Are there any good references coparing Software Development CM best practices to IT CM best practice

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I have spent my career on the software development side of things and in the latter part have become more and more involved in the realm of Software Configuration Management. Now I am moving into an IT group and need to ramp up on CM practices from that standpoint.

Are there any good references (books, websites, blogs whatever) out there comparing Software CM practices to IT CM practices?

Basically I'm in learning mode and am trying compare things I already know from the software development side to things on the IT side.

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