Datalink (DTLK) 10-Q 2011 Q2 Quarterly report

FORM 10-Q

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

(Mark One)

x	Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended: June 30, 2011
or
o	Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from               to               

Commission file number: 00029758

DATALINK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

8170 UPLAND CIRCLE

CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317-8589

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(952) 944-3462

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  x   No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “small reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

Large Accelerated Filer o	Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filer o	Smaller Reporting Company x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes o  No x

As of August 9, 2011, 17,514,316 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.001 par value, were outstanding.

DATALINK CORPORATION

Index			Page No.
PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Financial Statements
		Balance Sheet — June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010
		Statement of Operations — Three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010
		Statement of Cash Flows — Three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010
		Notes to Financial Statements
	Item 2.	Managements’ Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures
PART II	OTHER INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors
	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
	Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities
	Item 4.	Reserved
	Item 5.	Other Information
	Item 6.	Exhibits
		Signatures

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Financial Statements

Datalink Corporation

Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

	June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)		December 31, 2010
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	23,282	$	8,988
Short term investments	9,729		—
Accounts receivable, net	49,955		57,779
Inventories	1,415		2,210
Deferred customer support contract costs	53,745		48,715
Inventories shipped but not installed	4,878		7,191
Income tax receivable	65		1,064
Other current assets	550		607
Total current assets	143,619		126,554
Property and equipment, net	2,258		2,126
Goodwill	23,146		23,146
Finite life intangibles, net	4,454		5,219
Deferred customer support contract costs non-current	23,800		18,742
Other assets	281		285
Total assets	$	197,558	$	176,072
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	16,157	$	28,749
Accrued commissions	3,092		3,546
Accrued sales and use tax	581		1,414
Accrued expenses, other	3,759		3,427
Deferred taxes	3,723		3,723
Customer deposits	2,769		2,209
Deferred revenue from customer support contracts	67,152		61,571
Other current liabilities	195		279
Total current liabilities	97,428		104,918
Deferred income taxes	203		203
Deferred revenue from customer support contracts non-current	28,940		23,284
Other liabilities non-current	102		212
Total liabilities	126,673		128,617
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 17,189,509 and 13,569,533 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	17		14
Additional paid in capital	62,314		43,332
Retained earnings	8,554		4,109
Total stockholders’ equity	70,885		47,455
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	197,558	$	176,072

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Datalink Corporation

Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011		2010			2011		2010
Net sales:
Products	$	56,540	$	43,990		$	112,140	$	82,166
Services	32,941		26,885			63,035		51,253
Total net sales	89,481		70,875			175,175		133,419
Cost of sales:
Cost of products	42,967		34,119			85,193		63,981
Cost of services	24,835		19,719			47,548		37,792
Amortization of intangibles	—		277			—		554
Total cost of sales	67,802		54,115			132,741		102,327
Gross profit	21,679		16,760			42,434		31,092
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	9,404		8,098			18,561		15,765
General and administrative	3,695		3,822			7,524		7,325
Engineering	3,818		4,330			8,205		8,256
Integration and transaction costs	—		192			—		581
Amortization of intangibles	383		383			765		765
	17,300		16,825			35,055		32,692
Earnings (loss) from operations	4,379		(65		)	7,379		(1,600		)
Interest income, net	1		3			4		8
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	4,380		(62		)	7,383		(1,592		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,683		(67		)	2,938		(706		)
Net earnings (loss)	$	2,697	$	5		$	4,445	$	(886	)
Net earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	0.16	$	0.00		$	0.30	$	(0.07	)
Diluted	0.16		0.00			0.29		(0.07		)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	16,357		12,789			15,006		12,763
Diluted	16,840		13,005			15,456		12,763

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Datalink Corporation

Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$	4,445		$	(886	)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for bad debts	(4		)	(11		)
Depreciation	478			441
Amortization of intangibles	765			1,319
Stock based compensation expense	925			567
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, in 2010 net of effects of acquisition
Accounts receivable, net	7,828			10,708
Inventories	3,108			(510		)
Deferred costs/revenues/customer deposits, net	1,709			3,109
Accounts payable	(12,592		)	(13,154		)
Accrued expenses	(955		)	(921		)
Income tax payable (receivable)	999			(197		)
Other	(133		)	(203		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	6,573			262
Cash flows from investing activities:
Maturities of investments	249			2,730
Purchase of investments	(9,978		)	—
Purchase of property and equipment	(610		)	(769		)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(10,339		)	1,961
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from stock offering, net of offering costs	17,453			—
Payment of note payable due to seller of acquired business	—			(3,000		)
Excess tax from stock compensation	113			(29		)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock from option exercise	494			251
Tax withholding payments reimbursed by restricted stock	—			(78		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	18,060			(2,856		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	14,294			(633		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	8,988			12,901
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	23,282		$	12,268
Supplementary cash flow information:
Cash paid for income taxes	$	1,942		$	57
Cash received for income tax refunds	$	117		$	538

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Datalink Corporation

Notes To Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1.             Basis of Presentation

We have prepared the interim financial statements included in this Form 10-Q without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  We have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, pursuant to such rules and regulations.  You should read these financial statements in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto included in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The financial statements presented herein as of June 30, 2011, and for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, reflect, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (which consist only of normal, recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Management makes estimates and assumptions affecting the amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses we report, and our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements.  The results of the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.  Accordingly, you should read these condensed financial statements in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes included in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Actual results could differ materially from these estimates and assumptions.

