UNITED STATES  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 12, 2014

 

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 (Former Name of Registrant)

 

Nevada   00135384   98-0530147
(State or Other Jurisdiction  of Incorporation)   (Commission  File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

401 Franklin Avenue

Garden City, New York 11530  

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

212-564-4922

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Copies to:

Fleming PLLC

49 Front Street, Suite 206

Rockville Centre, New York 11570

Phone: (516) 833-5034

Fax: (516) 977-1209

 

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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement s of Certain Officers

 

On October 12, 2014, Todd Correll was appointed by Data Storage Corporation (the "Company") to serve as a director of the Company.

 

There is no understanding or arrangement between Mr. Correll and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director.  Mr. Correll does not have any family relationship with any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by us to become a director.  Mr. Correll has not had direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction, in which the Company was or is a proposed participant, exceeding $120,000.

 

Mr. Correll has served as the CEO of North American Telecommunications Corporation, a Florida Corporation, d/b/a Broadsmart, from 2001 through the present.

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  DATA STORAGE CORPORATION  
       
Date: October 17, 2014 By: /s/ Charles M. Piluso     
    Charles M. Piluso     
    Chief Executive Officer