The Forrester Wave™: Data Governance Solutions, Q3 2025 Leading Providers Bet On Agentic AI With A Vision Of Self-Driving Governance Data governance has outgrown its compliance roots: In today’s AI-fueled and data-saturated enterprise, it’s the control plane for trust, agility, and scale. The next frontier isn’t just about managing metadata — it’s about activating it. Agentic AI is setting the pace for the market, promising self-driving governance systems that automate classification, policy enforcement, and remediation while keeping humans in the loop. Recently announced acquisitions in the industry reflect the growing importance of this shift — leading technology providers are prioritizing data governance as a cornerstone for enabling AI readiness and advancing agentic AI capabilities. Looking forward, as organizations shift from managing data to monetizing it, the most advanced solutions are enabling governed, reusable data products to flow through dynamic ...
