If you thought the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series was fast and energy efficient, wait until you see what’s next from Intel. Read Intel Server Update Previews Intel Xeon Nehalem-EX Processor to get the details.

Access the latest Intel Roadmap Overview with views into 2010 and beyond delivered at the recent Intel Developer Conference to preview product and technology plans for the next year and more for Intel server, desktop and netbook products. Or review an updated voice-over version of the 2H09 Desktop and Server Roadmap.

In the Intel Server Refresh Strategy video, an Intel IT financial analyst discusses the benefits Intel has experienced from a four-year server refresh cycle. In the shorter Intel Stays Committed to Server Refresh video, he explains why Intel remained committed to the strategy after current economic conditions forced a reevaluation.

You can also find two new Intel IT white papers on the topic. Staying Committed to Server Refresh Reduces Cost analyzes how our costs would increase by $19 million if we delayed our server refresh until 2010.

Realizing Data Center Savings with an Accelerated Server Refresh Strategy details how a four-year server refresh rate across our design computing environment has helped us realize operational cost savings, avoid incremental data center capital spending, and gain capacity.

Intel IT regularly publishes cutting-edge white papers on topics of interest to IT professionals. Here are just a couple of the latest reports:

In Virtualization with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series: A Proof of Concept, Intel documents the testing and total cost of ownership analysis they did to assess the virtualization capabilities of Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.

Intel IT Data Center Solutions: Strategies to Improve Efficiency examines Intel IT’s plan to reduce the number of physical data center facilities to focus on approaches that leverage the full potential of our data centers worldwide. The approach is expected to achieve a nominal cost savings of about USD 1 billion by 2014.