Delivering IT as a Service

Managed
Networking Solutions

Route + Switch

You can think of routers and switches as the building blocks of your network.

Wireless

Wireless as a service couples networking hardware with Northriver IT’s managed services.

Remote Access

Allow authorized users to log onto a private network and access files and applications from wherever they are.

Connectivity

Network infrastructure is the physical bones of data connectivity.

IT Managed Services

Managed Networking
Powered by NetContinuum™

Strong connectivity starts with strong infrastructure. The network behind your operations should support how your organization actually runs—securely, reliably, and at scale. For schools, municipalities, and businesses alike, it’s the foundation that keeps people connected, services accessible, and daily operations moving.

NetContinuum™ is how we deliver that: fully managed network infrastructure + connectivity, continuously monitored, supported, and modernized to keep performance high, costs predictable, and pressure off your internal IT team.

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FULLY MANAGED, CONTINUOUSLY RELIABLE

NetContinuum™

NetContinuum™ is a fully managed approach to networking that combines hardware, connectivity, and lifecycle management into a predictable monthly or annual subscription. From routers and switches to firewalls and gateways, we deploy, maintain, and replace your infrastructure while providing proactive monitoring, real-time insights, continuous support, updates, documentation, and strategic guidance.

Achieve reliable, secure connectivity with predictable costs.

Legacy VM or server setup? Through Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS), Northriver IT handles deployment, maintenance, and replacement—turning unpredictable capital expenses into a subscription model.

HOW IT WORKS

Fully Managed
Network Infrastructure

Building on your network foundation requires more than design. It demands continuous insight and operational oversight. With a single-pane-of-glass approach, you can centralize traffic, eliminate inefficiencies, and understand performance in real time. Ongoing monitoring, lifecycle management, and support ensure your network stays secure, updated, and reliable while reducing blind spots and shifting upfront costs to predictable operating expenses.

As a strategic partner, Northriver IT co-manages with you. You maintain visibility and control while we extend IT capacity, so your team can confidently deliver networks your communities and customers rely on.

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Managed Networking Subscription

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is a managed networking subscription?

A managed networking subscription is a service-based model that  combines network infrastructure, connectivity, support, and lifecycle management into a predictable monthly or annual subscription fee. Instead of purchasing and maintaining hardware as a one-time capital expense, your organization gains continuous monitoring, updates, maintenance, and strategic support through an operating expense model. 

With NetContinuum™, this includes everything from firewalls and Wi-Fi to switching, core infrastructure, proactive support, and ongoing modernization guidance—while reclaiming capacity for your internal teams.

How is NetContinuum™ different from a network as a service provider?

While many organizations search for a network as a service provider, NetContinuum™ goes beyond a traditional NaaS model. 

NetContinuum™ combines fully managed network infrastructure + connectivity with hardware lifecycle management, proactive monitoring, documentation, updates, and strategic modernization support within a single subscription. 

This creates a more comprehensive managed networking model designed for schools , municipalities, and businesses with growing operational and network demands.

What does fully managed network infrastructure include?

Fully managed network infrastructure typically includes design, deployment, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, updates, support, and lifecycle planning.

With NetContinuum™, this includes:

  • Firewalls
  • Wi-Fi and wireless access points
  • Switching and routing
  • Core network infrastructure
  • Cloud integration
  • Software and licensing
  • Continuous monitoring and support
  • Upgrade and refresh planning
  • Strategic partnership and guidance
  • Cost optimization and lifecycle value management

The result is a complete, managed IT environment—streamlining everything from network hardware to performance under predictable operating expenses.

Is Northriver IT a NaaS provider?

Through NetContinuum™, we are building on the benefits organizations may have previously associated with a NaaS provider, including predictable subscription pricing, proactive support, and reduced internal burden. 

While we previously offered more traditional Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions, NetContinuum™ represents a more holistic evolution of that model. It combines connectivity, infrastructure, lifecycle management, maintenance and monitoring, and strategic co-management into one fully managed networking subscription. 

It delivers everything IT leaders expect from NaaS, plus the continuous support, modernization, and operational oversight needed to keep your networks secure, modern, and reliable at all times.

How does a subscription model help with IT resource and cost constraints?

NetContinuum™ reduces cost and resource strain by delivering fully managed network infrastructure through a predictable subscription model. More than half of school IT leaders report insufficient staffing to maintain and support technology systems (CoSN), while more than 40% of municipalities cite staffing shortages as a major barrier to maintaining infrastructure services (NLC). 

By replacing large, draining, and unpredictable capital expenses with stable operating costs, NetContinuum™ makes budgeting more consistent and long-term planning more manageable. At the same time, it extends your internal IT capacity and reduces firefighting through continuous monitoring, management, maintenance, updates, optimization, and lifecycle management.  

The result is a more sustainable procurement and operating model that reduces internal burden, improves network reliability and security, and enables your team to focus on higher-value strategic work.

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