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  • It’s London Tech Week! Take a look at how we’ve been improving the NHS England site

    This week is London Tech Week in the capital, so we thought we’d bring you some updates on the projects we’ve been working on this year at dxw – first up the improvements and changes we’ve made to the NHS England site. In 2003 when the NHS Commissioning Board became NHS England, they approached us…

  • My first week at dxw

    Without wanting to sound like I’m attending an AA meeting – Hi I’m Jane and this is my first week at dxw as Marketing and Communities Manager 🙂 The last time I was working within the public sector sphere was way back in 1999 for The Home Office’s Communication Directorate, and it’s safe to say…

  • GovPress: a relaunch for G Cloud 9

    Here at dxw we practice what we preach, iterating and improving the services that we offer based on our users’ needs. With the latest iteration of G-Cloud now available we’ve relaunched our GovPress secure WordPress hosting platform with new support plans that better meet our users’ needs. GovPress will continue to be available  exclusively to…

  • Silicon Milkroundabout May 2017

    Over the weekend, a few of the people here at dxw are heading to Silicon Milkroundabout which is being held at The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. This is a tech-specific recruitment event that we first attended last year. We met a lot of very enthusiastic and skilled people that came along to our…

  • Patch paralysis and risk culture

    The recent ransomware attack which impacted NHS computer systems has brought into focus how much the public sector relies on outdated and poorly maintained systems. Our focus at dxw is primarily on delivering web technologies. We follow the Service Manual for guidance on the minimum supported browser, but exceptions often still need to be made…

  • That stuff in your head? It really does matter

    Hey everybody, It’s Mental Health Awareness Week so I have a confession to make to you all: I have the loathsome combination of depression and anxiety. Sometimes I find it really hard to even motivate myself out of the horizontal position I am in due to the crushing nature of it all. Yay! I live…