We have an "all-hands" meeting monthly at my current employer. The head of the IT department speaks every time about what we've accomplished and what we plan to accomplish. Of course, our business is primarily selling subscriptions to a web site, so it is plain as day that what developers accomplish matters for the bottom line.
Before that I've worked at technology-oriented companies and the situation was the same. I think I have to go back to 2005 or 2006 to remember working at a place where the salespeople were full of themselves and outright dismissive of the contribution of the tech people.
