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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

o TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission File No. 333-148167

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

NEVADA		98-0530147
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

401 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, N.Y		11530
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 564-4922

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
None

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Title of each class registered:	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	OTC.BB

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.

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).

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

Large Accelerated Filer o	Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	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).

As of June 30, 2012, 29,056,622 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding.

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION

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PART I-- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

	Item1	Financial Statements		2

			Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011	2

			Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011(unaudited)	3

			Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011(unaudited)	4

			Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	5 - 11

	Item2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		12 - 14

	Item3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		15

	Item4.	Control and Procedures		15

PART II-- OTHER INFORMATION

	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		16

	Item1A.	Risk Factors		16

	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		16

	Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities		16

	Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		16

	Item 5.	Other Information		16

	Item 6.	Exhibits		16

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	June 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
ASSETS	(UNAUDITED)
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	42,716		$	168,490
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $58,000 2012 and $48,000 in 2011)		294,154			294,306
Deferred compensation		23,218			37,041
Prepaid expense		231,511			218,675
Total Current Assets		591,599			718,512
Property and Equipment:
Property and equipment		3,352,830			3,024,302
Less—Accumulated depreciation		(1,929,748	)		(1,680,484	)
Net Property and Equipment		1,423,082			1,343,818
Other Assets:
Goodwill		2,201,828			2,201,828
Deferred compensation		21,031			26,614
Other assets		18,546			23,791
Deferred Financing Fees		27,401			38,132
Intangible Assets, net		847,869			955,048
Employee loan		4,426			-
Total Other Assets		3,121,101			3,245,413
Total Assets		5,135,782			5,307,743

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		1,161,544			1,171,855
Credit line payable		100,292			100,292
Due to related party		133,753			124,752
Dividend payable		187,500			162,500
Deferred revenue		623,891			641,381
Leases payable		674,523			499,325
Loans payable		106,514			128,182
Liabilities to be settled in stock		155,000			172,000
Total Current Liabilities		3,143,017			3,000,288
Deferred rental obligation		18,433			21,341
Due to officer		740,091			624,818
Loan payable long term		-			11,887
Convertible debt		500,000
Leases payable long term		512,962			509,628
Total Long Term Liabilities		1,771,486			1,167,674
Total Liabilities		4,914,503			4,167,962
Commitments and contingencies		-			-
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized;		1,402			1,402
1,401,786 issued and outstanding in each period
Common stock, par value $0.001; 250,000,000 shares authorized;		29,056			28,913
29,056,622 and 28,912,712 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
Additional paid in capital		11,152,275			10,705,470
Accumulated deficit		(10,961,454	)		(9,596,004	)
Total Stockholders' Equity		221,279			1,139,781
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	$	5,135,782		$	5,307,743

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

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011

Sales	$	1,013,665		$	898,958		$	1,984,064		$	1,771,113

Cost of sales		782,002			603,282			1,366,995			1,182,919

Gross Profit		231,663			295,676			617,069			588,194

Selling, general and administrative		985,497			673,917			1,885,070			1,247,077

Loss from Operations		(753,834	)		(378,241	)		(1,268,001	)		(658,883	)

Other Income (Expense)
Interest income		24			1,509			106			2,030
Amortization of debt discount		-			(76,671	)		-			(153,341	)
Interest expense		(35,777	)		(80,937	)		(72,554	)		(125,620	)
Total Other (Expense)		(35,753	)		(156,099	)		(72,448	)		(276,931	)

Loss before provision for income taxes		(789,587	)		(534,340	)		(1,340,449	)		(935,814	)

Provision for income taxes		-			-			-			-

Net Loss		(789,587	)		(534,340	)		(1,340,449	)		(935,814	)

Preferred Stock Dividend		(12,500	)		(12,500	)		(25,000	)		(25,000	)

Net Loss Available to Common Shareholders	$	(802,087	)	$	(546,840	)	$	(1,365,449	)	$	(960,814	)

Loss per Share – Basic and Diluted	$	(0.028	)	$	(0.025	)	$	(0.047	)	$	(0.048	)
Weighted Average Number of Shares - Basic and Diluted		29,056,622			21,655,647			29,045,522			20,052,482

