Xyratex Executive Management to Present at The Ninth Annual Growth Conference of Needham & Company

Xyratex Ltd. (Nasdaq:XRTX), a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, announced today that Richard Pearce, Xyratex CFO, will present at the Ninth Annual Growth Conference of Needham & Company: When: January 10, 2007, at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT Where: The Palace Hotel - New York, New York Presenter: Richard Pearce, CFO URL for Webcast: http://www.xyratex.com/company/investor/webcast.asp About Xyratex Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive manufacturer customers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and high-speed communication protocols. Founded in 1994 in a management buy-out from IBM, and with its headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States and South East Asia. For more information, visit www.xyratex.com.