Change in Accounting Policy

In October 2009, the FASB amended Accounting Standards Codifications (“ASC”) as summarized in Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-14, Software (Topic 985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements, and ASU No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. ASU 2009-14 amends industry specific revenue accounting guidance for software and software related transactions to exclude from its scope tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality, or what we refer to as essential software. We also sell non-essential software, which continues to fall under the guidance of SOP 97-2. ASU 2009-13 amends the accounting for multiple-element arrangements to provide guidance on how the deliverables in an arrangement should be separated and eliminates the use of the residual method. ASU 2009-13 also requires an entity to allocate revenue using the relative selling price method.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted the provisions of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 for new and materially modified arrangements originating after January 1, 2011.  The adoption of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 was material to our financial results.

The following table shows total net revenues as reported with the adoption of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 and unaudited total net revenues that would have been reported during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2011 had we not adopted ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14:

	As Reported		As if the Previous Accounting Guidance Was in Effect
	In thousands
Total net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2011	$	89,481	$	74,423
Total net revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2011	$	175,175	156,573

The above table represents an increase in total net revenues of $15.1 million and $18.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. The increase in total net revenues was due to the recognition of revenue that would have been previously deferred for multiple-element arrangements, which include hardware, software or other arrangements where the undelivered element is post contract customer support for which we were unable to establish vender-specific objective evidence (“VSOE “) (as discussed in more detail below) of the fair value of the undelivered element. The new standard allows for deliverables for which revenue would have been previously deferred to be separated and recognized as delivered, rather than recognized over the longest service delivery period as a single unit with other elements in the arrangement.

ASU 2009-13 establishes a hierarchy of evidence to determine the stand-alone selling price of a deliverable based on VSOE, third-party evidence (“TPE”), and the best estimate of selling price (“BESP”). If VSOE is available, it would be used to determine the selling price of

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a deliverable. If VSOE is not available, the entity would determine whether TPE is available. If so, TPE must be used to determine the selling price. If TPE is not available, then the BESP would be used.

In certain instances, we are not able to establish VSOE for all deliverables in an arrangement with multiple elements. This may be due to infrequent sales of each element separately, not pricing products within a narrow range, or only having a limited sales history. We have not consistently established VSOE of fair value for any of our products or services, except for our customer support contracts.

When VSOE cannot be established, we attempt to establish selling price for each element based on TPE. TPE is determined based on competitor prices for similar deliverables when sold separately. Generally, our strategy differs from that of our peers and our offerings contain a significant level of customization and differentiation such that the comparable pricing of products with similar functionality cannot be obtained. Furthermore, we are unable to reliably determine what similar competitor products’ selling prices are on a stand-alone basis. Therefore, we are typically not able to determine TPE.

Since we are typically unable to determine VSOE or TPE, we use BESP in our allocation of the arrangement consideration. Therefore, revenue from these multiple-element arrangements are allocated based of BESP, except for customer support contracts which are allocated based of VSOE. The objective of BESP is to determine the price at which we would transact a sale if the product or service were sold on a stand-alone basis.  BESP is generally used for offerings that are not typically sold on a stand-alone basis or for new or highly customized offerings.  We determine BESP for a product or service by considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, geographies, market conditions, competitive landscape, internal costs, gross margin objectives and pricing practices. The determination of BESP is made through consultation with and formal approval by management.

We regularly review VSOE, TPE and BESP and maintain internal controls over the establishment and updates of these estimates. We limit the amount of revenue recognition for delivered elements to the amount that is not contingent on the future delivery of products or services, future performance obligations or subject customer-specified return or refund privileges.

We evaluate each deliverable in an arrangement to determine whether they represent a single unit of accounting. The delivered item constitutes separate units of accounting when it has standalone value and there are no customer-negotiated refunds or return rights for the delivered elements. If the arrangement includes a customer-negotiated refund or return right relative to the delivered item and the delivery and performance of the undelivered item is considered probable and substantially in our control, the delivered element constitutes a separate unit of accounting. In instances when the aforementioned criteria are not met, the deliverable is combined with the undelivered elements and revenue recognition is determined for the combined unit as a single unit. Allocation of the consideration is determined at arrangement inception on the basis of each unit’s relative selling price.

Our multiple-element product offerings include networking hardware with embedded software products and support, which are considered separate units of accounting. For fiscal year 2011 and future periods, pursuant to the guidance of ASU 2009-13, when a sales arrangement contains multiple elements, such as products, software, customer support services and/or professional services, we will allocate revenues to each element based on the aforementioned selling price hierarchy. In multiple-element arrangements where software is essential to the functionality of the products, revenue is allocated to each separate unit of accounting for each of the non-software deliverables and to the software deliverable as a group using the relative selling prices of each of the deliverables in the arrangement based on aforementioned selling price hierarchy. If the arrangement contains more than one software deliverable, the arrangement consideration allocated to the software deliverable as a group is then recognized as one unit of accounting using the guidance for recognizing software revenue, as amended.

For fiscal year 2010 and sales contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 2011, we recognized revenue pursuant to the previous guidance for multiple-element arrangements. Refer to the critical accounting policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” for a discussion of the previous accounting policy.

We expect the adoptions of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 to be material to future periods, however we cannot reasonably estimate the effect of adopting these standards on future financial periods as the impact will vary depending on the nature and volume of new or materially modified arrangements in any given period.

In addition to selling multiple-element arrangements, which were materially impacted by the accounting change summarized above, we also sell certain products and services on a stand-alone basis that were not specifically affected by the impact of ASU No. 2009-14 and ASU No. 2009-13.

