Argentina
Your Technology Outsourcing Destination

Convenient Geographic Location

Argentina's time zone is GMT 3:00, allowing for convenient collaboration times from the Eastern US to the Pacific Coast. The country does not observe Daylight Savings.

A Competent Workforce

Argentina's population of 36.2 million people is one the best educated in the entire Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region.
"Assessing Argentina's Stock of Human Capital". The World Bank Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office. March 2003.

A Thriving "Silicon Valley"

Since 2001, dozens of software start-ups have sprouted, and existing tech firms have seen unprecedented growth.
Sreeharsha, Vinod. "Argentina's 'Silicon Valley' thrives" USA Today 4/18/05.

Argentina is aggressively promoting software development centers and has seen its software industry grow two to three times as fast as the overall economy. The industry's 2006 revenues are projected to be about $1.6 billion.
Smith, Geri. BusinessWeek Online SPECIAL REPORT -- OUTSOURCING/Online Extra, January 30, 2006.

Puerto Madero and downtown Buenos Aires

A software industry promotion law has helped create high-tech clusters in Argentine in the three main urban centers of Córdoba, Rosario and Buenos Aires, the "Paris of South America". That has attracted such companies as:

• Walt Disney (DIS), Microsoft (MSFT), Peugeot, and Repsol (REP) seeking Web-site design and software developers.

Motorola (MOT) agreed to build a $40 million wireless software development center in Córdoba province.

Microchip giant Intel (INTC) made Córdoba home to its Argentina Software Development Center (ASDC). "The Argentine authorities understand that technology is an engine of growth, which generates competitiveness in the global marketplace," says Esteban Galuzzi, Intel's general manager for the Southern Cone region that includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Smith, Geri. BusinessWeek Online SPECIAL REPORT -- OUTSOURCING/Online Extra, January 30, 2006.

"...Argentina today takes up the challenge to enter into the new economy of knowledge, under the best possible conditions. For this reason, it is essential to develop the Software and Services sector, a key factor for the country's sustained development. The Government openly supports this industry, which is strategic for its intensive technology, its qualified human resources and its high dynamism ..."
Daniel Scioli. "A favor del Software" Diario Clarin. February 18, 2004.

Major Location for Call Center Outsourcing

According to a 2004 report by Datamonitor, the fastest growing offshore-outsourced Call Center market is Argentina.

IT players such as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Oracle (ORCL), Cisco (CSCO), IBM (IBM), America Online (TWX), and palmOne (PALM) seeking to consolidate their regional back-office and customer-service operations in Argentina.

Intellectual Property Protection

"...Negotiators from the U.S. and Argentina, meeting in Buenos Aires, recently "finalized the elements of a joint notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding intellectual property matters..."

"...The notification, which resolves long-standing questions related to intellectual property rights, "reflects a commitment "[from] both sides to use creative approaches in solving vexing trade issues..."according to a press release issued April 19 by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)."
Press Release, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. April 19, 2002.

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