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

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

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2012			2011
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss	$	(1,340,449	)	$	(935,814	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		356,443			361,167
Noncash interest expense		20,685			-
Stock based compensation		169,016			31,960
Amortization of debt discount		-			153,341
Deferred compensation		19,408			23,860
Allowance for doubtful accounts		10,000			7,500
Changes in Assets and Liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(9,848	)		19,953
Prepaid expenses		(12,836)			(140,674	)
Other assets		817			603
Accounts payable & accrued expenses		249,665			(13,219	)
Deferred revenue		(17,490	)		230,334
Deferred rent		(2,907	)		(1,817	)
Due to related party		-			9,000
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities		(557,496	)		(253,806	)

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures		(68,769	)		(26,740)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities		(68,769	)		(26,740)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock		-			1,500,000
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt		500,000			-
Advances from officer		115,274			-
Repayments of capital lease obligations		(81,228	)		(282,731	)
Repayments of loan obligations		(33,555	)		(482,105	)
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities		500,491			735,164

Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents		(125,774)			454,888

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period		168,490			50,395

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period	$	42,716		$	505,283


Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

Cash paid for interest	$	2,007		$	2,526

Cash paid for income taxes	$	-		$	-

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

Accrual of Preferred Stock Dividend	$	25,000		$	25,000

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

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012 AND 2011

Note 1 - Basis of presentation, organization and other matters

Data Storage Corporation, (the “Company” or “DSC”) provides Hybrid Cloud solutions and services as the result of several transactions: a share exchange with Euro Trend Inc. incorporated on March 27, 2007 under the laws of the State of Nevada; Ownership of DSC incorporated in 2001; and an Asset Acquisition from SafeData LLC in 2010. On October 20, 2008 we completed a Share Exchange Agreement whereby we acquired all of the outstanding capital stock and ownership interests of Data Storage Corporation. In exchange we issued 13,357,143 shares of our common stock to the Data Storage Corporation’s shareholders, a cloud storage and SaaS organization, providing services for disaster recovery. This transaction was accounted for as a reverse merger for accounting purposes. Accordingly, Data Storage Corporation, the accounting acquirer, is regarded as the predecessor entity. On June 17, 2010 we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with SafeData, a provider of Cloud Storage and Cloud Computing mostly to IBM’s Mid-Range Equipment users, namely, AS400 and iSeries users under which we acquired all right, title and interest in the end user customer base of SafeData and all related current and fixed assets and contracts including the transfer of all of SafeData’s current liabilities arising out of the business or the assets acquired. Pursuant to the Agreement, we paid an aggregate purchase price equal to $3,000,000. Giving effect to certain holdback and contingency clauses as defined in the agreement, we paid $1,229,952 in cash and $850,000 in shares of our common stock as well as assumption of SafeData Accounts Payable and Receivables.

The Company was incorporated in Delaware on August 29, 2001. The Company is a provider of data backup services. The Company specializes in secure disk-to-disk data backup and restoration solutions for disaster recovery, business continuity, and regulatory compliance.

The Company is a provider of Hybrid Cloud solutions on a subscription basis in the USA and Canada and Professional Services focusing on data protection and business continuity that assist organizations in protecting their data, minimize downtime, ensure regulatory compliance and recover and restore data within their objectives. Through our three data centers and by leveraging leading technologies, DSC delivers and supports a broad range of premium solutions for both Windows and IBM environments that assist clients save time and money, gain more control of and better access to data and enable the highest level of security for that data.

The Company derives its revenues from the sale and subscription of services and solutions that provide businesses protection of critical electronic data. The Company’s solutions include: offsite data protection and recovery services, high availability (HA) replication services, email compliance solutions for e-discovery, continuous data protection, data de-duplication, virtualized system recovery and telecom recovery services. The Company has equipment in three Technical Centers: Westbury, New York; Boston, MA and Warwick, RI.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations have been included. The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year. When reading the financial information contained in this Quarterly Report, reference should be made to the financial statements, schedule and notes contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

The financial statements have been prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable for a going concern, which assumes that the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the ordinary course of business. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company has generated revenues of $1,984,064 but has incurred a net loss of $1,340,449. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon achieving sales growth, reduction of operation expenses and ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and pay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due, and upon profitable operations. The Company has been funded by the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and largest shareholder since inception as well as several Directors. It is the intention of Charles Piluso to continue to fund the Company on an as needed basis.

