WestWorld Productions, Inc. Editorial Guidelines

Founded in 1981, Computer Technology Review (CTR) is one of the most respected editorial authorities in the computer storage industry. CTR was the first storage publication to have a Web presence. Today, the CTR Web site has a very loyal following and is one of the largest sites devoted to data storage and data management. Except for specialty printed publications throughout the year, CTR is entirely online.

The editorial calendar is a guide. We are open to ideas outside the editorial calendar; we always cover data storage: CTR 2008 Editorial Calendar

General Guidelines

Computer Technology Review (CTR) accepts contributed articles by experts and consultants in the data storage and data management industry. Articles must be exclusive to CTR and vendor neutral with no commercial overtones, superlatives or pricing comparisons. The first rule is that the information be useful to the reader. Proofread for basic grammar and punctuation. Contributed materials should require little or no copy editing.

Hyperlinking and Key Words

With your submission, you may include hyperlinks within the article that you would like us to consider including. You may also include suggested SEO key words. After the piece is published, we ask that the contributor provide a link back to the article--this will better enable search engines to find your work and reach more people.

Submitting contributed articles

Articles should be around 1000 words. If you include graphics, please embed them in the Word document and send as separate files, JPG or GIF at 72 dpi.

Authors should submit an abstract prior to writing:

• Working title
• Introductory paragraph stating the objective of the article
• Bulleted outline of main ideas
• Conclusion paragraph

Articles should be submitted electronically to our editor, Deanne Hollis ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Please include on the document, a point of contact (name, email, and phone), the writer's name, title, and company URL.

CTR Readership

Readers of CTR are End User IT Management, VARs and Systems Integrators. Our mission is to provide our readers with the information needed to evaluate, specify, integrate, and implement working systems in various vertical applications.

Content Suggestions

Articles addressing trends and management issues are popular with our readers. Integrators are also interested in how to deploy technology solutions to solve IT problems. Below is a list of potential story topics.

Technology solutions deployed in vertical markets

• Healthcare
• Entertainment
• Data security
• Energy
• Telecommunications
• Government
• Financial
• Small and midsized businesses (SMBs)

Topics related to data management

• Emerging technology
• Green technology
• iSCSI
• Virtualization
• SAN/NAS
• RAID
• CDP
• Software
• Disaster recovery
• Compliance/ediscovery
• Data security
• CXO issues
• Fibre Channel