Product Sales.  We sell software and hardware products on both a “free-standing” basis without any services and as data center solutions bundled with its installation and configuration services (“bundled arrangements”). Under either arrangement, we recognize revenue from

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the sales of products, primarily hardware and essential software, when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, shipment has occurred and title has transferred, the sales price is fixed and determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. In customer arrangements where a formal acceptance of products is required by the customer, revenue is recognized upon meeting such acceptance criteria.

Service Sales.  In addition to installation and configuration services provided by us or third party vendors as part of our bundled arrangements, our service sales include customer support contracts and consulting services.  On our balance sheet, deferred revenue relates to service sales for which our customer has paid us or has been invoiced but for which we have not yet performed the applicable services.  Revenue from extended service contracts is recognized ratably over the contract term, generally one to three years. Professional services are offered under time and material or fixed fee-based contracts or as part of multiple-element arrangements. Professional services revenue is recognized as services are performed.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In December 2010, the FASB issued an update to ASC 350 Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350”): When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units with Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts. The update requires an entity with reporting units that have carrying amounts that are zero or negative to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units’ goodwill is impaired. If the entity determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of one or more of its reporting units is impaired, the entity should perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for those reporting unit(s). Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendments should be included in earnings as required by Section 350-20-35. This update to ASC 350 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2010. The adoption of this standard had no material impact on our financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued an update to ASC 805 Business Combinations (“ASC 805”): Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations. The amendments in this update specify that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments in this update also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The update to ASC 805 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. We do not expect the adoption to have a material impact on our financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued an update to ASC 820 Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).  The update requires an entity with fair value measurement disclosures to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. The guidance changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements, particularly for level 3 fair value measurements.  The update to ASC 820 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. We do not expect the adoption to have a material impact on our financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued an update to ASC 220 Fair Comprehensive Income (“ASC 820”): Presentation of Comprehensive Income.  The update eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income in the statement of stockholders’ equity. Instead, the new guidance now requires an entity to present all non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity either as a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or as two separate but consecutive statements. The update to ASC 220 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning, after December 15, 2011. We do not expect the adoption to have a material impact on our financial statements.

2.             Net Earnings (Loss) per Share

We compute basic net earnings (loss) per share using the weighted average number of shares outstanding.  Diluted net earnings (loss) per share include the effect of common stock equivalents, if any, for each period.  Diluted per share amounts assume the conversion, exercise or issuance of all potential common stock instruments unless their effect is anti-dilutive.  The following table computes basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per share:

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	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Net earnings (loss)	$	2,697		$	5		$	4,445		$	(886	)
Basic:
Weighted average common shares outstanding	17,190			13,305			17,190			13,305
Weighted average common shares of non-vested stock	(833		)	(516		)	(2,184		)	(542		)
Shares used in the computation of basic net earnings (loss) per share	16,357			12,789			15,006			12,763
Net earnings (loss) per share — basic	$	0.16		$	0.00		$	0.30		$	(0.07	)
Diluted:
Shares used in the computation of basic net earnings (loss) per share	16,357			12,789			15,006			12,763
Employee and non-employee director stock options	113			73			110			—
Non-vested stock	370			143			340			—
Shares used in the computation of diluted net earnings (loss) per share	16,840			13,005			15,456			12,763
Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted	$	0.16		$	0.00		$	0.29		$	(0.07	)

We excluded the following non-vested common stock and options to purchase shares of common stock from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive

	Three Months Ended		Six Months Ended
	June 30,		June 30,
	2011	2010	2011	2010
Non-vested common stock	51,000	—	94,000	18,750
Options to purchase shares of common stock	7,500	202,835	7,500	184,093

3.             Stockholders Equity

Common Stock Offering

On March 14, 2011, we completed a public offering of 4,266,500 shares of common stock with a price to the public of $5.75 per share. We issued and sold 3,306,500 shares in the offering and the selling shareholder sold 960,000 shares in the offering. We did not receive any proceeds from the shares sold by the selling shareholder.

Stock Based Compensation

Non-vested Stock:

Total stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock was $370,000 and $142,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Total stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock was $667,000 and $303,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock was $2.4 million at June 30, 2011 which we will amortize ratably through January 2014.

The following table summarizes our non-vested stock activity for the six months ended June 30, 2011:

	Number of Shares		WeightedAverage Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested stock at January 1, 2011	647,058		$	4.04
Granted	209,000		$	5.86
Cancelled	(30,000	)	$	4.43
Shares vested	—		$	—
Non-vested stock at June 30, 2011	826,058		$	4.48

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Stock Options:

Total stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $65,000 and $91,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Total stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $134,000 and $183,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $526,000 at June 30, 2011 which we will amortize ratably through July 2013.

The following table represents stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2011:

	Number of Shares		WeightedAverage Exercise Price		WeightedAverage RemainingContract Life in Years
Outstanding options as of January 1, 2011	1,037,711		$	4.10
Options granted	—		$	—
Options exercised	(115,550	)	$	4.28
Options cancelled	(87,493	)	$	8.66
Outstanding options as of June 30, 2011	834,668		$	3.59	6.18
Exercisable options as of June 30, 2011	480,503		$	2.41	2.19

Other:

During the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, we recognized expense of $64,000 and $39,000 related to the issuance of 9,216 and 9,000 shares of fully vested common stock to members of our Board of Directors.  During the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, we recognized expense of $124,000 and $80,000 related to the issuance of 18,607 and 18,000 shares of fully vested common stock to members of our Board of Directors.

