<p>The research firm expects that the impact of cloud, information, mobile and social initiatives on enterprise software markets will far outpace overall market growth</p><p>Enterprise software buying is increasingly shaped by the Nexus of Forces, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that technology providers must realize that the disruptive forces of cloud, information, mobile and social will reach mainstream status in 2014 and create new technology requirements, drive new purchasing and establish new competitive realities.</p><p>"Starting in 2014, the enterprise software markets will undergo their greatest level of disruptions, growth and new opportunities since the year 2000," said Tom Eid, Research Vice President at Gartner. "By 2017, Gartner estimates that new IT buying based on the Nexus of Forces will drive more than 26 percent of total enterprise software market revenue, up from 12 percent in 2012. This represents more than USD104 billion to new worldwide enterprise software revenue from cloud, information, mobile and social initiatives in 2017."</p><p>Eid said that the nexus forces must be evaluated, analyzed and understood as adjacent and synergistic and not solely as independent or nonconnected.</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/press-releases/286686/nexus-forces-drive-26-percent-total-enterprise-software-market-revenue-2017-gartner">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/enterprise-software-market-shaped-nexus-forces-gartner-133921">Enterprise Software Market Shaped By &#039;Nexus of Forces&#039; - Gartner</a> (TechWeekEurope UK)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d4J7RrS0eRbZZGM8eaoRjejwLKuMM&ned=us">3 additional articles.</a></p>