Yes, lots of ways. Start by optimising the queries and tuning indexes.
If you want more detail, you're going to have to give us a lot more to work with. As it stands, your question is just too vague to answer in a useful manner.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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