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title: Blog - Solidatus | Philip Dutton (4)
description: Philip Dutton is a Co-Founder of Solidatus. With over 20 years’ experience, much of his expertise has come from managing global transformational change projects within the Financial Services sector. Philip is a thought leader in shifting the data management paradigm towards sustainability and is passionate about revolutionising the data economy and helping companies become proactive instead of reactive when it comes to the management of their data. (4)
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## Philip Dutton
Philip Dutton is a Co-Founder of Solidatus. With over 20 years’ experience, much of his expertise has come from managing global transformational change projects within the Financial Services sector. Philip is a thought leader in shifting the data management paradigm towards sustainability and is passionate about revolutionising the data economy and helping companies become proactive instead of reactive when it comes to the management of their data.
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## [The Value of Metadata](https://blog.solidatus.com/the-value-of-metadata)
By [Philip Dutton](https://blog.solidatus.com/author/philip-dutton)
on Jul 13, 2018
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### What is Metadata?
Put simply, it’s data about data. The who, what, when, where and how that outlines the properties and tags to categorise the information on a piece of data, defining its purpose.
Take, for example, a digital image. The file may tell you the size of the image, the date & time it was taken, what type of camera was used, and where the photo was taken. This is metadata, it gives you more insight into the data asset.
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Topics: [Metadata Management](https://blog.solidatus.com/topic/metadata-management)
## [The key to supporting production](https://blog.solidatus.com/the-key-to-supporting-production)
By [Philip Dutton](https://blog.solidatus.com/author/philip-dutton)
on Jun 20, 2018
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The importance of keeping an organisation’s systems running 24x7 cannot be underestimated, just ask any current TSB customer their thoughts on the matter and I’m sure you will get a emphatic response. In this *digital age *customers now demand an uninterrupted service. Therefore, regardless of whether your organisation is fully automated and practices DevOps or you have a Production Support team who are tasked with resolving issues that arise in its workflow, automation tools are highly critical.
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## [Why data lineage should be part of your business strategy](https://blog.solidatus.com/why-data-lineage-should-be-a-part-of-your-business-strategy)
By [Philip Dutton](https://blog.solidatus.com/author/philip-dutton)
on May 22, 2018
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A quick look at our website and you’ll see that *‘Data lineage is at the heart of Solidatus’*. It’s what we do and we’re experts in it. However, it’s not uncommon for us to speak with businesses who know it’s important but openly admit they aren’t actively managing it, nor fully understand where to begin when it comes to incorporating into their daily processes.
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