4.             Income Taxes

We base the provision for income taxes upon estimated annual effective tax rates in the tax jurisdictions in which we operate.  For the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, our effective tax rate was 38% and 108%, respectively.  For the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, our effective tax rate was 40% and 44%, respectively. The lower tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same periods in 2010 resulted primarily from the impact of the ratio of permanent differences to our net earnings (loss).  We had a large ratio of permanent differences to our net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2010 which resulted in a high effective tax rate of 108% for this time period. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, the ratio of permanent differences to our net income was substantially lower which resulted in our effective tax rate of 38% for this period. The lower tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same periods in 2010 resulted primarily from the impact of discrete items.  We had approximately $51,000 of discrete items which we recognized in the six month period ended June 30, 2011, respectively. These discrete items lowered our effective tax rate to 40% for the six months ended June 30, 2011, whereas discrete items were minimal for the same periods in 2010.  We expect our annual effective tax rate for 2011 to be 39%.

As part of the process of preparing financial statements, we estimate federal and state income taxes. Management estimates the actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from different treatment for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which we include within our balance sheet. Management must then assess the likelihood that we will utilize deferred tax assets to offset future taxable income during the periods in which we may deduct these temporary differences.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded income tax expense of $1.7 million and $2.9 million, respectively, with effective tax rates of 38% and 40%.

Our fiscal years 2008 and 2009 are under IRS examination.  The timing of the resolution of this examination, as well as the amount and timing of any related settlement, is uncertain.  We believe that before the end of fiscal year 2011, it is reasonably possible that this audit will conclude.

We assess our uncertain tax positions for tax years that are still open for examination.  As of June 30, 2011 and 2010, we had no unrecognized tax benefits which would affect our effective tax rate if recognized.

We classify interest and penalties arising from the underpayment of income taxes in the statement of income under general and administrative expenses. As of June 30, 2011 and 2010, we had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The tax years 2007-2010 remain open to examination by both the Federal government and by other major income taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.

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Our ability to utilize a portion of our net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income is subject to certain limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code due to changes in our equity ownership.  We believe that an ownership change under Section 382 may have occurred, and therefore, such limitations may exist for net operating loss carryforwards.  We are currently reviewing whether, or to what extent, past changes in control will impair our NOL carryforwards.

5.             Goodwill and Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

We assess the carrying amount of our goodwill for potential impairment annually or more frequently if events or a change in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred.  We perform an impairment test for finite-lived assets, such as intangible assets, and other long-lived assets, such as fixed assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable.  Circumstances that could represent triggering events and therefore require an interim impairment test of goodwill or evaluation of our finite-life intangible assets or other long lived assets include the following:  loss of key personnel, unanticipated competition, higher or earlier than expected customer attrition, deterioration of operating performance, significant adverse industry, economic or regulatory changes or a significant decline in market capitalization.

We have only one operating and reporting unit that earns revenues, incurs expenses and makes available discrete financial information for review by our chief operations decision maker.  Accordingly, we complete our goodwill impairment testing on this single reporting unit.

Testing for goodwill impairment is a two step process. The first step screens for potential impairment.  If there is an indication of possible impairment we must complete the second step to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any.  The first step of the goodwill impairment test, used to identify potential impairment, compares the fair value of our market capitalization with the carrying value of our net assets. If our total market capitalization is at or below the carrying value of our net assets, we perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test to measure the amount of impairment loss we record, if any.  We consider goodwill impairment test estimates critical due to the amount of goodwill recorded on our balance sheet and the judgment required in determining fair value amounts.

Goodwill as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was $23.1 million.  We conducted our annual goodwill impairment test as of December 31, 2010, our last measurement date.  Based on this analysis, we determined that there was no impairment to goodwill.  We will continue to monitor conditions and changes that could indicate impairment of our recorded goodwill.

At each of June 30, 2011 and 2010, we determined that no triggering events had occurred during the quarter and our finite-lived assets and long-lived assets were not impaired.

Identified intangible assets are summarized as follows:

	Amortizable	As of June 30, 2011							As of December 31, 2010
	Period (years)	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization			Net Assets		Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization			Net Assets
Customer relationships	6-8	$	8,110	$	(3,879	)	$	4,231	$	8,110	$	(3,283	)	$	4,827
Services agreement	4	67		(29		)	38		67		(21		)	46
Certification	2	467		(409		)	58		467		(292		)	175
Trademarks	3	263		(136		)	127		263		(92		)	171
Order backlog	1	1,108		(1,108		)	—		1,108		(1,108		)	—
Total identified intangible assets		$	10,015	$	(5,561	)	$	4,454	$	10,015	$	(4,796	)	$	5,219

Amortization expense for identified intangible assets is summarized below:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,				Statement of Operations
	2011		2010		2011		2010		Classification
Customer relationships	$	298	$	298	$	596	$	596	Operating expenses
Services agreement	4		4		8		8		Operating expenses
Certification	59		59		117		117		Operating expenses
Trademarks	22		22		44		44		Operating expenses
Order backlog	—		277		—		554		Cost of sales
Total identified intangible assets	383		$	660	765		$	1,319

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Based on the identified intangible assets recorded at June 30, 2011, future amortization expense for the next five years is as follows:

	(in thousands)
Remainder of 2011	$	706
2012	1,292
2013	553
2014	481
2015	481
Thereafter	941
	$	4,454

6.             Short Term Investments

The following table summarizes our short term investments (in thousands):

	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Fair Value
June 30, 2011
Certificates of Deposit	$	4,729	—	—	$	4,729
Variable Rate Demand Notes	$	5,000	—	—	$	5,000
December 31, 2010
None	—		—	—	—

As of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had no unrealized holding gains/losses on investments.

