Quality Network Solutions

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Sullivan, Illinois

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Quality Network Solutions Scales Rural School IT Support with NinjaOne

Challenges

– Manual patching cycles dragged on for up to a week
– Remote access tools often failed, forcing onsite visits
– Open-source systems created constant workarounds
– Ticket surges of 1,000+ overwhelmed a lean IT team
– Reporting for audits and compliance was error-prone

Results

– Reduced on-site visits by 20% with reliable remote access
– Resolved up to 1,200 daily tickets without adding staff
– Consolidated multiple open-source and home-built tools into one
– Patch cycles reduced from 1 week to 2 days
– Improved visibility and support across 200 school districts

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Headquarters:

Sullivan, Illinois

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Overview

Quality Network Solutions (QNS) is a vertically focused MSP serving rural K-12 public schools across Illinois and Missouri. The company has 115 employees who support more than 200 school districts and manage IT for over 115,000 students and 25,000 faculty and staff.

That scale created overwhelming demand. At the height of back-to-school season, QNS was buried under as many as 1,200 help desk tickets in a single day, yet their open source and home-built tools only added to the strain. With 26,000 endpoints and lean resources, QNS needed a scalable and cost friendly way to support schools without adding headcount.

From Manual Patching to Autonomous IT

QNS deployed NinjaOne across its 26,000 endpoints. Instead of technicians driving long distances between rural schools, QNS could resolve most issues remotely. “Now our techs are closing 3 to 5 times as many tickets per day,” Mitch Pulver, CEO of QNS shared. One technician even set a record of 162 tickets closed in a single day, all user-generated requests.

Additionally, NinjaOne Autonomous Patch Management transformed QNS’s IT operations. With WSUS, patching was slow, manual, and lacked visibility into whether devices were protected. Now, updates run seamlessly, saving weeks of technician time and eliminating blind spots. The team has confidence every device is secure while gaining time to focus on higher-value projects.

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Faster Resolutions, Fewer On-Site Visits

Tickets that once took days to resolve can now be closed in as little as 10 to 30 minutes, even for districts located more than 100 miles away from the nearest technician.

Pulver explained, “NinjaOne has really allowed us to attack and resolve tickets much faster for our customers. There’s less downtime in classrooms and more focus on education.” Remote support has reduced the need for on-site visits and saved significant time and resources. Pulver noted,“It has certainly reduced on-site visits, at least 20 percent, and that number is only going to go up as we refine our remote help desk.”

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A Huge Win for Schools

Teachers and administrators have noticed the difference as well. One rural district sent a thank-you note highlighting how quickly their issues were being resolved compared to the past. Pulver added, “Sometimes tickets are resolved within 10 minutes instead of waiting a day or two, maybe even three, for a technician to drive out. That’s a huge win for schools.”

QNS now views NinjaOne as a long-term partner in its mission to support rural education. “NinjaOne gives us the tools to scale efficiently and securely without adding more techs,” Pulver explained. “It has helped us support schools faster and with greater confidence.”

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