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Xyratex Ltd. : Xyratex Launches ClusterStor(TM) Professional Services to Deliver Added Value Through its Industry-Leading HPC Storage Solutions

HAVANT, United Kingdom, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ: XRTX), a leading provider of data storage technology, today announced the creation of its new ClusterStor(TM) Professional Services capability. This new team of highly skilled service and technology professionals will be responsible for helping partners and end users capture and execute on their storage requirements to best match their most demanding application needs.

"Our mission for ClusterStor Professional Services is to accelerate the time to results for our users and partners across verticals and geographies, and help them realize value sooner from their investment in HPC storage technology," said Simon Johnson, senior director of ClusterStor Professional Services at Xyratex. "Our team has a deep pedigree in value-added services, Lustre(®) file systems and data storage, and our ClusterStor solutions have achieved tremendous market adoption in a short time. Combined, this experience enables us to bring additional integrated solution value and efficiency to solve our clients' challenges and further exploit the best-in-class performance that our technology delivers."

"Xyratex has 25 years' experience delivering and optimizing high-performance storage products to a wide range of end users," said Addison Snell, CEO of Intersect360 Research. "This history of successful deployments will create a solid foundation of trust in value-added services, as more commercial organizations seek greater throughput and scalability with Lustre."

Specifically, ClusterStor Professional Services will deliver the following:

-- Comprehensive early-stage customer requirement gathering and design
definition
-- Rapid, quality controlled installation and evaluation of personalized
solutions
-- Advanced services that include complex solution design and integration,
client deployments, data migration and more
-- Training programs for Xyratex OEM partners and resellers that share our
unique field and solution experience and ensure optimal solutions ROI
-- Contract support services for Lustre on non-Xyratex hardware
About Xyratex

Xyratex is a leading provider of data storage technology, including modular solutions for the enterprise data storage industry and hard disk drive (HDD) capital equipment for the HDD industry. Xyratex enterprise data storage platforms provide a range of advanced, scalable data storage solutions for the Original Equipment Manufacturer and High Performance Computing communities. As the largest capital equipment supplier to the HDD industry, Xyratex enables disk drive manufacturers and their component suppliers to meet today's technology and productivity requirements. Xyratex has over 25 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and manufacturing process technology.

Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the United Kingdom, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in North America, Asia and Europe.

Lustre is a registered trademark of Xyratex Ltd. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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