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Automation.com, the media brand of ISA, is the leading online publisher of industrial automation-related content, attracting more than 100,000 unique automation professionals from around the globe each month. In addition to the website, it delivers news and new product information, technical articles, white papers and insightful trends in a variety of formats, including newsletters, webinars and the only pure electronic magazine in the automation industry, Automation.com Monthly. Its mission is to help automation and operations professionals, industrial business strategists and their IT and professional staff improve production efficiencies, secure and optimize facilities and transform their manufacturing and industrial businesses.
Automation.com Publications
Automation.com Monthly Digital Magazine
The Automation.com Monthly digital magazine addresses the latest insights on essential automation topics from industry experts around the world. Broadly themed issues deliver a mix of articles on Factory Automation, Process Automation, Cybersecurity and Safety, IIoT and Digital Transformation, plus our Annual Automation Trends Report captures the cutting-edge topics reshaping industry and infrastructure. Automation.com Monthly digital magazine is published 9 times per year in web/PDF formats and distributed via email.
General Interest Automation Newsletters (Automation Weekly)
Automation.com’s editors curate the top website posts each week into general-interest periodicals delivered right to your inbox. Editors gather and highlight important news, informative articles, new product announcements and essential resources to help industrial automation and control professionals learn, grow and keep up-to-date on changing technology.
Topical Newsletters & Spotlights
Focused topical newsletters and product/solution spotlights highlight the depth of information on Automation.com as it relates to ISA’s broad range of technical topics. Editors curate the top website posts each week into topic-specific periodicals delivered via email on the following topics: industrial cybersecurity and safety, factory automation and control, IIoT and digital transformation, process automation and control, operations and management and enterprise architecture and connectivity.