1. A method for improved provisioning of information technology (IT) resources, the method comprising: obtaining, with an IT resource optimization apparatus, for each of a plurality of users of a plurality of IT resources, a plurality of demographic attributes and an entitlement record comprising at least an indication of an assigned one or more of the plurality of IT resources; identifying, with the IT resource optimization apparatus, for each of the plurality of demographic attributes, which of one or more of the plurality of IT resources are assigned to a threshold number of the plurality of users sharing the demographic attribute; generating, with the IT resource optimization apparatus, for each of the plurality of users, a recommended provisioning profile based on the identified one or more of the plurality of IT resources; determining, with the IT resource optimization apparatus, for one or more of the plurality of users, one or more provisioning recommendations based on a comparison of the recommended provisioning profile for the one or more users to the entitlement record for the one or more users; and outputting, with the IT resource optimization apparatus, the one or more determined provisioning recommendations.