Registration No.


                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       DATA SYSTEMS NETWORK CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Michigan                                       38-2649874
(State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                    34705 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 300
                       Farmington Hills, Michigan  48331
         (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                       DATA SYSTEMS NETWORK CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                           (Full title of the Plan)

                              Michael W. Grieves
                    34705 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 300
                       Farmington Hills, Michigan  48331
                                (810) 489-7117
                     (Name, address and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                                  Copies to:

                                 Mark A. Metz
                              Dykema Gossett PLLC
                            400 Renaissance Center
                           Detroit, Michigan  48243
                                (313) 568-6800

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                                                             
 
  Title of                   Proposed Maximum  Proposed Maximum   Amount of
Securities to   Amount to be      Offering         Aggregate    Registration
be Registered    Registered  Price Per Share*   Offering Price      Fee     

Common Stock  200,000 shares**   $3.6875           $737,500        $254.31
                                                                             

*        The price shown is the average of the high and low sale prices of
         the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 5, 1996, in
         accordance with Rule 457(h).
**       The number of shares may be adjusted to prevent dilution from stock
         splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.  This Registration
         Statement shall cover any such additional shares in accordance with
         Rule 416(a).


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Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents filed by Data Systems Network Corporation
(the "Company") with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a)     The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                 December 31, 1995.


         (b)     The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                 ended March 31, 1996.

         (c)     Description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
                 Prospectus forming a part of the Company's Registration
                 Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-81350) (incorporated by
                 reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form
                 8-A filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on
                 October 25, 1994).

         All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities being offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of each such document.


Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Not applicable.


Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Sections 561 through 571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act
set forth the conditions and limitations governing the indemnification of
officers, directors and other persons.

         The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws require the
Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and permit the Company to indemnify employees and agents,
for expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with any pending, threatened or completed action, suit or
proceeding (other than by or in the right of the Company), to which any such
person was made a party by reason of the fact that he or she was acting in
such capacity for the Company or was serving as such for another corporation
or enterprise at the Company's request, if such persons acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company or its shareholders or, in respect to a criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. 
In actions by or in the right of the Company, indemnification is limited to
expenses and amounts paid in settlement.  Reference is made to Article V of
the Company's Articles of Incorporation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-81350), and
to Article 11 of the Company's Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-81350),
which provide for indemnification of directors and officers of the Company. 
Article 11 of the Bylaws also authorizes the Company to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of
the Company against any liability asserted against or incurred by them in
such capacity or arising out of their status as such whether or not the
Company would have the power to indemnify such officer, director, employee
or agent against such liability under the provisions of such Article or
Michigan law.  The Company currently has an insurance policy covering
directors and officers acting in their capacity as such.

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         The Michigan Business Corporation Act permits Michigan corporations
to limit the personal liability of directors for a breach of their fiduciary
duty.  The Company's Articles of Incorporation limit liability to the
maximum extent permitted by law.  The Company's Articles of Incorporation
provide that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the
Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of the
director's fiduciary duty.  However, they do not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director for any of the following:  (i) a breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; (iii) declaring an unlawful dividend or
distribution to shareholders; (iv) a transaction from which the director
derives an improper personal benefit; and (v) an act or omission occurring
prior to the effective date of the pertinent article.  As a result of the
inclusion of such a provision, shareholders of the Company may be unable to
recover monetary damages against directors for actions taken by them which
constitute negligence or gross negligence or which are in violation of their
fiduciary duties, although it may be possible to obtain injunctive or other
equitable relief with respect to such actions.


Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not applicable.


Item 8.  EXHIBITS

         The following exhibits are filed with this registration statement:

         5       Opinion of Dykema Gossett PLLC with respect to the legality
                 of the Common Stock to be registered hereunder

         23.1    Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

         23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

         23.3    Consent of Dykema Gossett PLLC (contained in Exhibit 5)

         24.1    Power of Attorney of Walter J. Aspatore

         24.2    Power of Attorney of Richard R. Burkhart

         24.3    Power of Attorney of Jerry A. Dusa

         99      Data Systems Network Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan
                 (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration
                 Statement on Form S-1, No. 33-81350, as amended)


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Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         (1)     Except to the extent that the information is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and incorporated by reference into this
registration statement, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement.


         (2)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes (a) to file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement, (b) that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof, and (c) to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (3)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

         (4)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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                                  SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Farmington Hills, State of
Michigan on May 24, 1996.

                                          DATA SYSTEMS NETWORK CORPORATION


                                          By: /s/ Michael W. Grieves
                                              ----------------------
                                              Michael W. Grieves
                                         Its: Chairman of the Board and
                                              Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
indicated capacities on May 24, 1996.

        Signature                    Title


/s/ Michael W. Grieves            Chairman of the Board, Chief
    ------------------------      Executive Officer and Director
    Michael W. Grieves            


/s/ Julie A. Vitale-Johnston      Controller (principal financial and
    ------------------------      accounting officer)
    Julie A. Vitale-Johnston


          *                       Director
    ________________________
    Walter J. Aspatore


   
          *                       Director and Treasurer
  --------------------------
  Richard R. Burkhart


          *                       Director
  --------------------------
  Jerry A. Dusa


*By: /s/ Michael W. Grieves
     -----------------------
     Michael W. Grieves
     Attorney-in-Fact
                                       
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Number                Description             

5        Opinion of Dykema Gossett PLLC with respect
         to the legality of the Common Stock to be
         registered hereunder

23.1     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.3     Consent of Dykema Gossett PLLC (contained in Exhibit 5)

