This document discusses using cloud computing resources for cheminformatics applications. It describes how Hadoop and MapReduce can be used to perform large-scale parallel computations on chemical data and databases. Specific examples discussed include counting atoms in large datasets using MapReduce and performing substructure searches using SMARTS queries on Hadoop. The document also compares different approaches to programming Hadoop applications and how Pig Latin can simplify writing cheminformatics jobs for Hadoop.