IT portfolio management is the application of systematic management to the investments, projects and activities of enterprise Information Technology departments. Examples of IT portfolios would be planned initiatives, projects, and ongoing IT services. The promise of IT portfolio management is the quantification of previously informal IT efforts, enabling measurement and objective evaluation of investment scenarios.
Eckles, seven miles northeast of Senatobia near Poagville, was settled when Frost Barrett bought several thousand acres of land in 1875. It was named later for the Eckles family. The Eckles Post Office was opened in 1886 and closed in 1906.
The area's topography is characterized by rolling hills. The City, which was incorporated in 1837, presently (2008) covers an area of 16.5 square miles and has a population of roughly 19,000. The City is the home of the University of Mississippi, which was established in 1848.