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiary, Data Storage Corporation, a Delaware Corporation. All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

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

Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company's financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, line of credit and due to related parties. Management believes the estimated fair value of these accounts at June 30, 2012 approximate their carrying value as reflected in the balance sheets due to the short-term nature of these instruments or the use of market interest rates for debt instruments. The carrying values of certain of the Company’s notes payable and capital lease obligations approximate their fair values based upon a comparison of the interest rate and terms of such debt given the level of risk to the rates and terms of similar debt currently available to the Company in the marketplace. It is not practical to estimate the fair value of certain notes payable, the convertible debt and the liability for contingent compensation from acquisition. In order to do so, it would be necessary to obtain an independent valuation of these unique instruments. The cost of that valuation would not be justified in light of the circumstances.

Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill is not subject to amortization and is tested for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. Intangible assets were evaluated to determine if they are finite or indefinite-lived. The intangible assets that are finite lived are amortized over the useful life of the asset. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are also tested for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable.

The Company’s revenues consist principally of cloud storage and cloud computing revenues, SaaS and IaaS. Storage revenues consist of monthly charges related to the storage of materials or data (generally on a per unit basis). Sales are generally recorded in the month the service is provided. For customers who are billed on an annual basis, deferred revenue is recorded and amortized over the life of the contract. Set up fees charged in connection with storage contracts are deferred and recognized on a straight line basis over the life of the contract.

Net Income (Loss) per Common Share

In accordance with FASB ASC 260-10-5 Earnings Per Share, basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) adjusted for income or loss that would result from the assumed conversion of potential common shares from contracts that may be settled in stock or cash by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. The inclusion of the potential common shares to be issued have an anti-dilutive effect on diluted loss per share and therefore they are not included in the calculation. Potentially dilutive securities at June 30, 2012 include 3,703,476 options and 28,642 warrants.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, The Company had one customer that represented approximately 10.8% of sales.

Note 3 - Property and Equipment

Property and equipment, at cost, consist of the following:

	June 30,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Storage equipment	$	2,149,294	$	2,149,294
Website and software		214,898		169,833
Furniture and fixtures		22,837		22,837
Computer hardware and software		91,687		91,867
Data Center		874,115		590,651
		3,352,830		3,024,302
Less: Accumulated depreciation		1,929,748		1,680,484
Net property and equipment	$	1,423,082	$	1,343,818

Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was $249,264 and $253,987, respectively.

Note 4 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Intangible assets consisted of the following:

		June 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
	Estimated life in Years	Gross amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross amount		Accumulated Amortization

Goodwill	Indefinite	$	2,201,828		-	$	2,201,828		-
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Trademarks	Indefinite		279,268		-		279,268		-
Intangible assets subject to amortization
Customer list	5 - 15		854,178		413,919		854,178		339,514
Non-compete agreements	4		262,147		133,805		262,147		101,031

Total Intangible Assets			1,395,593		547,724		1,395,593		440,545

Total Goodwill and Intangible Assets		$	3,597,421		547,724	$	3,597,421	$	440,545

Scheduled amortization over the next five years as follows:

For the twelve months ending June 30,
2013		214,356
2014		211,626
2015		142,619
2016		-
2017		-
Total	$	568,601

Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was $107,180 and $107,180 respectively.

Note 5 – Capital lease obligations

The Company acquired capital leases in the acquisition of SafeData. The economic substance of the leases is that the Company is financing the acquisitions through the leases and accordingly, they are recorded in the Company’s assets and liabilities. The leases are payable to Systems Trading, Inc. and IBM with combined monthly installments of $47,819 through various dates in 2011 and 2015. The leases are secured with the computer equipment. Interest rates on capitalized leases vary from 6%-12% and are imputed based on the lower of the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the inception of each lease or the lessor’s implicit rate of return.

Future minimum lease payments under the capital leases are as follows:

As of June 30, 2012	$	1,274,048
Less amount representing interest		(86,563	)
Total obligations under capital leases		1,187,485
Less current portion of obligations under capital leases		(674,523	)
Long-term obligations under capital leases	$	512,962

Long-term obligations under capital leases at June 30, 2012 mature as follows:

For the twelve months ending June 30,
2013	$	674,523
2014		330,222
2015		182,740
	$	1,187,485

The assets held under the capital leases are included in property and equipment as follows:

Equipment	$	1,522,247
Less: accumulated depreciation		373,987
	$	1,148,260

Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies

Revolving Credit Facility

On January 31, 2008 the Company entered into a revolving credit line with a bank. The credit facility provides for $100,000 at prime plus .5%, 3.75% at June 30, 2012, and is secured by all assets of the Company and personally guaranteed by the Company’s principal shareholder. As of June 30, 2012, the Company owed $100,292 under this agreement.

