Spike

Our next release Spike 3 has been approved by the Australian Government for use with the new CCMS system to be introduced during 2008.

We are currently distributing a new "CCMS ready" distribution of Spike 2 that will enable services to prepare for the transition.

Spike & FACSIA have commenced pilots in five South Australian childcare centres. These are parallel trials, where services run the new system along side their existing systems enabling comparisons with real world data.

The spike3 thin client "viewer" is available for many platforms. This is the latest version for use on Microsoft Windows.

To install the viewer:
1. first install the latest Sun Java 1.6 environment from
http://www.java.com/ if its not already installed.
2. download the client win32.win32.x86.zip
3. unzip it into a convenient location like your desktop.

To run:
1. double click on spike.exe in the unpacked directory and login.

You can browse our demonstration site using
username : demo
password : demo

The spike thin client "viewer" is available for many platforms. This is the latest version for use on Linux.

To install the viewer:
1. first check you have a Sun Java 1.6 environment installed. If not visit
http://www.java.com/ or consult your distribution.
2. download the viewer linux.gtk.x86.tar.bz2
or for a 64 bit version linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.bz2
3. extract it into a convenient location like your desktop.

To run:
1. double click on "spike" in the unpacked directory and login.

Spike3 is now being rolled out to Long Day Care services transitioning to the new CCMS system. Many services are already operating under the new system.

All LDC services still using Spike 2 are currently being scheduled for transition by December 2008. FaCSIA have approved an extended transition period for Spike users to ensure a smooth conversion of business operations.

Initially a few services are being rolled out each week while the system beds in, this will ramp up as the new CCMS system matures.