(ATLANTA, Ga.) LinkedIn, the business and employment online service corporation, opened an office space inside the new Microsoft building on 17th Street this week.
The company joins the likes of NCR and Google, which are both in the same area.
This is the first Southeast location for LinkedIn and is part of the large tech expansion happening in the metro Atlanta area.
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