On August 4, 2010, the Company entered into a note payable with Systems Trading, LLC in settlement of past due balances owed by SafeData related to certain capital leases. The note bears interest at 4%, and is due in 24 equal installments of $11,927 commencing February 4, 2011 through January 04, 2013. The note payable balance as of June 30, 2012 is $106,514.

Total maturities of the long term debt are as follows:

For the twelve months ending June 30,
2013		$	106,514

The Company currently leases office space in New York, NY; Garden City, NY and Warwick, RI.

The lease for office space in Warwick, RI calls for monthly payments of $5,400 plus a portion of the operating expenses beginning in April 2012 and ending in December 2012. The lease is currently on a month to month basis.

The lease for office space in Garden City, NY calls for escalating monthly payments ranging from $6,056 to $6,617 plus a portion of the operating expenses through June 2014.

The lease for office space in New York, NY is for a 3 month period beginning June 2012 ending August 2012 and includes one month free. The security deposit was $6,900.

Minimum obligations under these lease agreements are as follows:

For the twelve months ending June 30,
2013	$	115,323
2014		79,415
	$	194,738

Rent expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011 was $106,757 and $76,650 respectively.

Note 7 - Related Party Transactions

Due to related party represents rent accrued to a partnership controlled by the Chief Executive Officer of the company for the New York Data Center. The rent expense for the data center is $1,500 per month.

As of June 30, 2012 the Company owed the CEO $740,091. These advances bear no interest and have no stated terms of repayment. No advances or repayments were made during the six months ended June 30, 2012

Note 8 – Convertible debt

On January 31, 2012 the Company entered into a $500,000, three year convertible promissory note with interest at 10% with a director of the company. The note is convertible into the Company’s common stock at $0.85 per share.

Note 9 - Stockholders’ Equity

The Company has 260,000,000 shares of capital stock authorized, consisting of 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, 10,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

Common Stock Options

2008 Equity Incentive Plan

In October 2008, the Board adopted, the Euro Trend, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan). Under the 2008 Plan, we may grant options (including incentive stock options) to purchase our common stock or restricted stock awards to our employees, consultants or non-employee directors. The 2008 Plan is administered by the Board. Awards may be granted pursuant to the 2008 Plan for 10 years from the date the Board approved the 2008 Plan. Any grant under the 2008 Plan may be repriced, replaced or regranted at the discretion of the Board. From time to time, we may issue awards pursuant to the 2008 Plan.

The material terms of options granted under the 2008 Plan (all of which have been nonqualified stock options) are consistent with the terms described in the footnotes to the "Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End December 31, 2011”, including 5 year graded vesting schedules and exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant. Stock grants made under the 2008 Plan have not been subject to vesting requirements. The 2008 Plan was terminated with respect to the issuance of new awards as of February 3, 2012. There are 2,563,115 options outstanding under this plan as of June 30, 2012.

2010 Incentive Award Plan

The Company has reserved 2,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the terms of the Data Storage Corporation 2010 Incentive Award Plan (the “2010 Plan”). The 2010 Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Company by attracting and retaining exceptional employees, consultants, directors, officers and independent contractors (collectively referred to as the “Participants”), and enabling such Participants to participate in the long-term growth and financial success of the Company. Under the 2010 Plan, the Company may grant stock options, which are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock awards, which are restricted shares of common stock (collectively referred to as “Incentive Awards”). Incentive Awards may be granted pursuant to the 2010 Plan for 10 years from the Effective Date. From time to time, we may issue Incentive Awards pursuant to the 2010 Plan. Each of the awards will be evidenced by and issued under a written agreement.

On April 23, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Data Storage Corporation 2010 Plan. The 2010 Plan, as amended and restated, has been renamed the “Amended and Restated Data Storage Corporation Incentive Award Plan”. The new plan provides for flexibility in vesting periods and includes a limit of $100,000 per employee per year for incentive stock options

There are 1,140,361 options outstanding under this plan as of June 30, 2012.

A summary of the Company's option activity and related information follows:

	Number of Shares Under Options		Range of Option Price Per Share		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options Outstanding at January 1, 2012		2,563,115	$	0.02 - 0.85	$	0.31
Options Granted		1,140,361		.39		.39
Options Exercised		-		-		-
Options Expired		-		-		-
Options Outstanding at June 30, 2012		3,703,476	$	0.02 - 0.85	$	0.31

Options Exercisable at June 30, 2012		1,287,015	$	0.02 - 0.85	$	0.15

Share-based compensation expense for options totaling $169,016 and $31,960 was recognized in our results for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively is based on awards vested.

