Cisco was one of the first large computer companies to jump into the market for technology for managing commercial buildings.
And it could become one of the first to get out.
The networking giant — currently in the midst of a painful reorganization that will entail eliminating 6,500 jobs — is now weighing the future of Cisco Mediator, a system for monitoring and managing heating/air conditioning systems and other appliances in commercial buildings, according to sources. Mediator was based on software from Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, which Cisco acquired in 2009. GREENTECHMEDIA

The 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference featured a Green Jobs Expo showcasing the many pathways to green jobs and careers, which surprisingly didn’t have any of the blue chip IT companies!
It definitely can’t be lack of awareness considering its hype everywhere, so what’s the deal here?
For example companies like HP, IBM, Cisco and Microsoft are not too excited about Obama’s green initiative. Actually these companies are not even  offering many green jobs. There is lot of talk about green computing initiatives but its not translating into green jobs …