IBM on Wednesday is unveiling Lotus Expeditor, which the company is positioning as a tool to integrate applications and move Microsoft .Net applications to J2EE. Expeditor is an Eclipse-based development platform to integrate existing and new applications and deliver them in connected and disconnected devices. Developers can create a personalized user experience spanning platforms and devices and providing acces IBM on Wednesday is unveiling Lotus Expeditor, which the company is positioning as a tool to integrate applications and move Microsoft .Net applications to J2EE.Expeditor is an Eclipse-based development platform to integrate existing and new applications and deliver them in connected and disconnected devices. Developers can create a personalized user experience spanning platforms and devices and providing access to business applications. The tool also enables interoperability between Visual Basic, .Net and Expeditor to enable creation of a universal client of choice. Expeditor enables transformation of .Net applications into J2EE applications through the use of Expeditor’s rich client and Web-based user interfaces. With Expeditor, developers can build composite applications combining existing and new software assets within an SOA. Developers also can add extensions to existing databases allowing mobile workers, for example, to access financial or sales information from mobile devices. Web 2.0 applications, such as a VOIP plug-in to an instant messaging client, can be developed.Features in Expeditor include: * An enhanced offline toolkit providing wizards for offline portlets, Web services-based applications and templates for implementing offline capabilities. * Facilities for composite application and mashup enhancements. * Mobile device support. * Enhanced client security, including encryption, key store and desktop lockdown. Lotus Expeditor is due by the end of the year. Technology Industry