Best Companies to work for - 2009 (US)

1. California technology firm NetApp
2. St Louis-based brokerage Edward Jones
3. Boston Consulting, a management consulting firm
4. Internet Major, Google
5. Wegmans Food Markets
6. IT major, Cisco Systems
7. Biotech leader Genentech
8. Methodist Hospital
9. Goldman Sachs
10. Nugget Market

What CEOs Want From CIOs

1. Create new products, and help business units do so more rapidly.

2. Create new revenue by innovative leveraging of existing applications and systems

3. Deepen the company's engagement with customers, both old and new

4. Flow, Create and enforce global standards for processes and applications

5. Unlock new ways to find, deliver, and assess higher-value information

6. Reverse the 80/20 glut to make those first six possible

7. Create a massively transparent organization with all metrics focused on business value

8. Demonstrate forceful leadership and take responsible ownership

9. Don't align and don't whine

Don't take my word for it; most of these come from a variety of experts ....