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Datalink Reports 2006 Second-Quarter and Six-Month Operating Results; Second Quarter Sales Rise 39 Percent over the Same Period in 2005; Net Earnings Increase 355 Percent to $2.0 Million versus $446,000 in Year-Earlier.


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The corrected release reads:

DATALINK REPORTS 2006 SECOND-QUARTER AND SIX-MONTH OPERATING RESULTS; SECOND QUARTER SALES RISE 39 PERCENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 2005; NET EARNINGS INCREASE 355 PERCENT TO $2.0 MILLION VERSUS $446,000 IN YEAR-EARLIER PERIOD

Live Webcast of Conference Call at 9:30 AM Central Time Today, July July: see month.  19, 2006

Datalink Corporation Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK) is an American data storage corporation with operations throughout the United States. The company engages in the design, installation, and support of data storage infrastructures that store, protect, and provide continuous access to  (Nasdaq:DTLK), a leading independent information storage architect, reported that revenues for the quarter ended June June: see month.  30, 2006, rose 39 percent to $39.8 million from $28.7 million for the prior-year period. During the second quarter of 2006, a single customer accounted for approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 20 percent of revenues. The company reported net earnings of $2.0 million, or $.18 per diluted di·lute  
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1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, compared to net earnings of $446,000 or $.04 per diluted share, in the 2005 second quarter.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, the company reported revenues of $74.1 million, a 48 percent increase over revenues of $50.0 million in the first six months of 2005. Net earnings for the first six months of 2006 were $2.9 million, or $.26 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $4.3 million, or $.41 per diluted share for the first six months of 2005. The net loss in the first six months of 2005 included the previously announced non-cash charge Non-Cash Charge

A charge off, made by a company against earnings, that does not require an initial outlay of cash.

Notes:
Non-cash charges are typically against the depreciation, amortization, and depletion accounts on a company's balance sheet.
 of $3.5 million, or $.34 per diluted share, related to subleasing a portion of the company's corporate headquarters facility.

Charlie Westling West´ling

n. 1. A westerner.
, Datalink's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , commented, "We are very pleased to report continued strong performance in the second quarter of 2006, as both sales and net earnings came in above expectations. Datalink continues to make significant progress against our strategic initiatives to increase productivity, deliver storage solutions and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products.  more effectively and strengthen our resources in key geographic geographic /geo·graph·ic/ (je?o-graf´ik) in pathology, of or referring to a pattern that is well demarcated, resembling outlines on a map.

geographic

pertaining to geography.
 locations."

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 Westling, the company's accomplishments included:

--Fifth consecutive quarter of profitability and eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth;

--Highest level of quarterly services revenues in the company's history;

--Growing success in driving storage solutions with enterprise customers, with seven customers each generating over $1 million of revenue during the quarter, compared to four in the second quarter of 2005;

--A strong book of business going forward, with the company's backlog Backlog

The total value of sales orders waiting to be fulfilled.

Notes:
This figure is used mainly in the manufacturing industry. Increases or decreases in a company's backlog indicate the future direction of sales and earnings.
 at the beginning of the third quarter at $19 million.

Westling continued, "We believe that we can build off of our strong first half performance and continue our profitable growth for the rest of the year by executing our key initiatives. We remain focused on:

--Continuing to increase employee productivity by leveraging investments in our field and customer support areas;

--Further penetrating penetrating

breaching the tissues of the body.
 our enterprise customer base;

--Targeting high growth market segments and deploying new technologies; and

--Delivering greater value to customers through solutions and services."

Outlook

For the third quarter ending September September: see month.  30, 2006, Datalink expects revenues of between $33 million and $37 million, with net earnings ranging from $.05 to $.10 per diluted share. This outlook reflects the unpredictable nature and timing of large orders received at the end of a quarter and seasonality that is typical of the third quarter. The net amounts do not reflect any income tax benefit or expense.

Webcast

A live Webcast of the Datalink second-quarter results conference call is scheduled for today, July 19, at 9:30 a.m. Central Time and can be heard via Datalink's Website at www.datalink.com.

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 spe·cial·ize  
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v.intr.
1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study.

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 capabilities and solutions span storage area networks, network-attached storage See NAS. , direct-attached storage Direct-attached storage (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. It is a retronym, mainly used to differentiate non-networked storage from SAN and NAS.  and IP-based storage, using industry-leading hardware, software and technical services.

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" for certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

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. This press release contains forward-looking statements, including our internal projections of anticipated third quarter 2006 results, which reflect our views regarding future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those identified below, which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. The words "aim, "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate" and other expressions which indicate future events and trends identify forward-looking statements. Actual future results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those anticipated depending upon a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: the level of continuing demand for storage, including the effects of economic conditions; competition and pricing pressures and timing of our installations that may adversely affect our revenues and profits; fixed employment costs that may impact profitability if we suffer revenue shortfalls; revenue recognition policies that may unpredictably defer de·fer 1  
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 reporting of our revenues; our ability to hire and retain key technical and sales personnel; our dependence on key suppliers; our ability to adapt to rapid technological change; risks associated with possible future acquisitions; fluctuations in our quarterly operating results; future changes in applicable accounting rules; and volatility Volatility

