The confluence of mobile, social and big data trends are driving a tectonic transformation — and businesses that do not change with these trends will be left behind, analysts from research firm IDC said at Interop.

IDC says the so-called third platform, which includes those mega-trends of cloud and mobile workloads, will disrupt one-third of leading businesses across all sectors.

“The third platform is already fueling a digital transformation across enterprise IT, and the only way IT will succeed is by transforming itself,” said Rohit Mehra, research vice president for network infrastructure at IDC. “If you’re an IT manager or CIO, you need to be thinking about how you’ll transform yourself before changing your infrastructure.”

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