As of June 30, 2011, we have $5.0 million in variable rate demand notes (“VRDN”). The underlying securities of these notes have contractual maturities which generally range from 13 to 37 years. Although our investments in VRDN’s have underlying securities with contractual maturities longer than one year, the VRDN’s themselves have interest rate resets of seven days and are considered short term investments. We can redeem these investments at cost at any time with seven days notice. Therefore, the investments are held at cost, which approximates fair value and are within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy (as discussed in more detail below).

7.             Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  In determining fair value for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and the assumptions that market participates would use when pricing the asset or liability.  We apply fair value measurements for both financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities.  We have no nonfinancial assets or liabilities that require measurement at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2011.

The fair value of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximate cost because of their short maturities.

We use the three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair values.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

·Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets for the identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

·Level 2 – Significant other observable inputs available at the measurement date, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, either directly or indirectly.

·Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs that we cannot corroborate by observable market data and thus reflect the use of significant management judgment.  We generally determine these values using pricing models based on assumptions our management believes other market participants would make.

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The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available.  In instances in which the inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, we determine the fair value measurement based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.  Our assessment of the significance of a particular item to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, including the consideration of inputs specific to the asset or liability.  The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the accounting of our financial assets and/or liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2011 according to the valuation techniques we used to determine their fair value(s).

	Fair Value Measurements as of June 30, 2011 (in thousands)
	06/30/2011		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	23,282	$	23,282	$	—	$	—
Certificates of Deposit	4,729		4,729		—		—
Variable Rate Demand Notes	5,000		5,000		—		—
Total assets measured at fair value	$	33,011	$	33,011	$	—	$	—

8.             Line of Credit

We have available for use a line of credit not to exceed $10.0 million with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. which expires on July 31, 2012. As of June 30, 2011, we had no borrowings outstanding on the line of credit. The credit line bears interest at 2.0% above the bank’s three month LIBOR rate and requires us to meet certain financial covenants.  At June 30, 2011, we were in compliance with the covenants.

9.Subsequent Events

On July 15, 2011, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register 1,053,943 shares of common stock available for grant under the Datalink Corporation 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2011 Plan”) and 452,307 shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of options that were granted under the Datalink Corporation 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan.  The 2011 Plan was approved by our shareholders on May 12, 2011.

On July 28, 2011, we entered into an Industrial Building Lease (the “Lease”) with Golden Triangle Tech Center Investors, LLC (the “Landlord”), for approximately 39,931 rentable square feet of space in a building located at 7905 Golden Triangle Drive in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.  We intend to use the space primarily for administrative offices and for our warehouse, distribution and manufacturing operations. The initial term of the Lease is for eight years and five months, commencing on the commencement date of the Lease. The commencement date of the Lease will be the later of (a) January 1, 2012 and (b) the date of substantial completion by the Landlord of the office area.

Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for certain forward-looking statements. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements regarding us, our business prospects and our results of operations that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties posed by many factors and events that could cause our actual business, prospects and results of operations to differ materially from those that may be anticipated by such forward-looking statements.  The words “aim, “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate” and other expressions which indicate future events and trends identify forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A—“Risk Factors” of our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, including but not limited to:  the level of continuing demand for storage, server and networking solutions, including the effects of current economic and credit conditions; competition and pricing pressures that may adversely affect our revenues and profits; fixed employment costs that may impact profitability if we suffer revenue shortfalls; 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 integrating possible future acquisitions; fluctuations in our quarterly operating results; future changes in applicable accounting rules; and volatility in our stock price.  Further, our revenues for any particular quarter are not necessarily reflected by our backlog of contracted orders, which also may fluctuate unpredictably.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may subsequently arise. Readers

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are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that advises interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business.

OVERVIEW

We provide solutions and services that make data centers more efficient, manageable and responsive to changing business needs.  Focused on mid and large-size companies, we assess, design, deploy, and support infrastructures such as servers, storage and networks, all of which are at the heart of the data center. We also resell hardware and software from the industry’s leading original equipment manufacturers (“OEM’s”) as part of our customer offerings. Our portfolio of solutions and services spans four practices: consolidation and virtualization, data storage protection, advanced network infrastructures and business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.  We offer a full suite of practice-specific consulting, analysis, design, implementation, management, and support services.

Our solutions can include hardware products, such as servers, disk arrays, tape systems, networking and interconnection components and software products.  Our data center strategy is supported through multiple trends in the market and involves supporting the market and our customers with a single vendor to provide their data center infrastructure needs.  As of June 30, 2011, we have 30 locations, including both leased facilities and home offices, throughout the United States.  We historically have derived our greatest percentage of net sales from customers located in the central part of the United States.

We sell support service contracts to most of our customers.  In about half of the support service contracts that we sell, our customers purchase support services through us, resulting in customers receiving the benefit of integrated system wide support.  We have a qualified, independent support desk that takes calls from customers, diagnoses the issues they are facing and either solves the problem or coordinates with our and/or vendor technical staff to meet the customer’s needs.  Our support service agreements with our customers include an underlying agreement with the product manufacturer.  The manufacturer provides on-site support assistance if necessary. The other half of the support service contracts that we sell to our customers are direct with the product manufacturers. For all support service contracts we sell, we defer revenues and direct costs resulting from these contracts, and amortize these revenues and expenses into operations, over the term of the contracts, which are generally twelve months.

The data center infrastructure solutions and services market is rapidly evolving and highly competitive.  Our competition includes other independent storage, server and networking system integrators, high end value-added resellers, distributors, consultants and the internal sales force of our suppliers.  Our ability to hire and retain qualified outside sales representatives and engineers with enterprise-class information storage, server and networking experience is critical to effectively competing in the marketplace and achieving our growth strategies.

