The events will be hosted by Schneider’s industrial software, manufacturing and process automation division.

According to a new investigation by Kaspersky Lab, 17,042 ICS components on 13,698 different hosts exposed to the internet, likely belong to large organizations.

The program is dedicated to building the digital industrial ecosystem.

The coalition is comprised of ARM, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft Corp. and the Princeton University Edge Laboratory.

The new technology is being showcased by Mazak at the DISCOVER 2015 Technology and Education Event its North American manufacturing headquarters.

 GT Nexus customers include adidas Group, Caterpillar, Columbia Sportswear, DHL, Home Depot, Levi Strauss & Co., Maersk, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and UPS. 

 GE built the new Predix Cloud using its Predix software. 

While some consider cloud-based software to be more cost effective and efficient that its counterparts, a new survey of manufacturers found that 66 percent saw improvements in plant productivity after deploying the systems.