Perhaps nothing is more important to an organization than data protection. According to Michael Parker, the group manager for product marketing in Symantec's Data Management Group, data protection cuts a wide path: It includes backing up and restoring discreet pieces of data in a timely fashion—and doing the same for the underlying IT systems. In this podcast, Parker and SmartBiz Editorial Director Carl Weinschenk discuss this complex sector, which touches on just about everything an organization does. The bottom line is simple: Small businesses must offer robust data protection or risk being left behind.