Intel's worldwide channel growth is at 18 per cent year-on-year, and Dallman attributes it to initiatives such as the Intel Technology Provider (ITP) program.

Since the launch of the program, 51,000 ITPs have been recruited and re-engaged worldwide.

Worldwide channel retail stores are numbered at 26,000, with 6000 of those being APAC channel retail stores.

Out of 1.4 million training credits delivered last year, 417,000 were in APAC.

Looking forward, Dallman sees All-In-One (AIO) desktop solutions as being strategically important for the channel.