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 center infrastructure 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.  Current economic conditions and competition also affect our customers’ decisions and timing to place orders with us and the size of those orders.  As a result, our net sales may fluctuate from quarter to quarter.

We view the current data center infrastructure market as providing significant opportunity for growth.  Currently, our market share is a small part of the overall market.  However, the providers of the data center infrastructure industry’s products and technologies are increasing their utilization of indirect sales approaches to broaden their reach and optimize their margins. Increasingly, they are turning to companies such as us to sell their products.  While these trends provide opportunity for us, we must improve our business model to generate sustainable, profitable growth.  Our model requires highly skilled sales and technical staff which results in substantial fixed costs for us.  We believe the best way to improve our company and create long-term shareholder value is to focus on building scaleable capabilities and a leverageable cost structure.  Our current strategies are focused on:

·Increasing our sales team productivity.

·Scaling our existing geographic locations and expanding into new locations.

·Expanding our customer support revenues.

·Enhancing our consulting and professional services business.

To pursue these strategies, we are:

·Improving our training, tools and recruiting efforts for sales and technical teams to increase productivity.

·Investing in customer-facing teams to acquire top tier sales and technical talent which we believe will increase our market share in key locations.

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·Deepening our presence in existing enterprise accounts and penetrating new enterprise accounts.

·Exploring potential acquisitions that we believe can strengthen our resources and capabilities in key geographic locations.

·Targeting high growth market segments and deploying new technologies which focus on cost saving technologies for our customers.

·Driving high levels of efficiency by streamlining our supply chain and expanding our professional services tools.

·Expanding our customer support capabilities and tools-based professional services offerings that we believe will provide more value to our customers.

All of these plans have various challenges and risks associated with them, including those described under “Item 1A- Risk Factors” in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Additional challenges include:

·Continued worldwide economic troubles may adversely affect our customers’ buying patterns.

·We may not increase our productivity and may lose, or not successfully recruit and retain key sales, technical or other personnel.

·Competition is intense and may adversely impact our profit margin.  Customers have many options for data center products and services.

·We may not successfully identify acquisition candidates or profitably integrate any business we acquire.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Net sales	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%
Cost of sales	75.8		76.4		75.8		76.7
Gross profit	24.2		23.6		24.2		23.3
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	10.5		11.4		10.6		11.8
General and administrative	4.1		5.4		4.3		5.5
Engineering	4.3		6.1		4.7		6.2
Integration and transaction costs	—		0.3		—		0.4
Amortization of intangibles	0.4		0.5		0.4		0.6
Total operating expenses	19.3		23.7		20.0		24.5
Earnings (loss) from operations	4.9	%	(0.1	)%	4.2	%	(1.2	)%

The following table shows, for the periods indicated, revenue and gross profit information for our product and service sales.

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	(in thousands)
Product sales	$	56,540		$	43,990		$	112,140		$	82,166
Service sales	32,941			26,885			63,035			51,253
Product gross profit	$	13,573		$	9,594		$	26,947		$	17,631
Service gross profit	8,106			7,166			15,487			13,461
Product gross profit as a percentage of product sales	24.0		%	21.8		%	24.0		%	21.4		%
Service gross profit as a percentage of service sales	24.6		%	26.7		%	24.6		%	26.3		%

The increase in our product revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the same periods in 2010, include $15.1 million and $18.6 million, respectively, due to the impact of our new revenue recognition policy that we adopted beginning January 1, 2011, which is discussed in more detail below under “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.” Our product revenues continue to reflect a diversification in the mix of our offerings. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, product

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sales represented 63.2% and 64%, respectively, of our total sales compared to 62.1% and 61.6%, respectively, for the comparable periods in 2010. In addition to the increase due to our new revenue recognition policy, the increase in our product revenue is a result of the increase in product offerings due to our transition to servicing the complete data center.  In addition to storage, our server and network sales have increased as part of our strategy to deliver data center hardware, software and services.  Going forward, we expect our customers will continue to closely scrutinize their expenditures and what impact, if any, current economic conditions may have on the growth and profitability of their business.  We cannot assure that changes in customer spending or economic conditions will positively impact our future product revenues.

Our service revenues increased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to the same period in 2010.  With the growth in our product revenues, we continue to successfully sell our installation and configuration services and customer support contracts.  Without continued sustainable growth in our product revenues going forward, we expect our customer support contracts sales may suffer and we cannot assure that our future customer support contract sales will not decline.

We had no single customer account for 10% or greater of our revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 or 2010.

Gross Profit.  Our total gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased to 24.2% for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, as compared to 23.6% for the comparable quarter in 2010.  Our total gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased to 24.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to 23.3% for the comparable period in 2010.   Product gross profit as a percentage of product sales increased to 24.0% in the second quarter of 2011 from 21.8% for the comparable quarter in 2010.  Product gross profit as a percentage of product sales increased to 24.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 from 21.4% for the same period in 2010.  Service gross profit as a percentage of service sales decreased to 24.6% for the second quarter of 2011 from 26.7% for the comparable quarter in 2010.  Service gross profit as a percentage of service sales decreased to 24.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 from 26.3% for the same period in 2010.

