For large and complex deployments, many applications like Microsoft Project rely on database back-ends like MS-SQL. However, like Exchange and Windows, MS-SQL relies on its own application-level protocol (Tabular Data Stream or TDS) that rides on top of TCP. The chatty nature of the TDS protocol can limit the performance of your application, no matter how much bandwidth is available.

With Riverbed’s optional MS-SQL latency module, many applications that rely on MS-SQL will run faster over your current WAN infrastructure. This enables you to roll out your current applications more successfully and completely.