Gartner Says Chief Monitoring Officer to Be MostImportant Position in an Enterprise 10 Most...

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000

As enterprises move toward a more networked business environment, Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) analysts listed what the 10 most important positions within enterprises will be as early as 2003. The findings

"There is going to be a clear emergence of a new power structure in enterprises. It's a new networked economy that will deliver a new set of rules that will cause these jobs to emerge," said Ken McGee, Gartner vice president and research fellow.

The 10 most powerful positions within an enterprise will emerge between 2003 and 2010. These positions are listed below.

1. Chief monitoring officer - By monitoring business processes

and metrics in real time, this person will have their finger

on the pulse of the enterprise. These are the people that will

find the problem and solve the problem before they ever arise.

2. E-marketplace manager - This person will guide through the new

networked economy.

3. Marketing executives - Will change their spending targets from

traditional mass outlets such as publications, broadcast and

direct mail, to customer relationship-focused solutions.

4. E-deal makers - Those who live by choosing the suppliers; the

buyers of the enterprise will either thrive or die based on

the effectiveness of those relationships.

5. Customer relationship analytic expert - These people will look

into the future and to see what people want before they need

it, and the reasons why.

6. Transaction cops - There will be a large amount of activity

that will take place in the networked economy, especially

brought about by e-marketplaces. Enterprises will need

transaction cops to make sure there is integrity in the

transactions.

7. Human resources executives - They will assure that the supply

of skilled workers will be there.

8. E-business integrators - Transforming legacy processes to

networked economy processes will not work unless they are