24.1     Power of Attorney of Walter J. Aspatore

24.2     Power of Attorney of Richard R. Burkhart

24.3     Power of Attorney of Jerry A. Dusa
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Registration No.

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       DATA SYSTEMS NETWORK CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Michigan                                       38-2649874
(State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                    34705 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 300
                       Farmington Hills, Michigan  48331
         (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                       DATA SYSTEMS NETWORK CORPORATION
                            1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                           (Full title of the Plan)

                              Michael W. Grieves
                    34705 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 300
                       Farmington Hills, Michigan  48331
                                (810) 489-7117
                     (Name, address and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                                  Copies to:

                                 Mark A. Metz
                              Dykema Gossett PLLC
                            400 Renaissance Center
                           Detroit, Michigan  48243
                                (313) 568-6800

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                                                             
 
  Title of                   Proposed Maximum  Proposed Maximum   Amount of
Securities to   Amount to be      Offering         Aggregate    Registration
be Registered    Registered  Price Per Share*   Offering Price      Fee     

Common Stock  200,000 shares**   $3.6875           $737,500        $254.31
                                                                             

*        The price shown is the average of the high and low sale prices of
         the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on June 5, 1996, in
         accordance with Rule 457(h).
**       The number of shares may be adjusted to prevent dilution from stock
         splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.  This Registration
         Statement shall cover any such additional shares in accordance with
         Rule 416(a).
Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The following documents filed by Data Systems Network Corporation
(the "Company") with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:

         (a)     The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                 December 31, 1995.

         (b)     The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                 ended March 31, 1996.

         (c)     Description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
                 Prospectus forming a part of the Company's Registration
                 Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-81350) (incorporated by
                 reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form
                 8-A filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on
                 October 25, 1994).

         All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities being offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of each such document.

Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Sections 561 through 571 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act
set forth the conditions and limitations governing the indemnification of
officers, directors and other persons.

         The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws require the
Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and permit the Company to indemnify employees and agents,
for expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with any pending, threatened or completed action, suit or
proceeding (other than by or in the right of the Company), to which any such
person was made a party by reason of the fact that he or she was acting in
such capacity for the Company or was serving as such for another corporation
or enterprise at the Company's request, if such persons acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company or its shareholders or, in respect to a criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. 
In actions by or in the right of the Company, indemnification is limited to
expenses and amounts paid in settlement.  Reference is made to Article V of
the Company's Articles of Incorporation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-81350), and
to Article 11 of the Company's Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-81350),
which provide for indemnification of directors and officers of the Company. 
Article 11 of the Bylaws also authorizes the Company to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of
the Company against any liability asserted against or incurred by them in
such capacity or arising out of their status as such whether or not the
Company would have the power to indemnify such officer, director, employee
or agent against such liability under the provisions of such Article or
Michigan law.  The Company currently has an insurance policy covering
directors and officers acting in their capacity as such.
The Michigan Business Corporation Act permits Michigan corporations
to limit the personal liability of directors for a breach of their fiduciary
duty.  The Company's Articles of Incorporation limit liability to the
maximum extent permitted by law.  The Company's Articles of Incorporation
provide that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the
Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of the
director's fiduciary duty.  However, they do not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director for any of the following:  (i) a breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; (iii) declaring an unlawful dividend or
distribution to shareholders; (iv) a transaction from which the director
derives an improper personal benefit; and (v) an act or omission occurring
prior to the effective date of the pertinent article.  As a result of the
inclusion of such a provision, shareholders of the Company may be unable to
recover monetary damages against directors for actions taken by them which
constitute negligence or gross negligence or which are in violation of their
fiduciary duties, although it may be possible to obtain injunctive or other
equitable relief with respect to such actions.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  EXHIBITS

         The following exhibits are filed with this registration statement:

         5       Opinion of Dykema Gossett PLLC with respect to the legality
                 of the Common Stock to be registered hereunder

         23.1    Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

         23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

         23.3    Consent of Dykema Gossett PLLC (contained in Exhibit 5)

         24.1    Power of Attorney of Walter J. Aspatore

         24.2    Power of Attorney of Richard R. Burkhart

         24.3    Power of Attorney of Jerry A. Dusa

         99      Data Systems Network Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan
                 (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration
                 Statement on Form S-1, No. 33-81350, as amended)
Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         (1)     Except to the extent that the information is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and incorporated by reference into this
registration statement, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement.

         (2)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes (a) to file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement, (b) that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof, and (c) to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (3)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

         (4)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Farmington Hills, State of
Michigan on May 24, 1996.

                                          DATA SYSTEMS NETWORK CORPORATION

                                          By: /s/ Michael W. Grieves
                                              ----------------------
                                              Michael W. Grieves
                                         Its: Chairman of the Board and
                                              Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
indicated capacities on May 24, 1996.

        Signature                    Title

/s/ Michael W. Grieves            Chairman of the Board, Chief
    ------------------------      Executive Officer and Director
    Michael W. Grieves            

/s/ Julie A. Vitale-Johnston      Controller (principal financial and
    ------------------------      accounting officer)
    Julie A. Vitale-Johnston

          *                       Director
    ________________________
    Walter J. Aspatore

   
          *                       Director and Treasurer
  --------------------------
  Richard R. Burkhart

          *                       Director
  --------------------------
  Jerry A. Dusa

*By: /s/ Michael W. Grieves
     -----------------------
     Michael W. Grieves
     Attorney-in-Fact
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Number                Description             

5        Opinion of Dykema Gossett PLLC with respect
         to the legality of the Common Stock to be
         registered hereunder

23.1     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.3     Consent of Dykema Gossett PLLC (contained in Exhibit 5)

24.1     Power of Attorney of Walter J. Aspatore

24.2     Power of Attorney of Richard R. Burkhart

24.3     Power of Attorney of Jerry A. Dusa