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Working hypothesis: how tech is shaping the future ‘office’

Whether at home or in an office, technology is central to the modern workplace. Jason Walsh looks at the trends developing that will make it easier to run your business, as well as those that may be promising a little too much

Ciara Dempsey, regional sales senior manager, Dell Technologies Ireland

That technology has an impact on how we work, and even on the kind of work we do, is obvious, but in the past decade we have seen a blistering pace of change – and new technologies such as automation and functional artificial intelligence (AI) now promise a further acceleration.

The easiest trends to spot are those that are already under way. The distant future is impossible to predict and it would be foolish to ...