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We truly believe that our people are what puts the “Great” in Great Lakes Case & Cabinet. They’re the ones who answer the phone every time a customer calls (we don’t believe in automated messages), they make our company culture fun and people-focused, and they’re the face of the company as a whole. That’s why we created a series to feature our employees called the Faces of Great Lakes. Next up? Vitaliy Lisichenko.

As a company that prides itself on living at the cutting edge of technology, we strongly believe in learning, evolving, collaborating, and constantly looking for ways to improve our people and our craft. That’s why we’re so invested in attending, exhibiting, and presenting at various conferences and events around the nation, all year long. Here’s a quick look at where we’ve been and where we’ll be over the next few months.

No matter what problem our customers bring to us, it’s our goal to work with them to find the right solution. Case in point, a Fortune 500 company with both security and audit trail needs came to Great Lakes Case & Cabinet looking for some customized solutions across multiple locations. We were able to work with the company to address both the security and audit requirement issues, and help them become more secure and compliant overall.

Handles. They’re the gateway to the files, information, and critical data that is stored on the other side of an enclosure. While most people recognize the importance of a quality server handle to protect their company’s information, they may not realize that there are many options with important distinctions – and finding the right handle for your particular need is crucial to your company’s security.

Cost. No matter where you sit in the organization as a stakeholder, this is almost always one of the most significant factors in IT buying and decision-making. But should price really be the ultimate deciding factor when it comes to something so important? Won’t it catch up to you in the long run?

Earlier this month, a group of our team members attended the BICSI Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida. This year, we not only had the privilege of sharing our just-launched SEAL enclosures with conference-goers, we also had the opportunity to attend sessions and interact with others in our field, learning and observing new trends and ideas that are at the cutting edge of the industry. And when we see them at conferences like BICSI, we pay attention because it’s likely we’ll see them out in the field as well. Here are four trends that stood out to us in particular.

We truly believe that our people are what puts the “Great” in Great Lakes Case & Cabinet. They’re the ones who answer the phone every time a customer calls (we don’t believe in automated messages), they make our company culture fun and people-focused, and they’re the face of the company as a whole. That’s why we’re featuring one employee each month in this series, the Faces of Great Lakes. First up? Carrie Hammond, Inside Sales.

This custom Level 4 SEAL enclosure was developed for a medical research facility. Subject to healthcare privacy regulations, the customer required an access control option that was more secure than a standard handle; however, wanted the convenience of having to use an access card only one time to open the...

A data center which contained legacy enclosures from another manufacturer was upgraded to include Great Lakes ES enclosures. Over several years, all enclosures were physically modified and evolved from a standard handle to biometric handles on the front and rear of the enclosures.

Power is gained by sharing knowledge; BICSI continues to be a wonderful facilitator of this concept. Great Lakes Case & Cabinet has presented several times at national BICSI conferences; however, my colleague, Brian Franz, and I had the opportunity to speak on behalf of GLCC for the first time at the BICSI 2017 fall conference just one week ago. We presented in a crowded ball room that may have been the largest audience we have encountered at a national industry event—an estimated 1500 individuals attended our session dedicated to physical data protection.