BELLINGHAM, WA — (Marketwired) — 12/03/14 — Alpha Technologies, worldwide power solutions provider, announced its acquisition of Cheetah Technologies based in Pittsburgh, PA. Cheetah is a leading developer and supplier of network monitoring hardware and software solutions for the Global Cable and Broadband industry.
As a leader in broadband powering solutions, Alpha has always maintained a close working relationship with strategic network monitoring partners. This acquisition marks the next step in a long, cooperative history between Alpha and Cheetah, who both collaborated in outside plant power supply monitoring for several decades to serve similar markets and mutual customers. Cheetah–s technical talent in hardware and software monitoring platforms has a synergistic fit with Alpha–s current and future planned product and service offerings. Alpha will continue to operate the Pittsburgh, PA facility.
“We are excited to welcome the Cheetah team, its core products and its expanding network quality assurance product portfolio to the Alpha Group and look forward to providing more leading edge network management solutions to Alpha–s global customer base,” said Drew Zogby, President of Alpha Technologies.
Today–s sophisticated Broadband networks operate necessitate real-time power and node monitoring to ensure network uptime and to meet both operator and new government demands for reliability. Real time monitoring married with Alpha XM360 analytics can now provide powerful predictive maintenance solutions and further enhances Alpha–s end to end solution. Alpha–s North American and Global sales teams will market the newly acquired hardware and software products.
With the acquisition, Cheetah Technologies becomes the newest member of the Alpha Group — an alliance of independent companies united by a common goal: the development of products and services that provide total power solutions.
For more information about this acquisition and the complete line of Alpha power solutions, contact Eric Wentz, Vice President Marketing at or visit .
a member of The Alpha Group, provides the communications industry with the most reliable, technologically advanced and cost-effective powering solutions available. Alpha offers innovative powering solutions that are designed for the future; built to support expansion and provide unlimited opportunity. Widely used in cable television, communications and data networks worldwide, Alpha products have earned a reputation for reliability and performance. Alpha provides a full line of power products including: standby, non-standby and uninterruptible power supplies, surge suppressors, enclosures, batteries and powering accessories.
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