As we move deeper into 2026, many manufacturers in Hull and the East Riding are sitting on a hidden risk: an ageing on-premises server. Windows Server 2016 reaches its official end-of-life in January 2027, meaning that businesses still relying on this infrastructure will soon find themselves without security updates or technical support.
At McKinney Haarcourt we have a perspective that shapes everything we do: Technology is about PEOPLE and, as we look toward the 2030 horizon, I want to take a moment to reflect on what all this “automation” is actually for.
By 2040, it is widely expected that artificial intelligence will profoundly transform many aspects of our society and daily lives, reshaping industries, society, and human experiences across the board. AI will become ubiquitous and this current generation will see as a natural part of their socio-economic landscape much like mobile phones have become. This technology will become seamlessly integrated into routines through advanced personal assistants, wearables, and potentially even brain-computer interfaces (see Neuralink). These technologies will offer tailored predictions and automations, fundamentally altering how we interact with information and our environment as well as changing the way we interface with each other as a society. In this article we look at what might be…