Most hardware items cost about the same as in any other international market outside the United States. But, as far as services go, as a multinational company, we can bring in people from other countries to assist with projects. For instance, we're bringing in some people from Colombia to work on an SAP project here at a cheaper price than what we would pay to hire consultants in Argentina. With the common Spanish language, you can hire SAP consultants in Mexico or Colombia for a lot less. For us, it is difficult to adapt software from the U.S. or Europe to Argentina's banking regulations.
Unemployment is high in Argentina right now.
I would guess that it wouldn't be a big problem to find qualified people. That's not necessarily true. There's high unemployment in areas where nobody needs people. Nobody wants people who worked for 10 years in the government using old technology. CIOs are process-oriented people, and I think IS provides a good career for business people.