The valuation methodology used to determine the fair value of the options issued during the year was the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes model requires the use of a number of assumptions including volatility of the stock price, the average risk-free interest rate, and the weighted average expected life of the options.

The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates on zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds whose maturity period is appropriate for the term of the Warrants and is calculated by using the average daily historical stock prices through the day preceding the grant date.

Estimated volatility is a measure of the amount by which the Company’s stock price is expected to fluctuate each year during the expected life of the award. The Company’s estimated volatility is an average of the historical volatility of peer entities whose stock prices were publicly available. The Company’s calculation of estimated volatility is based on historical stock prices of these peer entities over a period equal to the expected life of the awards. The Company uses the historical volatility of peer entities due to the lack of sufficient historical data of its stock price.

The weighted average fair value of options granted and the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model during the six months ended June 30, 2011 are set forth in the table below.

	2012			2011
Weighted average fair value of options granted	$	0.39		$	0.35
Risk-free interest rate		1.59	%		2.54 - 3.57	%
Volatility		98.00	%		77.45 - 117.62	%
Expected life (years)		10			10

As of June 30, 2012, there was $361,598 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested employee options granted under the Company’s share based compensation plans that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.7 years.

Common Stock Warrants

There were no common stock warrants granted during the six months ended June 30, 2012.

A summary of the Company's warrant activity and related information follows:

	Number of Shares Under Warrants		Range of Warrants Price Per Share		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Warrants Outstanding at January 1, 2012		173,427	$	0.01 - 0.02	$	0.01
Warrants Granted		-		-		-
Warrants Exercised		(144,785)		0.01		0.01
Warrants Cancelled		-		-		-
Warrants Outstanding at June 30,2012		28,642		0.02		0.02

Warrants exercisable at June 30, 2012		28,642		0.02		0.02

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

The information contained in Item 2 contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Actual results may materially differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties set forth in this report. Although management believes that the assumptions made and expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there is no assurance that the underlying assumptions will, in fact, prove to be correct or that actual results will not be different from expectations expressed in this report.

Company Overview

Data Storage Corporation (the “Company” or “DSC”) was incorporated in Delaware on August 29, 2001. The Company provides professional technology services that encompass disaster recovery and business continuity of data with a focus on regulatory compliance of electronic information under the current environment.

Data Storage Corporation derives its revenues from the sale and subscription of solutions that provide businesses protection of critical electronic information. Primarily, these services consist of professional services implementing high availability replication (mirroring of data) of client data between the client’s data center or one of DSC’s three data centers; email storage and archival; off-site data back-up and recovery; continuous data protection; data de-duplication; telecom recovery services; and, virtual tape libraries. The Company maintains and operates Data Centers in Rhode Island and New York; and, maintains DSC equipment under a strategic alliance or vendor relations in both and Massachusetts, totaling three data centers providing clients with data replication and redundant data protection in specific applications.

On June 17, 2010, DSC’s wholly owned subsidiary Data Storage Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Data Storage DE”) and SafeData, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (“SafeData”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), setting forth the acquisition of Safe Data’s assets.

DSC delivers and supports a broad range of premium technology solutions which store, protect, optimize and leverage information; minimize downtime and recovery of information. Clients depend on DSC to manage data growth, ensure disaster recovery and business continuity, strengthen security, reduce capital and operational expenses, and to meet increasing industry state and federal regulations.

DSC provides solutions and services to business, government, education and healthcare industries by leveraging leading technologies such as Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Green IT.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

For the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011 –

Net Sales. Net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2012 were $1,013,665, an increase of $114,707, or 12.8%, compared to $898,958 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The increase is attributable to an increase in sales personnel for the three months ended June 30, 2012.

Cost of Sales. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, cost of sales was $782,002, an increase of $178,720, or 29.6%, compared to $603,282 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in cost of sales is directly related to the addition of operations personnel during the three months ended June 30, 2012. The Company's gross margin is 22.9 % for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to 32.9 % for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in gross margin is due to the addition of operations personnel, prior period installation charges and additional hardware costs from previously completed jobs.

