There are thousands of large companies that have yet to take the plunge with an IoT deployment, but once convinced of the merits of adding IoT technology to improve the efficiency or margin of a business process, those large customers will likely need a helping hand to make the transition. With the launch of its new IoT Accelerator service, Ericsson is hoping to be that guiding light. The IoT Accelerator is a combination of Ericsson products and services, with an integrated marketplace for collaboration and monetization – meaning that partners should eventually be able to sell their own services into the program, as well as their hardware that will power the new entrants into the IoT. Scheduled for a global…