Datalink Corporation Promotes Charlie Westling to President and Chief Operating Officer.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2003

Datalink Corporation (Nasdaq:DTLK), a leading independent information storage architect, today announced that Charlie Westling has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Westling was the company's Vice President of Market Development; he has been with Datalink for two years.

Greg Meland, Datalink's CEO, commented: "Charlie brings a unique combination of operational and leadership skills to his new role. We believe this new senior management structure will increase our Company's ability to thrive and return higher levels of shareholder value both near- and long-term."

Prior to Datalink, Westling held senior management positions with Agiliti, Inc., a technology services company, and John G. Kinnard and Company, and was a managing director at Dain Bosworth Incorporated. He has more than 20 years of business experience.

"My top priorities are to expand our customer relationships and increase the productivity of our people so that we can return to profitability and accelerate the growth of our business. I am very pleased to have the opportunity in this role to help make it happen," said Westling.

Datalink Corporation is an information storage architect. The company analyzes, designs, implements, and supports information storage infrastructures that store, protect, and provide continuous access to information. Datalink's specialized capabilities and solutions span storage area networks, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage, and IP-based storage, using industry-leading hardware, software, and technical services.

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