The Application Developers Alliance is a global services group focused on the unique needs of developers across platforms and languages.

They are also a Friend of SF New Tech.

The Alliance is only a months old, but is already working with thousands of developers and dozens of companies from around the world to gather valuable expertise and resources for developers. Check out what they have been up to, including discounts on services, events and educational programs.

The Alliance has also created a members-only collaboration network for developers that fosters partnerships, information sharing and business development. More features and member benefits will be rolled out in the coming weeks. The Apps Alliance is a great resource for individual devs and companies large and small.

As a member of the SF New Tech community your membership dues in The Alliance have been waived for 2012. To try out your free membership send an email to membership@appalliance.org with SFNewTech in the subject line to score your comp!

Don’t drink too much at our 5th birthday ’cause you’d be well served to be of the right mind to meet and greet the folks from OPOWER (Friends of SF New Tech) on 4/14. OPOWER is hosting a tech demo and reception (invite only) on Thursday, April 14th from 6pm – 8pm at Tres Agaves in SOMA. Developers from both their San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices will be on hand to talk about how they build a system capable of analyzing the energy use of more than 20 million households. Light food and libations will be served. Imbibe and connect!

We’re working with a few great companies that will be a part of the upcoming launch of a new business service we’re calling “Friends of SF New Tech”.

In sum, Friends of SF New Tech is designed to further support the startup and tech community of the Bay Area– and beyond.

If you serve startups, you want to be a Friend of SF New Tech.

We’ll be announcing it formally soon but if you want to learn more now email myles at sfnewtech.com.