Riverbed Technology has announced the launch of version 5.0 of the Riverbed Optimisation System (RiOS).

Riverbed has expanded its support for Microsoft Exchange environments and delivers a protocol optimisation specifically for the Exchange 2007 protocol (MAPI 2K7) at the application layer. In RiOS 5.0, Riverbed adds to its existing HTTP and HTTPS acceleration capabilities by improving the performance of enterprise Web applications, including SAP NetWeaver, Oracle, PeopleSoft/JD Edwards, Microsoft and Siebel CRM, SharePoint, and Outlook Web Access (OWA).

RiOS 5.0 also claims to deliver acceleration capabilities for Oracle 11i applications running in HTTP mode. This acceleration builds on the existing RiOS support for Oracle 11i Jinitiator socket mode optimisation and targets the Oracle E-Business suite of applications, particularly Oracle forms traffic and reporting, as well as other application operations.

With RiOS 5.0, Riverbed has enhanced the implementation of SSL acceleration, with new functionality for ease-of-setup and management. Other security enhancements include new IPSEC functionality.