Our product gross profit as a percentage of product sales is impacted by the mix and type of projects we complete for our customers.  Our product gross profit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were higher than prior periods. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, product gross profit percentages were unusually low as we integrated our Incentra acquisition and kicked off our strategy of selling total solutions into the data center which includes lower margin servers and networking solutions.  The product gross margin percentages we achieved in the second quarter 2011 fall within the range of product gross margin percentages we expect as our strategy continues to mature.  Our product gross profit is also impacted by various vendor incentive programs that provide economic incentives for achieving various sales performance targets. Vendor incentives were $1.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively, for the three month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.  Vendor incentives were $2.7 million and $1.7 million, respectively, for the six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.  As a percentage of product cost of goods sold, vendor incentives were 3.4% and 3.2%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 and 3.2% and 2.7%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Several of our vendors have tightened eligibility for their programs in the current economic climate and may further change or terminate their programs at any time.  Accordingly, we cannot assure that we will achieve and receive similar vendor incentives in the future.  We expect that as we continue implementing our strategy to sell comprehensive data center solutions with servers and networking products that our product gross margins for the remainder of 2011 will be between 23% and 24%.

Service gross profit as a percentage of service sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased 2.1% and 1.7%, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2010.  This decrease is primarily due to a reduction in the gross margin percentage for our customer support contracts due to an increase in the sales of products on which we are not able to sell first call support and Datalink professional services, which carry lower gross margins.  We expect that service gross margins will be within the 24% to 26% range for the remainder of fiscal year 2011.

Sales and Marketing.  Sales and marketing expenses include wages and commission paid to sales and marketing personnel, travel costs and advertising, promotion and hiring expenses.  Sales and marketing expenses totaled $9.4 million, or 10.5% of net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared to $8.1 million, or 11.4% of net sales for the second quarter in 2010.  Sales and marketing expenses totaled $18.6 million, or 10.6% of net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $15.8 million, or 11.8% of net sales for the same period in 2010.

Sales and marketing expenses increased $1.3 and $2.8 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2010.  This increase in sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 is primarily due to an increase in variable compensation expense, including commissions and bonuses, of $1.1 million commensurate with the increase in revenues and gross margins for the period. The increase in sales and marketing expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is primarily due to an increase in variable compensation expense, including commission and bonuses, of $2.6 million commensurate with the increase in revenues and gross margins for the period.

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General and Administrative.  General and administrative expenses include wages for administrative personnel, professional fees, depreciation, communication expenses and rent and related facility expenses. General and administrative expenses were $3.7 million, or 4.1% of net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared to $3.8 million, or 5.4% of net sales for the second quarter in 2010.  General and administrative expenses were $7.5 million, or 4.3% of net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $7.3 million, or 5.5% of net sales for the same period in 2010.  Our general and administrative expenses have decreased as a percentage of net sales for both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same periods in 2010.

General and administrative expenses decreased $127,000 and increased $199,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2010. The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010, was primarily due to decreased rent and facility charges of $236,000 for the consolidation of our office locations and a decrease in outside services of $76,000. The expense decreases were partially offset by an increase in variable compensation of $217,000. The increase in general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010 was primarily due to an increase in variable compensation of $495,000 which was partially offset by a decrease in rent and facility charges of $300,000 for the consolidation of our office locations.

Engineering.  Engineering expenses include employee wages, bonuses and travel, hiring and training expenses for our field and customer support engineers and technicians.  Engineering expenses were $3.8 million, or 4.3% of net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, compared to $4.3 million, or 6.1% of net sales for the second quarter in 2010.  Engineering expenses were $8.2 million, or 4.7% of net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $8.3 million, or 6.2% of net sales for the same period in 2010.

Engineering expenses decreased $512,000 and $51,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2010.  The decrease in engineering expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 is largely due to a $1.0 million expense reallocation resulting from a greater percentage of our engineering costs being allocated to our cost of service sales since a greater percentage of our installation and configuration services were performed by our engineering personnel which was partially offset by an increase in compensation expense and variable compensation of $426,000. Likewise, the decrease in engineering expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 is also due to a $1.3 million expense reallocation resulting from a greater percentage of our engineering costs being allocated to our cost of service sales since a greater percentage of our installation and configuration services were performed by our engineering personnel in 2011 which was partially offset by increases in salaries, benefits and variable compensation of $802,000 and in travel expenses of $122,000.

Integration and Transaction Costs.  We had $0 and $192,000 of integration and transaction costs for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  We had $0 and $581,000 of integration and transaction costs for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Integration costs for 2010 are related to the transition services agreement and consist of transition salaries, benefits, retention bonuses and severances of terminated employees, some of whom assisted with the initial integration of Incentra.

Amortization of Intangibles.  We had $383,000 of intangible asset amortization expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to intangible amortization expenses of $660,000 for the same three months in 2010.  We had $765,000 of intangible asset amortization expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to intangible amortization of expenses of $1.3 million for the same six months in 2010.  Amortization of intangibles expenses decreased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010 due to the Incentra order backlog being amortizing in full in 2010.

Earnings (loss) from Operations.  We had earnings from operations of $4.4 million compared to a loss from operations of $65,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  We had earnings from operations of $7.4 million compared to a loss from operations of $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The earnings from operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 is a result of the financial leverage we achieved by keeping operating expenses relatively flat and realizing substantial growth in our revenues and gross margins.

Income Taxes.  We had income tax expense of $1.7 million and income tax benefit of $67,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  We had income tax expense of $2.9 million and income tax benefit of $706,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Our estimated effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was 38% and 40%, respectively. For the balance of 2011, we expect to report an income tax provision using an effective tax rate of approximately 39%.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010
Total cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	6,573		$	262
Investing activities	(10,339		)	1,961
Financing activities	18,060			(2,856		)
Increase (decrease) in cash	$	14,294		$	(633	)

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Net cash provided by operating activities was $6.6 million and $262,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The increase in cash provided by operations was due primarily to our net earnings of $4.4 million and non-cash items including depreciation of $478,000 and amortization of intangibles of $765,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30,2010 was primarily due to non-cash items including depreciation of $441,000 and amortization of intangibles of $1.3 million reduced by a net working capital decrease of $768,000.

