Ready Time out error in application log

Hi All,

Recently application are throwing below error when they are connected to databases engine.

Application and Databases are two different servers.

SQL Server Version: SQL Server 2012 Enterprises Editon

Applicaiton: JAVA

2013-12-17 11:38:23,236 [http-0.0.0.0-8080-15] [TABTHREAD2] [   MEBCOBRA:02.01.01] (Accel_Management_Import.Action) ERROR XYZ.Domain.local|IP address WBUserR1 - Error in commit() <o:p></o:p>

com.pega.pegarules.pub.database.ConnectionException: Database-General Problem saving instance of class MEB-OPS-COBRA-Work-Party    0       08S01   Read timed out  <o:p></o:p>

Caused by SQL Problems. <o:p></o:p>

Problem #1, SQLState 08S01, Error code 0: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Read timed out 
Please let me know how to troubleshoot the above error.
Thanks
Raghu
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