rootsmith Inc. builds data intensive web applications and enterprise, multi-tiered data systems.
Out on the internet...
- rootsmith stays abreast of all the latest web development trends & techniques to keep you out in front of the competition
- Experts in Linux (the Operating System), Apache (the Web Server), MySQL (the Database), Python, Javascript, and AJAX (the Development Languages)
- Open source advocates - You won't be locked in.
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In the enterprise...
- Telecommuncations billing & operational systems software consulting
- Experts in Amdocs & Kenan billing platforms
- Experts in Java, J2EE, Oracle, multi-tiered development
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Out on the internet...
- Do you have data you wish to share with your customers?
- Do you want customers to be able to interact with you?
rootsmith Inc. is here to help you put your business on-line. We specialize in custom web development and data design. We can make sense of complex data relationships and create web applications that allow easy access to the data you need.
Whether it is Software as a Service (SaaS) that you want to roll out or applications to increase internal efficiencies, rootsmith employs the latest in rapid application development, using open source solutions so that you are not locked into a vendor.
- rootsmith is the proprietor of lokl.com, a socially generated, on-line, community directory currently serving Vancouver and it serves as an excellent demonstration of rootsmith's capabilities
- rootsmith developed pyroxide, an open source, rapid web application framework for the python programming language. Pyroxide is a full featured MVC (model-view-controller) framework with a highly scalable ORM (object relational mapping) layer built in.
In the enterprise...
With a wealth of experience inside some of the world's most respective telecommunication companies, rootsmith can deliver the services, solutions, and support to tackle your Billing and OSS Software needs.
- terabyte+ Oracle databases with high degrees of relational complexity and hundreds of tables
- miriads of up-stream and down-stream systems stitched together through a maze of disparate protocols
- n-tier architecture systems
rootsmith understands software systems from base principles therefore it isn't about knowing the language of the month or methodology of the moment, its about solving problems, and that's what rootsmith does best.
About...
rootsmith's founder is Kevin J. Smith, an open source development and telecommunications billing expert with experience in AMDOCS Ensemble, IAF Solect, and Kenan ARBOR products. Kevin has over 10 years working experience in the Education, Telecommunications, Enterprise Billing, and software industries. Kevin is a former employee of Kenan Systems and South East Asia and China Regional Training Manager with Lucent Technologies Software Products Group. He has troubleshot systems in all corners of Asia and North America from Auckland, New Zealand to Delhi, India within some of the world's most respected telecommunications companies such as Telecom New Zealand, Optus, NTT DoCoMo, Bell Canada, and Telus Corporation.
Kevin is a Red Hat Certified Engineer and former Training & Consulting Manager with Donovan Systems in Singapore, a defunct start-up that delivered 64-bit Linux servers before a market existed for such things.
Kevin has demonstrated systems administration, development, design and problem solving strength in UNIX/Linux, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, TCP/IP, Windows, C/C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Java and Web technologies.