EM360Tech is an open platform that allows IT and business leaders to share insights, analysis and opinion pieces with a global audience in the form of tech articles, podcasts and whitepapers.

We’re dedicated to providing high-quality, informative content on enterprise technology and welcome thoughtful and civil discussion from a broad spectrum of viewpoints. 

To maintain a safe, respectful, and welcoming environment for a wide range of people to engage in meaningful conversations, we prohibit certain conduct. Violations of our rules may result in consequences such as account restrictions or suspension of your content. EM360Tech has the sole authority and final decision as to whether content or behaviour violates our rules. 

Repeated violations of our Editorial Policies may result in account suspension and termination.

Content Do’s and don’ts

Do

• Post high-quality, original content relevant to enterprise technology
• Keep your content though-leadership focused
• Use relevant, naturally placed hyperlinks, H1 and H2s and pictures to illustrate your story
• Write at least 600 words in English if possible
• Keep your copy clear and concise. Don’t use too much industry jargon!

Don't

• Use inappropriate or offensive language
• Post content created by others and claim it as your own
• Add irrelevant links for the sole purpose of link-building
• Endorse specific vendors/providers 

Content rules

1. Originality

All content submitted to EM360Tech must be original and not published elsewhere. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and may result in a permanent ban from submitting content on our site.

2. Minimum Word Count

Content should be at least 600 words in length.  Aim for a depth that offers valuable insights and analysis, not just a surface-level overview. We also recommend you do not submit content of more than 3000 words, but this does not go against our content requirements. 

3. Language

Content must be written in clear and concise English. Avoid excessive industry jargon and explain technical concepts to a broader audience if they are difficult to understand. 

4. Consent for publication

Content attributed to a company or individual has been contributed with verbal or written consent to publish. Amendments, retractions, and post deletions following publishing will be considered at the editor’s discretion.

For all manuscripts that include details, images, or videos relating to an individual person, written informed consent for the publication of these details must be obtained from that person. The consent must be for publication of their details under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (such that they will be freely available on the internet).

5. Structure and Formatting:

Submissions should use Heading2 and Heading3 tags and include relevant hyperlinks to enhance readability. Use relevant hyperlinks throughout the text to provide context and additional resources, ensuring they open in new tabs. Images and other visuals are welcome to enhance understanding and break up text, but they must be properly captioned and credited if applicable. Images are also welcome to illustrate points

6. Linking

External Links should be naturally placed in the article to add to your story/argument. Do not place links for the sole purpose of link building, as articles for this purpose are not accepted on our platform and may result in a permanent ban from submitting content.

7. Hateful content

We do not allow content that constitutes or promotes violence, harassment, or hatred against people based on characteristics like race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, disability, disease, age, orientation, gender, or gender identity.

We also do not allow posts or accounts that glorify, celebrate, downplay, or trivialize violence, suffering, abuse, or deaths of individuals or groups. This includes the use of scientific or pseudoscientific claims or misleading statistics to pathologize, dehumanize, or disempower others. We do not allow calls for intolerance, exclusion, or segregation based on protected characteristics, nor do we allow the glorification of groups which do any of the above.

We do not allow posts or accounts that target others with bad words, slurs, tropes, or other content that intends to dehumanize, degrade or reinforce harmful stereotypes about a protected category. the naming of transgender individuals, or harmfully ableist language.
 

Editors’ Code of Practice

EM360 adheres and agrees to the IPSO Editors’ Code of Practice.

This includes, but is not limited to;

Clause 1:

i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines not supported by the text.

ii) A significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distortion must be corrected, promptly and with due prominence, and — where appropriate — an apology published. In cases involving IPSO, due prominence should be as required by the regulator.

iii) A fair opportunity to reply to significant inaccuracies should be given, when reasonably called for.

iv) The Press, while free to editorialise and campaign, must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact.

v) A publication must report fairly and accurately the outcome of an action for defamation to which it has been a party, unless an agreed settlement states otherwise, or an agreed statement is published.

Clause 13:

i) Even where the law does not prohibit it, journalists must not use for their own profit financial information they receive in advance of its general publication, nor should they pass such information to others.

ii) They must not write about shares or securities in whose performance they know that they or their close families have a significant financial interest without disclosing the interest to the editor or financial editor.

iii) They must not buy or sell, either directly or through nominees or agents, shares or securities about which they have written recently or about which they intend to write in the near future.

Clause 14:

Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information.

4. Ethics and consent

Content attributed to a company or individual has been contributed with verbal or written consent to publish. Amendments, retractions, and post deletion following publishing will be considered at the editor’s discretion.

5. Consent for publication

For all manuscripts that include details, images, or videos relating to an individual person, written informed consent for the publication of these details must be obtained from that person. The consent must be for publication of their details under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (such that they will be freely available on the internet).

6. Authorship

Each author which has substantially contributed to a piece of content will (unless requested otherwise) have their name credited for the piece in question.

7. Duplicate publication

Any and all content submitted to EM360 must be original. Any plagiarism or submission to other publications may result in immediate deletion.