Net cash used in investing activities was $10.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $2.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The primary use of cash for the first six months of 2011 was for the purchase of $9.7 million in short term investments. The primary source of cash for the first six months of 2010 came from our sale of short term investments.  For the remainder of 2011, we are planning for capital expenditures of up to $700,000 related to enhancements to our management information systems and upgraded computer equipment.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $18.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 which is primarily from proceeds from our public stock offering. On March 14, 2011, we completed a public offering of 4,266,500 shares of common stock with a price to the public of $5.75 per share. We issued and sold 3,306,500 shares in the offering and the selling shareholder sold 960,000 shares in the offering. We did not receive any proceeds from the shares sold by the selling shareholder, therefore, such amounts are not reflected in the net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Net cash used in financing activities was $2.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, primarily from the use of $3.0 million of cash during the 2010 period to repay our Incentra acquisition promissory note.

On March 31, 2011, we entered into a Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, NA. The Credit Agreement provides for a line of credit not to exceed $10.0 million for general working capital purposes.  The line of credit is secured by substantially all of our personal property and expires on July 31, 2012.  Borrowings under the line of credit are limited to three times the aggregate of our EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the trailing two fiscal quarters. The Credit Agreement also requires that we have working capital of not less than $15.0 million at each fiscal quarter-end, and certain levels of net income after taxes. As of June 30, 2011, we had no borrowings outstanding on the line of credit and could borrow the full $10.0 million available.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

We have identified our critical accounting policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.”  There have been no significant changes in theses critical accounting policies for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to those disclosed in the our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, except for the changes in revenue recognition as a result of the new accounting standards as described below.

Recent Accounting Policy Change

In October 2009, the FASB amended Accounting Standards Codifications (“ASC”) as summarized in Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-14, Software (Topic 985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements, and ASU No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. ASU 2009-14 amends industry specific revenue accounting guidance for software and software related transactions to exclude from its scope tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality, or what we refer to as essential software. We also sell non-essential software, which continues to fall under the guidance of SOP 97-2. ASU 2009-13 amends the accounting for multiple-element arrangements to provide guidance on how the deliverables in an arrangement should be separated and eliminates the use of the residual method. ASU 2009-13 also requires an entity to allocate revenue using the relative selling price method.

Effective January 1, 2011, we adopted the provisions of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 for new and materially modified arrangements originating after January 1, 2011.  The adoption of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 was material to our financial results.

The following table shows total net revenues as reported with the adoption of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 and unaudited total net revenues that would have been reported during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 had we not adopted ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14:

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	As Reported		As if the Previous Accounting Guidance Was in Effect
	In thousands
Total net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2011	$	89,481	$	74,423
Total net revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2011	$	175,175	156,573

The above table represents an increase in total net revenues of $15.1 million and $18.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. The increase in total net revenues was due to the recognition of revenue that would have been previously deferred for multiple-element arrangements, which include hardware, software or other arrangements where the undelivered element is post contract customer support for which we were unable to establish  vender-specific objective evidence of fair value of the element. The new standard allows for deliverables for which revenue would have been previously deferred to be separated and recognized as delivered, rather than over the longest service delivery period as a single unit with other elements in the arrangement.

For fiscal year 2010 and sales contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 2011, we recognized revenue pursuant to the previous guidance for multiple-element arrangements. Refer to the critical accounting policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” for a discussion of the previous accounting policy.

We expect the adoptions of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 to be material to future periods, however we cannot reasonably estimate the effect of adopting these standards on future financial periods as the impact will vary depending on the nature and volume of new or materially modified arrangements in any given period.

Refer to the “Change in Accounting Policy” located in Footnote 1. Basis of Presentation, above for more details regarding the change in accounting principle.

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

There have been no material changes since December 31, 2010 in our market risk.  For further information on market risk, refer to Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures, in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 4.    Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).  Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2011.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

On January 1, 2011, we adopted ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14. This represents a material change in internal control over financial reporting since management’s last assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting, which was completed as of December 31, 2010. Subsequent to the adoption, various controls were modified to address the change in our revenue recognition policy and additional compensating controls over financial reporting were established to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial statements and related disclosures.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings.

We are involved in certain legal actions, all of which have arisen in the ordinary course of business.  Management believes that the ultimate resolution of such matters is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operation and/or financial condition.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes from the risk factors we previously disclosed in “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None

Item 4.Reserved

Item 5.Other Information

None

Item 6.Exhibits

The exhibits filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are listed in the Exhibit Index immediately following the signatures to this report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

Dated: August 11, 2011	Datalink Corporation
	By:	/s/ Gregory T. Barnum
	Gregory T. Barnum, Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Datalink Corporation (Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number in our Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on June 3, 1998 (File No. 333-55935)).
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Datalink Corporation (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.2 in our Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2011 (File No. 0-29758)).
4.1	Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 in our amended registration statement on Form S-1/A, filed on July 16, 1998 (File No. 333-55935)).
10.1	Credit Agreement by and between Datalink Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association dated March 31, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 in our Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2011(File No. 0-29758)).
10.2	Datalink Corporation 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A in our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule A filed on March 31, 2011 (File No. 000-29758)).
10.3	Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Directors (filed herewith).
10.4	Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Employees (filed herewith).
10.5	Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement (filed herewith).
10.6	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (filed herewith).
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed herewith).
32.1	Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
32.2	Certification of Vice President Financing and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
101.INS*	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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*Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

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