{"id":73722,"date":"2026-04-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=73722"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:32:57","slug":"salesforce-launches-forward-deployed-engineer-partner-network-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/uk\/news\/stories\/salesforce-launches-forward-deployed-engineer-partner-network-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce Launches the Forward Deployed Engineering Partner Network to Scale Agentforce Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Salesforce is extending its engineering expertise and product roadmap insights to a select global partner network, significantly expanding access to trusted Agentforce experts worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch partners Accenture and Deloitte are joined by over 30 firms, including PwC, Slalom, and IBM Consulting, all selected for their proven success with Agentforce.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce\u2019s FDE Partner Network combines the deep industry expertise with specialized Salesforce training. These partners will help drive Agentforce implementations at scale.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bridging the Gap Between Ambition and Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the C-suite, the period of AI experimentation has ended and the mandate has shifted to delivering tangible business outcomes. However, a significant execution gap remains. IDC FutureScape* reports \u201cover one-third of organizations will be stuck in the experimental, point solution phase of AI experimentation, requiring a shift of focus to enterprise use cases to deliver ROI.\u201d Most businesses can build an initial proof of concept, but few have the technical foundation required to scale those pilots into systems that the business can actually run on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming an Agentic Enterprise<\/a> requires more than deploying models. It demands systems that can reason over proprietary data, operate within complex security environments, and deliver consistent, trusted outcomes. Salesforce is meeting this demand by expanding customer access to specialized Forward Deployed Engineering<\/a> (FDE) expertise, providing businesses with more ways to bridge the gap between AI ambition and real-world results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scaling Elite Engineering to Meet Global Demand<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce has long supported customers through a trusted portfolio of success offerings, including Professional Services, implementation partners, and Success Plans. With Agentforce<\/a> emerging as the fastest-growing product in company history, Salesforce is increasing its investment in these offerings to support tens of thousands of customers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch of the Salesforce FDE Partner Network<\/strong> provides businesses with the engineering depth required to achieve measurable outcomes at scale. By extending internal learnings and specialized training to a select group of partners, Salesforce helps to ensure that customers can turn unique business IP into a production-ready reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our partner ecosystem is a massive competitive advantage, and the Salesforce FDE Partner Network operationalizes that advantage for the agentic era. The most successful organizations don’t just invest in Agentforce. They align with partners who possess the engineering and industry knowledge depth to turn that technology into the engine that transforms them into Agentic Enterprises.\u201d<\/em> <\/em>\u2014<\/strong> Miguel Milano<\/strong>,President & Chief Revenue Officer, Salesforce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The network provides partners with a direct link to internal product teams, offering expert backing at the pace of Salesforce innovation to de-risk deployments and solve complex data challenges. By tying partner incentives to agents reaching production, Salesforce also helps to ensure that every engagement delivers measurable business value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Getting AI into production is an engineering discipline. We know this because we’ve done it, and at enterprise scale. The Salesforce FDE Partner Network takes what we\u2019ve built internally \u2014 the skills, capabilities, and high standards \u2014 and expands the talent and partnership with our elite network of partners. For customers, that means faster time to value and the absolute confidence of an enterprise-tested deployment.”<\/em> \u2014 Lori Steele, President, Global Professional Services, Salesforce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proven Expertise, Engineered for Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Salesforce FDE Partner Network is an exclusive designation that prioritizes technical rigor and production outcomes over firm size or tenure. Every member is a vetted partner with a proven track record of delivering Agentforce; to date, firms in the FDE Partner Network have driven one-third of all successful Agentforce implementations.<\/strong> By merging this technical proficiency with decades of knowledge in industries like financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing, these firms ensure that an enterprise-grade digital workforce is engineered with the industry expertise required to succeed in complex regulatory environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch partners Accenture<\/strong> and Deloitte<\/strong> are joined by a global network of leaders including Capgemini, Cognizant, IBM Consulting, KPMG, PwC, Slalom, <\/strong>and Tata Consultancy Services, <\/strong>alongside regional experts such as InspireAI, OSF Digital, Rosetree Solutions, TerraSky, Twoday<\/strong>, Oy, <\/strong>and more than 20 additional partner firms<\/a>. This global reach enables  customers to have access to engineering expertise regardless of location or operational model, facilitating a secure and compliant path to building a digital workforce tailored to specific industry requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Salesforce FDE Partner Network is a critical milestone in our mission to enable enterprise reinvention in the agentic AI era. By embedding Salesforce-trained engineers directly into our delivery teams, we are moving beyond traditional implementation to true ecosystem orchestration. For our clients, this means we aren’t just ‘setting up’ Agentforce \u2014 we are modernizing their digital core to run a unified, agentic workforce at a scale that delivers measurable business value. This production-first model allows us to combine human ingenuity with high-velocity engineering to turn business intent into live, high-performing agents faster than ever before.” <\/em>\u2014 Manish Sharma, Chief Strategy & Services Officer, Accenture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Deloitte Digital, we believe the agentic front-office creates value when it is trusted, governed, and built for production from the start. The Salesforce FDE Partner Network reflects an important shift from traditional implementation to embedded engineering. It brings together deep technical expertise, rigorous data architecture, and compliance by design, giving the C-suite the confidence to move from pilot to production with greater speed.\u201d
<\/em>\u2014 Karl Rupilius, US Salesforce Alliance Lead, Deloitte Consulting LLP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t just about implementation; it\u2019s about how these systems are built from the ground up. Specialized Product Development Outsourcers<\/a> (PDOs), including Appiphony, Aquiva Labs, and Bridgenext,<\/strong> are bringing these same high engineering standards to the developers creating apps for AgentExchange<\/a>. This ensures that the solutions customers buy are as robust as the ones they build, with every application engineered for enterprise-grade production from day one. By combining global scale with specialized development expertise, the network provides the unmatched breadth needed to support the most complex business goals in the agentic era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Methodology: How FDEs Operationalize Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether through Salesforce Professional Services or the FDE Partner Network, the delivery model relies on specialized, outcome-based teams that work side by side with customers to drive a sprint from priority use case to a live, compliant agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An example of an FDE delivery model includes these components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n