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

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 or green certification/training.

So is this all green washing? CIO will demand demonstrable expertise, as any gear sold by vendors on green promise will create green portfolio related job roles. If vendors are not leading by example then what’s the incentive for CIOs to have resident energy efficiency experts.