As part of an ongoing effort to modernize its IT, the German Federal Armed Forces will license SAP software Germany’s Federal Armed Forces has recruited SAP as part of an IT modernization project.The Federal Armed Forces has agreed to license SAP software for more than 140,000 users within the framework of its Standard Software Product Families (SASPF) project, the Walldorf, Germany, business software vendor said Thursday.The contract calls for the deployment of the vertical SAP for Defense & Security software and the integration of the company’s NetWeaver integration middleware. The Defense & Security product family, which is tailored to meet the specific demands of military and security organizations, is based on mySAP Business Suite applications.No financial details were provided.Several thousand users in the Federal Armed Forces currently use SAP’s core ERP offering, mySAP ERP 2005 for accounting, logistics and “business warehouse,” according to SAP. Next year, the human resources department, with more than 10,000 users, will migrate from mySAP 2004 to mySAP ERP 2005, which leverages the company’s enterprise SOA platform.SOA is a way to create and manage IT systems through reusable software and services. It is proving increasingly popular among corporations looking to more effectively use their existing data. Software Development