The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining efforts.
Software Development on a Leash, by David C. Birmingham and Valerie Haynes Perry (Apress, 2002):
http://www.apress.com/catalog/book/1893115917/
.NET Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
Visual Studio Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/
American National Standards Institute (ANSI):
http://www.ansi.org/
Cobol Portal:
http://www.cobolportal.com/developer/
Cobol Standards (and the J4 committee):
http://www.cobolstandards.com/
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS):
http://www.x3.org/incits/
International Organization for Standardization (ISO):
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
Rapid Application Development for the Server: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/technical/articles/radserver.asp
Windows XP Home Page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp