              |  |                          |  |                                           |       |                                                    

In
accordance with SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," the Company has chosen to continue to account for stock-based compensation to employees using the intrinsic
value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employee," and related interpretations. Accordingly, compensation cost for stock options granted
to employees is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the Company's common stock at the date of the grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock.

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Had
compensation expense for the Company's stock-based compensation plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates consistent with the method of SFAS No. 123, the
Company's net earnings and basic earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:

Year Ended December 31, 1999

|Net income:                |  |   |          
|-------------------------- |  | - | ---------
|As reported                |  | $ | 7,308,331
|Pro forma                  |  | $ | 6,756,948
|Basic earnings per share   |  |   |          
|As reported                |  | $ | 1.00     
|Pro forma                  |  | $ | 0.93     
|Diluted earnings per share |  |   |          
|As reported                |  | $ | 0.98     
|Pro forma                  |  | $ | 0.91     

The
weighted-average fair value per option at the date of grant for options granted in 1999 was $2.55. The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with
the following weighted average assumptions for fiscal 1999:

|Risk-free interest rates       |  | 5.97%-6.49%
|------------------------------ |  | -----------
|Expected dividend yield        |  | -0-        
|Expected volatility factor     |  | 80%        
|Expected option holding period |  | 5 years    

12. Business Acquisition:

On July 15, 1998, the Company acquired DCSI, a Marietta, Georgia-based firm engaged in the analysis, custom design, integration and support of high-end
data storage solutions principally for customers located in the Southeastern portion of the United States. In addition to its Marietta headquarters, DCSI had field sales offices in Herndon, Virginia,
Charlotte, North Carolina, and Melbourne and Tampa, Florida.

Under
terms of the acquisition, the Company acquired all of DCSI's capital stock in exchange for $2 million cash and 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock, with a negotiated
fair value of $2 million. In order to maintain the fair value of the common stock at $2 million and under the terms of
the agreement, an additional 66,667 shares were issued in 1999 as the completed initial public offering price was less than $10.00 per share. Such adjustment in the number of shares issued was
reflected in stockholders' equity and did not affect the originally recorded cost of the DCSI acquisition. Under terms of the acquisition, certain DCSI employees were also paid an aggregate of
$500,000 under noncompetition agreements.

The
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed. The results of operations of DCSI have been included with the operating results of the Company beginning on July 15, 1998.

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The
following table presents the purchase price allocation of the acquired, identifiable intangible assets of DCSI:

|Cash and fair value of Company's common stock issued         |  | $ | 4,000,000 |  
|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | - | --------- | -
|Direct acquisition costs                                     |  |   | 677,324   |  
|DCSI liabilities assumed                                     |  |   | 3,960,128 |  
|                                                             |  |   |          
|Total purchase price                                         |  | $ | 8,637,452 |  
|                                                             |  |   |          
|Estimated fair value of tangible assets acquired             |  | $ | 5,153,888 |  
|Estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets       |  |   | 1,640,000 |  
|Goodwill                                                     |  |   | 2,455,284 |  
|Deferred tax liabilities related to identifiable intangibles |  |   | (611,720  | )
|                                                             |  |   |          
|                                                             |  | $ | 8,637,452 |  
|                                                             |  |   |          

The
purchase price allocated to intangible assets and goodwill and their respective amortization periods are as follows:

|                        |  | Allocation |           | Estimated Life
|----------------------- |  | ---------- | --------- | --------------
|Customer base           |  | $          | 700,000   |               
|Assembled workforce     |  |            | 490,000   |               
|Trademark and tradename |  |            | 450,000   |               
|Goodwill                |  |            | 2,455,284 |               

The
$500,000 cost of noncompetition agreements has been capitalized and will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their underlying three-year terms.

The
following unaudited pro forma condensed results of operations have been prepared to give effect to the acquisition of DCSI as if the acquisition occurred as of the beginning of
the years presented:

|                                        |  | Year Ended December 31,
|--------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------
|
|Net sales                               |  | $                      
|Net income                              |  | $                      
|Net income per share, basic and diluted |  | $                      

The
unaudited pro forma condensed results of operations are not necessarily indicative of results that would have occurred had the acquisitions been in effect for the periods
presented, nor are they necessarily indicative of the results that will be obtained in the future.

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13. Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

The following provides supplemental information concerning the statements of cash flows:

|                                                          |  | Year Ended December 31,
|--------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------
|
|Cash paid for interest                                    |  | $                      
|Cash paid for income taxes                                |  |                        
|Significant noncash financing and investing transactions: |  |                        
|Stock issued to purchase DCSI                             |  |                        
|Repurchase of stock in exchange for note                  |  |                        

14. Subsequent events

On March 7, 2000, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering of 2.2 million
shares of its common stock to the public. The price for the shares will be determined at the time the offering is finalized.

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Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

The information regarding executive officers required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K is included in "Executive Officers of the Registrant" in Part I of this
form and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, we will furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive Proxy Statement (the "Proxy Statement") not later than 120 days after
the close of the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. The information required by Item 405 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.

The information set forth under the caption "Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers and Other Information" in the Company's 2000 Proxy Statement is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

The information set forth under the caption "Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof" in the Company's Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

The information required by this section is incorporated by reference from the information in the section entitled "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions" in the Proxy Statement.

PART IV

Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.



|Exhibit Number |  | Title                                                         |  | Method of Filing
|-------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------
|3.1            |  | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company |  | *               
|3.2            |  | Restated Bylaws of the Company                                |  | *               
|4.1            |  | Form of Common Stock Certificate                              |  | *               
|10.1           |  | Employee Stock Purchase Plan                                  |  | *               

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|10.2 |  | 1999 Incentive Compensation Plan                                                                                                                                           |  | *             
|---- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------
|10.3 |  | Credit Agreement with Norwest Bank Minneapolis, N.A.                                                                                                                       |  | *             
|10.4 |  | Form of Indemnification Agreement                                                                                                                                          |  | *             
|10.5 |  | Lease Agreement with Washington Avenue L.L.P.                                                                                                                              |  | *             
|10.6 |  | Deferred Compensation Agreement with Stanley I. Clothier                                                                                                                   |  | *             
|10.7 |  | Agreement and Plan of Reorganization with Direct Connect Systems, Inc. (excluding Schedules and Exhibits which the Registrant will provide to the Commission upon request) |  | *             
|10.8 |  | Second Lease Agreement with Washington Avenue L.L.P.                                                                                                                       |  | *             
|10.9 |  | Lease Extension Agreement with Washington Avenue L.L.P.                                                                                                                    |  | *             
|16.1 |  | Letter from Hansen, Jergenson, Nergaard & Co., LLP regarding change in certifying accountant                                                                               |  | *             
|23.1 |  | Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP                                                                                                                                      |  | Filed herewith
|27.1 |  | Financial Data Schedule (Edgar filing only)                                                                                                                                |  |               

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DATALINK CORPORATION

SCHEDULE II

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1997, 1998 AND 1999

|Description                          |  | Period         |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |                       | Additions |   | Deductions (1)        |  | Balance at Beginning of Period
|------------------------------------ |  | -------------- |  | ------------------------------ | --------------------- | --------- | - | --------------------- |  | ------------------------------
|Allowance for Doubtful Accounts      |  | 1997
1998
1999 |  | $                              | 60,000
60,000
84,214  |           | $ | 27,235
24,214
201,676 |  | $                             
|Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence |  | 1997
1998
1999 |  | $                              | 100,000
25,000
40,000 |           | $ | 
177,187
455,728     |  | $                             

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

|                     |  | DATALINK CORPORATION
|-------------------- |  | --------------------
|Date: March 24, 2000 |  |                     
|                     |  | By:                 
|                     |  |                     
|                     |  | By:                 
|                     |  |                     

Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

|Signature                               |  | Title                                                                            |  | Date          
|--------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------
|                                        |  |                                                                                  |  |               
|/s/GREG R. MELANDGreg R. Meland         |  | President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |  | March 24, 2000
|/s/DANIEL J. KINSELLADaniel J. Kinsella |  | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)             |  | March 24, 2000
|/s/PAUL F. LIDSKYPaul F. Lidsky         |  | Director                                                                         |  | March 24, 2000
|/s/MARGARET A. LOFTUSMargaret A. Loftus |  | Director                                                                         |  | March 24, 2000
|/s/JAMES E. OUSLEYJames E. Ousley       |  | Director                                                                         |  | March 24, 2000
|/s/ROBERT M. PRICERobert M. Price       |  | Director                                                                         |  | March 24, 2000

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