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Global leader in networking, Cisco, has appointed a new senior vice president and general manager of its collaboration division, which has now had three different heads in less than 12 months. Former Symantec executive Rowan Trollope is stepping into the shoes of former Tandberg executive O.J. Winge. Winge took control of the group earlier in 2012 from Barry O'Sullivan. According to Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco's video and collaboration group, Winge is leaving due to "personal reasons."

That's the message for this year's state of collaboration from Cisco, and with such noble intentions, you'd think we were just a few apps away from sending an astronaut to Mars. I'm all for dreaming big, and when Marthin de Beer talked about the Curiosity Rover mission to Mars, you have to conclude that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. More to the point, you can do anything by collaborating and harnessing our collective abilities.