Searchlight Solutions announced its subsidiary Linux Labs International has increased the size of its sales team to pursue growth in its core business of designing and building supercomputers, or more specifically, its Linux based cluster computers.

This ramped up sales effort is planned to take advantage of the demand for high performance computing.

HPC advisory Council stated the total HPC market in 2010 was $25.6 billion reaching $36.0 billion in 2015, $10.4 billion growth 2011-2015. http://www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com/pdf/vendor_content/HPC_Market_Report_2011.pdf

Linux Labs has demonstrated their expertise in complex HPC applications for the past 7 years by providing software design and support for ARUP ( www.arup.com ), Second Avenue Subway, FireLink LLC, among others. Linux Labs engineering team includes several experts in this field.

Company Management stated: "We expect our sales plans will enable Linux to secure additional business sector clients of the caliber of an ARUP or in public sector such as universities or government agencies."