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 in our stock price. We may not achieve significant future revenues from our customer that accounted for approximately 20 percent of our second quarter revenue. Further, our revenues for any particular quarter are not necessarily reflected by our backlog of contracted orders, which also may fluctuate unpredictably.
DATALINK CORPORATION
                       STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                (In thousands, except per share data)
                             (Unaudited)

                                  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
                                       June 30,          June 30,
                                    2006      2005     2006     2005
                                    ----      ----     ----     ----

Net sales:
   Products                        $29,280  $19,918  $54,224  $33,573
   Services                         10,553    8,823   19,893   16,409
                                  ------------------------------------
Total net sales                     39,833   28,741   74,117   49,982
                                  ------------------------------------

Cost of sales:
   Cost of product sales            22,519   15,153   41,159   25,521
   Cost of service sales             7,463    5,974   13,966   11,088
                                  ------------------------------------
Total cost of sales                 29,982   21,127   55,125   36,609
                                  ------------------------------------
Gross profit                         9,851    7,614   18,992   13,373
                                  ------------------------------------
Operating expenses:
   Sales and marketing               3,927    3,838    8,104    7,131
   General and administrative        2,541    2,245    5,330    4,791
   Engineering                       1,473    1,078    2,942    2,206
   Restructuring charges                 -        -        -    3,502
   Amortization of intangibles           -       65        -      130
                                  ------------------------------------
                                     7,941    7,226   16,376   17,760
                                  ------------------------------------
Earnings (loss) from operations      1,910      388    2,616   (4,387)
Interest income, net                   123       58      250      132
                                  ------------------------------------
   Net earnings (loss)              $2,033     $446   $2,866  $(4,255)
                                  ====================================

Net earnings (loss) per common
 share:
   Basic                             $0.19    $0.04    $0.27   $(0.41)
   Diluted                           $0.18    $0.04    $0.26   $(0.41)
Weighted average common shares
 outstanding:
   Basic                            10,694   10,308   10,571   10,301
   Diluted                          11,279   10,376   10,975   10,301



                         DATALINK CORPORATION
                            BALANCE SHEETS
                            (In thousands)
                                               June 30,   December 31,
                                                 2006         2005
                                                 ----         ----
                                             (Unaudited)
                                Assets
  Current assets
    Cash and cash equivalents                    $16,822      $13,434
    Accounts receivable, net                      15,479       18,673
    Inventories                                      953          831
    Deferred customer support contract costs      21,794       16,500
    Inventories shipped but not installed          7,588        5,064
    Other current assets                             227          261
                                             ------------ ------------
      Total current assets                        62,863       54,763
                                             ------------ ------------
  Property and equipment, net                      2,296        2,476
  Goodwill                                         5,500        5,500
  Other assets                                       376          404
                                             ------------ ------------
      Total assets                               $71,035      $63,143
                                             ============ ============

                 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
    Accounts payable                             $17,383      $19,660
    Accrued commissions                            1,216        1,359
    Accrued income taxes                              47           70
    Accrued sales and use tax                        646          645
    Accrued expenses, other                        1,567        1,893
    Sublease reserve current                         376          384
    Deferred revenue from customer support
     contracts                                    28,027       21,367
                                             ------------ ------------
Total current liabilities                         49,262       45,378
  Deferred rent                                      260          289
  Sublease reserve non-current                     1,457        1,641
                                             ------------ ------------
      Total liabilities                           50,979       47,308
                                             ------------ ------------

  Commitments and contingencies

  Stockholders' equity
    Common stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000
     shares authorized, 10,747,043 and
     10,404,105 shares issued and outstanding
     as of June 30, 2006 and December 31,
     2005, respectively                               11           10
    Additional paid-in capital                    27,909       26,555
    Accumulated deficit                           (7,864)     (10,730)
                                             ------------ ------------
    Total stockholders' equity                    20,056       15,835
                                             ------------ ------------
      Total liabilities and stockholders'
       equity                                    $71,035      $63,143
                                             ============ ============



                         DATALINK CORPORATION
                       STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                            (In thousands)
                             (Unaudited)

                                                     Six Months Ended
                                                         June 30,
                                                       2006     2005
                                                       ----     ----


Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net earnings (loss)                                  $2,866  $(4,255)
 Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net
  cash provided by operating activities:
    Provision for bad debts                               18       18
    Depreciation                                         522      684
    Amortization of intangibles                            -      131
    Deferred rent                                        (29)     (74)
    Charge for sublease reserve                            -    3,502
    Amortization of sublease reserve                    (192)    (516)
    Stock compensation expense                            91       33
 Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
    Accounts receivable                                3,176   (1,714)
    Inventories                                       (2,646)  (1,453)
    Deferred customer support contract
     costs/revenues, net                               1,366      794
    Accounts payable                                  (2,277)     644
    Accrued expenses                                    (491)      13
    Other                                                 62     (381)
                                                     -----------------
    Net cash provide by (used in) operating
     activities                                        2,466   (2,574)
                                                     -----------------

Cash flows from investing activities:
 Purchase of property and equipment                     (342)    (826)
                                                     -----------------
   Net cash used in investing activities                (342)    (826)
                                                     -----------------

Cash flows from financing activities:
 Proceeds from issuance of common stock                1,264       56
                                                     -----------------
   Net cash provided by financing activities           1,264       56
                                                     -----------------

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents       3,388   (3,344)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period        13,434   12,663
                                                     -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period             $16,822   $9,319
                                                     =================
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