Marius TODERICI1, Aurel Mihail TITU2,3
ABSTRACT: Modern organizations increasingly rely on hybrid IT infrastructures, integrating on-premises systems with public and private cloud environments to enhance scalability, agility, and performance. However, the distributed nature of hybrid environments introduces operational complexity and cost management challenges that demand a structured, data-driven approach. This paper explores strategies for optimizing hybrid IT operations and controlling costs through unified monitoring and reporting, dynamic resource resizing, and automated governance policies. Unified monitoring platforms that aggregate metrics, logs, and traces from diverse environments provide comprehensive visibility into infrastructure health, performance, and usage, enabling proactive issue detection and resolution. Resource optimization techniques—including periodic utilization assessments, dynamic scaling (both vertical and horizontal), containerization, serverless architectures, and provider-native recommendation tools-ensure that compute, storage, and network resources align with real-time workload demands, eliminating waste while maintaining performance. Furthermore, automated policies and governance frameworks standardize security, compliance, and cost management across the hybrid ecosystem. By implementing role-based access controls, automated compliance checks, budget alerts, and consistent resource tagging, organizations gain operational consistency, risk mitigation, and financial transparency. Collectively, these practices transform hybrid IT from a complex operational framework into a strategic enabler of innovation, regulatory adherence, cost efficiency, and long-term digital growth
KEYWORDS: hybrid cloud, IT infrastructure, cost management, optimize costs, framework.
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscieco.2025.4.66
1National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, ORCID No. 0009-0007-6065-6502, marius@toderici.ro
2 Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania, Corresponding author, ORCID No. 0000-0002-0054-6535, mihail.titu@ulbsibiu.ro
3Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov Street, Bucharest, Romania
PUBLISHED in Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Economy, Law, Sociology, Volume 8 no 4, 2025