The study shown in the article tells us the surprising fact that most enterprise networks are actually incapable of handling big data loads. With the rise of technology and the fact that most households now have access to a device that is hooked up to the web through personal devices or public ones in the library. It is very surprising that a large number of companies cannot handle the flow of data through their networks. Just like what was said in class, a graph could be used to represent the networks we use for the internet, with the nodes being the devices (routers, switches, etc for either the enterprise or just any normal household) and the edges being the connection between two nodes (a connection meaning they can send data packets to each other). Lots of information are being sent every day and it seems that the speed at which technology is coming out exceeds the rate at which our companies can handle right now.
This is really interesting to me because with how much money there is to be made from the tech industry, I would guess that businesses are able to keep up with the growing demands. The reality of the situation, however, is not too surprising because of how big those networks are. The ones talked about in class with only 15 nodes are already really confusing to look at so when thinking about the billions of devices around the world, it makes a lot more sense why it is really complicated to pull off. This has really opened my eyes because it has made me understand more about the scope of these networks and how large of a scale they operate at.
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3440519/most-enterprise-networks-cant-handle-big-data-loads.html