Operating Expenses. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, operating expenses were $985,497, an increase of $311,580, or 46.2%, as compared to $673,917 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The majority of the increase in operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2012 is a result of increased officer’s salaries and increased sales salaries, net of a decrease in sales commissions. Sales salaries increased $135,044 to $219,232, as compared to $84,188 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Executive salaries expense increased $87,438 to $126,572, as compared to $39,134 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Stock based compensation increased $120,213 to $148,123 for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to $27,910 for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Other Expenses. Interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2012 decreased $1,485 to $24 from $1,509 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Interest expense and related debt discounts for the three months ended June 30, 2012 decreased $121,831 to $35,777 from $157,608 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. This is principally due to a reduction of accrued interest and the amortization of the convertible note that was converted in December 2011.

Net Loss. Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $789,587 an increase of $255,247, or 47.8%, as compared to net loss of $534,340 for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011

Net Sales. Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2012 were $1,984,064, an increase of $212,951, or 12%, compared to $1,771,113 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase is attributable to an increase in sales personnel for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

Cost of Sales. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, cost of sales was $1,366,995, an increase of $184,076, or 15. 6%, compared to $1,182,919 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in cost of sales is directly attributable to the increase in sales and related costs over the prior period. The Company's gross margin is 31.1 % for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to 33.2 % for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in gross margin is due to the additional of operations personnel.

Operating Expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, operating expenses were $1,885,070, an increase of $637,993, or 51.2%, as compared to $1,247,077 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The majority of the increase in operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 is a result of increased officer’s salaries, sales salaries and sales commissions. Sales salaries increased $274,729 to $436,406, as compared to $161,677 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Executive salaries expense increased $210,194 to $257,799, as compared to $47,605 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Sales commission expense decreased $35,500 to $67,895, as compared to $103,396 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Stock based compensation increased $137,056 to $169,016 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to $31, 960 for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Other Expenses. Interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2012 decreased $1,924 to $106 from $2,030 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Interest expense and related debt discounts for the six months ended June 30, 2012 decreased $206,408 to $72,554 from $278,961 for the six months ended June 30, 2011. This is principally due to a the fact that convertible notes were converted in December 2011.

Net Loss. Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $1,340,449 an increase of $404,635, or 43.2%, as compared to net loss of $935,814 for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The financial statements have been prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable for a going concern, which assumes that the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has been funded by the CEO and largest shareholder combined with private placements of the Company’s stock. The Company has been successful in raising money as needed. Further it is the intention of management to continue to raise money through stock issuances and to fund the Company on an as needed basis. In 2012 we intend to continue to work to increase our presence in the IBM marketplace utilizing our increased technical expertise, capacity for data storage and managed services with our asset acquisition of SafeData.

To the extent we are successful in growing our business, identifying potential acquisition targets and negotiating the terms of such acquisition, and the purchase price includes a cash component, we plan to use our working capital and the proceeds of any financing to finance such acquisition costs. Our opinion concerning our liquidity is based on current information. If this information proves to be inaccurate, or if circumstances change, we may not be able to meet our liquidity needs.

During the six months ended June 30, 2012 the Company’s cash decreased $125,774 to $42,716 from $168,490 at December 31, 2011. Net cash of $557,496 was used in the Company’s operating activities and cash of $68,769 was used in investing activities, primarily funding capital expenditures. Net cash of $500,491 was provided by the Company’s financing activities, primarily due to the issuance of convertible debt of $500,000 and officer advances of $115,274 offset by capital lease and loan payments of $114,783.

The Company's working capital deficiency was $2,551,418 at June 30, 2012, increasing $269,640 from $2,281,778 at December 31, 2011. The increase is primarily due to the reduction in cash and new capital lease acquisitions.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company is subject to certain market risks, including changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates. The Company does not undertake any specific actions to limit those exposures.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures . Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), the Company carried out an evaluation, with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. The Company lacks the size and complexity to segregate duties sufficiently for proper controls. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting . There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

We are currently not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of the Company or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company, our common stock, any of our subsidiaries any of the Company’s or our subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

None.

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

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

There were no defaults upon senior securities during the period ended June 30, 2012

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

There is no information required to be disclosed under this item which was not previously disclosed.

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

Exhibits. No.		Description
31.1		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS *		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH *		XBRL Taxonomy Schema
101.CAL *		XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF *		XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase
101.LAB *		XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase
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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.

	DATA STORAGE CORPORATION

Date: August 14, 2012	By:	/s/ Charles M. Piluso
		Charles M. Piluso President, Chief Executive Officer Principal Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Executive Officer)