Signal IDC is cited for 85% of data products carrying a data bill of materials by 2028

Summary

NTT DATA cites an IDC prediction about how data products will be documented. By 2028, IDC expects 85 percent of data products to include a data bill of materials. Such a record would describe how the data was collected, what edits and cleanup were made, and how consent was obtained. IDC links the change to emerging requirements for AI bills of materials, which push the same transparency down to the data layer. NTT DATA places the forecast among its enterprise adoption signals for trustworthy intelligence, alongside the view that continuous monitoring is replacing periodic validation. For data providers, it implies that provenance records will become a standard part of what they deliver.