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 town was officially incorporated in 1893, making it the oldest incorporated settlement in Brazoria County. On July 25, 1979 Tropical Storm Claudette stalled over Alvin and inundated the region with 45 inches in 42 hours. That total included 43 inches in 24 hours, the maximum 24-hour rainfall in US history.