Apple is on ‘cloud computing hiring spree’

Over the past few months, Apple has gone on a cloud computing hiring spree, snapping up several well-known software engineers working across a range of modern technologies.
Tom Krazit for Protocol:The quantity and quality of the new hires has caused a stir in the tight-knit cloud community, and could indicate that Apple is finally getting serious about building tech infrastructure on par with companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
It’s not entirely clear what Apple has in mind, but n