Data Storage Corporation Expands Distribution Program in the United States and Canada

MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Data Storage Corporation (OTCQB:DTST) ("DSC" and the "Company"), a provider of diverse business continuity, disaster recovery protection and cloud solutions, today announced the planned expansion of its IBM Power Cloud, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity distributorships in the U.S. and Canada.  DSC intends to add up to 100 new partnerships throughout North America and will provide distributors the ability to offer DSC's enterprise-level infrastructure cloud-based solutions to their clients.

Chuck Piluso, CEO of DSC, stated, "With DSC's planned expansion, our new distributors will have the ability to increase their reach into their existing clients who desire to migrate their IBM i (aka AS400), AIX and Power systems to the cloud or eliminate their tape backups in lieu of DSC's enterprise-level recovery solutions for their disaster recovery and business continuity requirements."

As part of DSC's planned expansion, special programs will be in place to encourage a much-needed evolution for IBM i and AIX users, so they may experience the improved IT business continuity for their mission critical applications by moving their production, HA and DR to DSC cloud services.

DSC's president, Hal Schwartz, stated, "We continue to invest in best-practices across our entire business, including data centers and equipment.  We continue to maintain a well-trained, deep technical staff, which allows us to offer a high-level, high-touch environment for clients ranging in size from small business systems to Fortune 100 companies, so that our current and future distributors may build value with us in this underserved marketplace."

About Data Storage Corporation
Data Storage Corporation (DSC) delivers and supports a broad range of premium solutions focusing on data storage and protection.  Clients look to DSC to ensure disaster recovery and business continuity, strengthen security, and to meet increasing industry, state and federal regulations.  The company markets to business, government, education and the healthcare industry by leveraging leading technologies, including Virtualization and Cloud Computing.  The company provides hardware, SaaS, managed IT services, installation and maintenance.  For more information, please visit http://www.DataStorageCorp.com  and www.SIASMSP.com.

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