What to expect at Dreamforce: Join theCUBE on Sept. 25

SiliconANGLE Media's livestreaming studio theCUBE will provide exclusive coverage of Salesforce Inc.'s Dreamforce event on Sept. 25, examining the company's "agentic enterprise" strategy across Agentforce, Data 360 and the broader Salesforce platform. theCUBE Research principal analyst Paul Nashawaty said tool fragmentation fell from 74% in 2024 to 61% today, citing the firm's 2026 AppDev Modernization Study as a sign organizations are consolidating platforms. Salesforce's Data 360 Headless extends the platform through APIs, Model Context Protocol tools and a command-line interface, while Agentforce Operations automates back-office processes with an audit trail and human oversight.

What to expect at Dreamforce: Join theCUBE on Sept. 25 Enterprises are moving beyond standalone AI tools as they look for ways to weave agents into the work employees and customers already do. The shift toward connected AI workflows raises broader questions about how agents access data, interact with people and operate across established business processes. Salesforce Inc. is positioning the agentic enterprise https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/agentic-enterprise/ as the next major evolution in business technology. Recent additions https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/fy27-q2-highlights/ across Agentforce, Data 360 and the broader Salesforce platform reflect an effort to connect agents with trusted business context while preserving the workflows, permissions and governance controls enterprises already use. For developers, that push toward integration could also reduce the fragmentation created by disconnected tools and workflows. “Tool fragmentation remains one of the most persistent drags on developer productivity, but the decline from 74% in 2024 to 61% today signals that organizations are making meaningful progress toward platform consolidation,” said Paul Nashawaty https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnashawaty/ , principal analyst at theCUBE Research. “Our 2026 AppDev Modernization Study shows that developers increasingly value integrated environments https://thecuberesearch.com/the-role-of-software-development-lifecycle-platforms-in-the-era-of-agentic-ai/ that connect workflows, data, automation and business processes rather than forcing teams to stitch together disconnected tools.” Join theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, on Sept. 25, for exclusive coverage of Dreamforce https://www.thecube.net/events/salesforce/dreamforce-2026 . Through in-depth interviews and analysis, the coverage will explore Salesforce’s agentic enterprise strategy and the opportunities and challenges emerging as organizations move AI agents from experimentation into production . Disclosure below. Connected AI workflows move beyond the interface One question likely to shape theCUBE’s Dreamforce coverage is how Salesforce is translating its agentic enterprise vision into platform capabilities that support agents across applications and working environments https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/19/salesforce-expands-headless-data-360-mcp-developers-can-bring-insights-agents/ . Salesforce Data 360 Headless https://www.salesforce.com/data/headless/ extends the company’s platform through application programming interfaces, Model Context Protocol tools and a command-line interface, allowing agents to reach Salesforce capabilities from the environments where people already work. That approach makes trusted context, established business logic and governance central to connected AI workflows. Data 360 supplies the business context agents need, while Customer 360 https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-headless-360-announcement/ provides existing logic and workflows that agents can use without requiring enterprises to rebuild those foundations. Conversations during the event are also likely to examine how Salesforce is extending Agentforce into production environments while balancing automation https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/29/salesforce-introduces-agentforce-operations-automate-outdated-back-office-tasks/ with human control. Agentforce Operations https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/29/salesforce-introduces-agentforce-operations-automate-outdated-back-office-tasks/ allows agents to automate repetitive back-office processes, adapt workflows as requirements change and maintain an audit trail of their actions, while preserving human oversight for consequential decisions. Salesforce’s Help Agent https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005321798&type=1 offers another example of how the company is trying to reduce implementation complexity. The prepackaged agent connects to company knowledge, actions and communication channels. In addition, resolution-based pricing shifts the basis of pricing from underlying consumption to completed customer-service outcomes, according to Kishan Chetan https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishanchetan/ , executive vice president and general manager of Agentforce Service at Salesforce. “You don’t have to migrate,” he told theCUBE https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/salesforce-launches-help-agent-simplify-ai-customer-service-deployment/ . “It’s not like it’s not a closed system; it’s something that’s on top of our platform to make it simple.” TheCUBE event livestream Don’t miss theCUBE’s coverage of Dreamforce https://www.thecube.net/events/salesforce/dreamforce-2026 on Sept. 25. You can also access theCUBE’s exclusive content on demand https://www.thecube.net/events/salesforce/dreamforce-2026 after the event broadcast. How to watch theCUBE interviews There are several ways to follow theCUBE’s coverage of Dreamforce https://www.thecube.net/events/salesforce/dreamforce-2026 , including theCUBE’s dedicated website https://www.thecube.net/events/salesforce/dreamforce-2026 and YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3Ri8DI1RQLdVtU12uIp1Q . You can also find coverage from theCUBE events on SiliconANGLE https://siliconangle.com/ . TheCUBE podcasts SiliconANGLE’s “theCUBE Pod” is available on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thecube-podcast/id1674287308 , Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1hBxlS60EKqxohsOVoPrEI and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLenh213llmcYe7nXWic9QsnHUD5fqbEwu , making it easy to follow the program on the go. During each podcast, SiliconANGLE’s John Furrier and Dave Vellante unpack the biggest trends in enterprise tech — from AI and cloud to regulation and workplace culture — with exclusive context and analysis. SiliconANGLE also produces our weekly “Breaking Analysis” program, where Dave Vellante examines the top stories in enterprise tech, combining insights from theCUBE with spending data from Enterprise Technology Research. The program is available on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-analysis-with-dave-vellante/id1746536660 , Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7u9nQywKYm1s8hoqIjCcoM and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLenh213llmcZMTRZKjnAwesSCiuLQT21E . Guests Salesforce executives, customers and partners will join theCUBE during Dreamforce https://www.thecube.net/events/salesforce/dreamforce-2026 . Topics are expected to include Agentforce adoption, trusted data and governance, human-agent collaboration and the business outcomes enterprises are seeking from agentic systems. Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Dreamforce. Sponsors of theCUBE’s event coverage do not have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE. 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