February 2025 marks the debut of the latest iteration of the International Society of Automation’s magazine, Automation.com Monthly. This nine-times-a-year periodical, published in PDF and Web formats, will expand the society’s mission of empowering the global automation community through standards and knowledge sharing.
ISA purchased Automation.com in 2014 and this year the website is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The site’s strong domain name and digital presence — including an audience of more than 123,000 industry professionals — give ISA a global reach beyond its 17,000 members. Visitors to Automation.com get access to thousands of curated automation resources from ISA and the wider automation community: news, new product announcements, technology trends, technical deep dives, whitepaper reports and more.
Automation.com’s digital magazine, most recently called AUTOMATION 2024, is being consolidated with ISA’s InTech digital magazine to become Automation.com Monthly. Anyone can subscribe to the magazine or the range of newsletters covering specific topics like industrial cybersecurity and safety. Like other business-to-business magazines, the "cost" to subscribe is a valid email address and other professional information.
InTech has transformed multiple times since its inception in 1954 as ISA Journal. The print magazine was renamed Instrumentation Technology in 1967 and became InTech in 1978. Access to digital versions of InTech magazine began in 2016; in December 2023, ISA mailed its last print issue of InTech and began digital-only access alongside the other information resources of Automation.com.
ISA’s strong commitment to producing automation content for its members and in service to the wider automation community continues. The new magazine will contain the same high-quality technical content from ISA subject matter experts and volunteers that InTech has been known for, as well as expert-authored articles from other automation professionals. Submissions from ISA members take precedence, and potential authors are encouraged to reach out to me via ISA Connect or email.
This column originally appeared in the January/February 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly.
