I'd prefer to have a much more involved IS steering group. Astra used to be a traditional, conservative Argentine company. The role of IS is changing as we become more involved in new business projects, but we do not have the IT resources of larger companies. Our management is just realizing the possibilities for IT and, in many cases, we in IS are the ones who propose new projects. Those major projects are not occurring as often here as in the United States, but people are aware that you have to make big investments in information technology.
Some companies have new CEOs from multinational companies with a more international background.
Part of the CEO's job and our jobs, sometimes, is to convince management to accept those new ideas. We have to make sure that outsourcers have the skills that we need, so we have developed a partnership with an outsourcing company. Unless you do something like that, I don't think you'll find very good support by just knocking on somebody's door. You might find good support from large outsourcing companies, but you end up paying a lot more money. Normally, you create that kind of relationship with small and medium-size companies.